Alex Lowe
Born: 1968-01-15 in Brent, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alex Lowe (born 15 January 1968) is an English actor, comedian and voice artist. He is the creator and performer of the characters Barry from Watford on Steve Wright's BBC Radio 2 show and Iain Lee's shows, and the character Clinton Baptiste, originally seen in Phoenix Nights, as whom he has since toured. Lowe made his TV debut in 1981 in Thames Television's Theatre Box. On stage, he played Wharton in "Another Country" at the Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. In 1983 he played Young Edmond Bertram in BBC 1's Mansfield Park. His career has included diverse roles from serious drama to character comedy. He has worked as both a writer and actor in many different areas of media. In 1990, Lowe appeared in The Hypochondriac at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won a First. In 1991, having trained at The Studio School in North London and Leicester School of Performing Arts, he played PC Corman in Minder alongside George Cole. Lowe has appeared in a variety of different television programmes, including, Three Men in A Boat, The Rise and Fall of Rome, The Fast Show, Fun at the Funeral Parlour, The Big Impression Christmas Special, and Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He appeared in four episodes of Simon Day's comedy series Grass as precocious child star Crispin Winterville's father Roland. He played Clinton Baptiste in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights and Sparky in That Peter Kay Thing. He starred with Lee on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel Four in the late 1990s, usually appearing as a reporter. In 2007, he wrote and performed for Ronni Ancona and Co. for BBC One and performed in The Peter Serafinowicz Show on BBC 2. In the cinema, Lowe played Paul in Peter's Friends, The Messenger in Much Ado About Nothing and Simon Merriel in Haunted. On radio, Lowe has appeared on Absolute Power, 15 Minute Musical, Not Today, Thank You, The Laxian Key and The Scarifyers; he plays Brian in Clare in the Community for BBC Radio 4. Lowe has also appeared twice on Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4 with Iain Lee, Big Brother's Big Mouth and Sam Delaney's Stupid Telly (as Barry from Watford). From 2001 to 2003 he hosted Download This for XFM London on Sunday mornings from 10 am to midday.
Filmography
2025
- Clinton Baptiste's Rollerghoster Live! as Clinton Baptiste
2024
- Shardlake as Brother Andrew
2023
- Suzie as Andy
2021
- Murder, They Hope as Barry
- Clinton Baptiste Goes Stratospheric as Clinton Baptiste
2020
- Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky as Joe Sparkes (voice)
- Hitmen as Danny Kemp
2018
- Fireman Sam: Set for Action! as Joe Sparkes / Ben Hopper (voice)
- M.O.T.H.E.R Knows Best as Mr. Cripps
2017
- Tulip Fever as Press Gang Officer
- Cheap Cheap Cheap as Barry
2016
- Grimsby as Policeman
2015
- The Casual Vacancy as Copper
2014
- Lovesick as Steve
- Fireman Sam: Heroes of the Storm as Ben / Joe (voice)
2013
- Utopia as Ben's Dad
2011
- My Week with Marilyn as Denys Coop
2009
- U Be Dead as Drew Langdon
2007
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Ambrose
- Heroes & Villains: Napoleon as Junot
- The Peter Serafinowicz Show
2006
- Saxondale as Mr Hill
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Milichus
- Surviving Disaster
2005
- The Thick of It as John
2004
2003
- Peep Show as Edwin Pascoe
- The Harringham Harker as Peter Hallam
2002
- Look Around You as Lee Griffiths
2001
- The Discovery of Heaven as Police Man
- Fun at the Funeral Parlour
1999
- Spaced as Estate Agent
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Phil Harrison
- Jonathan Creek as Alan Tunstall
1995
- Haunted as Simon Mariell
1994
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Ship's Crew
- The Fast Show
- The World of Hammer: Chiller
1993
- Much Ado About Nothing as Messenger
1992
- Peter's Friends as Paul (aged 17)
1987
- Fireman Sam as Ben / Joe (voice)
1986
- Casualty as Alex Hopkins
1985
- Dutch Girls as Boy with Bell
1983
- Mansfield Park as Young Edmund
1979
- Minder as PC Corman