10 April 1990, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Birth Name
Alexander Richard Pettyfer
Nickname
Alex
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Trivia
He finished school in July 2006, at the age of sixteen.
Played Willy Wonka in a school production of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory when he was younger.
Anthony Horowitz, the author of Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006), practically handpicked Alex out of hundreds of other young actors, for the role of Alex Rider in the film version of the book after seeing his impressive performance in Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005) (TV).
Has a younger half-brother, James Ireland.
The statement where it is said he had renal kidney problems since his early childhood may not be true, since he there's no interviews of him talking about it.
Was offered the title role of Eragon in the film Eragon (2006), based on the same titled, best-selling novel by Christopher Paolini, prior to the casting of Ed Speleers. He turned down the part because of his fear of flying.
Was a fashion model for the GAP and Burberry.
Has seven known tattoos: a Celtic cross on his chest, Arabic script on the inside of his right arm, the words, "What Goes Around Comes Around" on his right shoulder, the initials "ER" inside interlinking hearts on his right wrist, a Kanji script on his lower waist, the word "emma" (dedicated to his ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts) on his ring finger and "little lamb" (dedicated to Dianna Agron) outside his left arm.
Ended his relationship with I Am Number Four (2011) co-star, Dianna Agron after the movie was released (February 2011).
He supports Arsenal, a English soccer/football team.
Ex-girlfriend is Dianna Agron.
Ex-girlfriend is Emma Roberts. He got a tattoo of her initials on his right wrist while they were together.
Personal Quotes
I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someone's past, whether you're portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you.
Parties don't thrill me. I like sitting at home with a tub of Chunky Monkey ice cream watching Big Brother or Friends.
I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon.
(2011) Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career-and then you move to Paris
(2011) L.A. is growing on me a little bit, but it's still a shit-hole. I think it's this insidious pool where nearly everyone lives in fear. Geographically it's fantastic: in a half hour, you can be on the beach in one direction, go snowboarding in another, or go out into the desert. But socially it's disgusting. I wish they'd just run all the cunts out.
(2011) You hear a lot of people say they want to make art in this industry, but so few people actually fucking do it. I was disillusioned by [Hollywood] at the time, but now I've come to accept that's just the way things are: it's called show business, not show art.
(2011) I don't go out, I don't drink, and I don't do drugs.
(2011) I think my Wikipedia (page) is full of bullshit because I actually don't have anything cool or interesting to be said about me. I've heard I'm called a bad boy, or difficult-maybe that's because I don't take any bullshit.
Salary
I Am Number Four (2011)
$250,000
