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| Popular As | Alex Ferns |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 56 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | October 13, 1968 ( Lennoxtown, Scotland, United Kingdom) |
| Birthday | October 13 |
| Town/City | Lennoxtown, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Alex Ferns’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Alex Ferns was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Born in Lennoxtown, Scotland, he lived in South Africa for 17 years and studied drama at the University of Cape Town before returning to the United Kingdom in 1991.
Ferns has been married to South African-born Actress Jennifer Woodburne since 1996. They currently live in London with their two sons, Cameron and Mackenzie.
In 2003 Ferns appeared as Draco Malfoy in a Harry Potter Sketch for Comic Relief.
In 2004 he played Commander Martin Brooke, the lead role, in the short-lived ITV series Making Waves. In the same year he appeared in Man Dancin', a Festival Film & TV production, which won a number of awards on the festival circuit, including Outstanding Original Screenplay at the Sacramento Film Festival. He has also appeared on Coronation Street.
He has also appeared in the 2006 movie Shadow Man, as Schmitt, also starring Steven Seagal.
His theatrical work includes the role of the "tapeworm" (a hallucination) in I.D., a play about Dimitri Tsafendas and his assassination of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the 2008 national tour of Agatha Christie's murder mystery And Then There Were None, and Little Shop of Horrors as the Dentist. In 2011 he took the role of Scottish gangster Jimmy Boyle in the play about his life, The Hardman, during a Scottish tour to positive reviews.
He also made a brief appearance in the Smirnoff Vodka advert in 2009.
He won the final of Kitchen Burnout in May 2010.
He starred as Luther in the 2011 London revival and subsequent UK tour of South Pacific.
In 2013, he starred as Lee in True West at Glasgow's Citizen's Theatre.
In 2016, he starred in ITV's Vera - series 6 episode 4 (The Sea Glass) He also appeared in BBC's Wallander Series 4: 1. The White Lioness as Axel Hedeman
