Alex Pettyfer Biography

Alex Pettyfer is an English actor and model who appeared in school plays and TV before he got the role of Alex Rider in Stormbreaker in 2006. His performance in the film won him nominations for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award. He has modeled in multiple Burberry advertising campaigns and appeared in films like I Am Number Four, Beastly, and Magic Mike.

Alex Pettyfer Age

Pettyfer was born Alexander Richard Pettyfer on April 10, 1990, in Stevenage, England. He is 34 years old as of 2024. Pettyfer celebrates his birthday on April 10th.

Alex Pettyfer Height

Pettyfer stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 11¼ inches.

Alex Pettyfer Family

Pettyfer was born to Lee Robinson and Richard Pettyfer in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. His parents were actors who met while performing in London’s West End in West Side Story, Cats, and Miss Saigon. His mother later remarried Michael J. Ireland, a retired builder and property developer. From the relationship, she gave birth to Pettyfer’s younger half-brother, James Ireland. Pettyfer grew up in Esher and then Windsor, Berkshire.

Alex Pettyfer Wife

Pettyfer is divorced with a daughter. He was previously married to model Toni Garrn. They exchanged vows on October 2, 2020, in Hamburg, Germany. After dating for 10 months, he proposed to her on December 24, 2019. She gave birth to their daughter, Luca Malaika Pettyfer, in 2021. Luca is 3 years old as of 2024. Garrn shared news of their divorce via an Instagram post on April 22, 2023.

Garrn is a German model who gained fame in the fashion industry in 2008 after signing an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein. She was born on July 7, 1992, in Hamburg, Germany, and is 32 years old as of 2024. Besides modeling, she has acted in films like The Shift, Under the Bed, You Are Wanted, Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer, Head Full of Honey, Berlin, I Love You, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Crisis.

Alex Pettyfer Relationships

Before Toni, Pettyfer was in a relationship with actress Riley Keough. They had been briefly engaged in 2021 and met while filming Magic Mike. Riley is an American actress and the eldest grandchild of Elvis Presley. She was born on May 29, 1989, and is 35 years old as of 2024. She had her breakthrough role portraying an escort in The Girlfriend Experience SN 1, winning her a Golden Globe Best Actress Award nomination.

Before Riley, Pettyfer dated his I Am Number Four co-star, Dianna Agron, in 2010. He was allegedly paranoid and controlling during their relationship. They broke up in February 2011 with reports that he had threatened her over the phone and had an altercation with Sebastian Stan, a close associate of Argon in early 2011. Agron briefly relocated to a hotel using a false name so that he would not find her and he was instructed by his agents to avoid events where she would be present.

Alex Pettyfer Net Worth

Pettyfer has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being an actor and model.

Alex Pettyfer Stormbreaker

In 2006, Pettyfer starred as Alex Rider in Stormbreaker. Alex is a 14-year-old schoolboy recruited by the MI6 after Ian Rider, his uncle, and a secret agent, dies in action. In this magnitude, he goes to Cornwall to collect intelligence behind an advanced computer system called Stormbreaker that was given to schools across Britain and its creator, billionaire Darrius Sayle.

Pettyfer auditioned alongside 499 others. He chose to star in the film over Eragon since Stormbreaker would be filmed in the Isle of Man, Britain as opposed to Eragon which was filmed in Hungary. Also, he was afraid of flights and liked the cast looks for Stormbreaker. His performance in the film won him nominations for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award.

Alex Pettyfer Wild Child

In 2008, Pettyfer starred as Freddie Kingsley in Wild Child. Freddie is Mrs. Kingsley’s son and Poppy Moore’s love interest.

Alex Pettyfer Beastly

In 2011, Pettyfer starred as Kyle Kingstone in Beastly. Kyle is the arrogant and haughty son of Rob Kingson, a news anchor. Kendra Hilferty, a witch, curses him after he publicly humiliates her for vandalizing his pictures. As a result, he transforms into a hideous beast and must find someone who loves him for who he is within two years to break the spell or remain altered for the rest of his life. His performance in the film won him a 2011 Teen Choice Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Vanessa Hudgens) Award nomination and won him a Teen Choice Movie: Breakout Male Award.

Alex Pettyfer Magic Mike

In 2012, Pettyfer starred as Adam/The Kid in Magic Mike. Adam is a 19-year-old college dropout searching for a construction job. In this magnitude, he meets Mike Lane who introduces him to male stripping at the Xquisite Strip Club in Tampa. As a result, he becomes more immersed in the strip club scene and starts to indulge in drugs and careless behavior.

Alex Pettyfer Instagram

Pettyfer has an active Instagram account that has over 1.3M followers.

Alex Pettyfer Education

Pettyfer studied at The Mall School in Twickenham and the Lambrook Haileybury School in Winkfield, Berkshire. Next, he studied at  Millfield School in Street, Somerset, and Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Before finishing his GCSEs, he left Shiplake College and attended the independent Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.

While in school, Pettyfer was involved with plays, starring as Willy Wonka in a school production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk school play, and Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Alex Pettyfer Career

Pettyfer started his career as a young fashion model managed by his mother when he was seven. At the time, he modeled for Gap after he met Ralph Lauren in a toy store in New York. Moreover, he did adverts for some yogurt brands and had his first commercial when he was 6.

Pettyfer professionally debuted in 2005 in Tom Brown’s Schooldays, starring as Tom Brown. In June of that year, he landed his most prominent role portraying an MI6 spy, Alex Rider, in Stormbreaker. A September 2006 report revealed that he would not recur the role of Alex in another film since he had become too mature for the role. When he was 17, he began modeling to supplement his income, appearing in some advertising campaigns for Burberry.

2008 to present;

Pettyfer starred in Wild Child as schoolboy, Freddie Kingsley in 2008. In 2009, he starred as Bradley White in Tormented. That same year, Company magazine mentioned him in its list of the top 50 most eligible bachelors, ranking at #35. In August of the same year, Glamour magazine ranked him at #21 in their list of the sexiest men on the planet

Pettyfer received an offer to play Jace Wayland in City of Bones, a role which went to Jamie Campbell Bower. Moreover, he was offered a role in The Spook’s Apprentice which he declined. Further, he was scheduled to star in The Paperboy but was dropped for the role. In 2011, he starred in Beastly and I Am Number Four.

In 2012, Pettyfer starred as Adam in Magic Mike. The following year, he played the role of Thomas Westfall in The Butler. In 2014, he starred in Endless Love. 2 years later, he portrayed Nick in The Strange Ones directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein.

In 2018, Pettyfer debuted as a director in Back Roads where he also played the lead role of Harley Altmye. That same year, he starred as Stephen Underwood in The Last Witness. He was also announced as the lead role in Netflix’s The I-Land.

Alex Pettyfer Movies and TV Shows

Pettyfer has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as

• Tom Brown’s Schooldays
• In Time
• Elvis & Nixon
• Echo Boomers
• Collection
• Warning
• The Infernal Machine
• Black Noise
• Sunrise
• Family Guy
• 5lbs of Pressure
• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
• Chief of Station