Alex Sanon is a Television and Film Actor, a Model, Host and Voice Actor. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he is the second child of four children. Parents: Lyonel Sanon and Christine Shirley. He relocated to the United States in November 2000.
Alex got his first supporting role on his very first acting audition to portray Rev. Ernest on "Running on Water" (Feature Film - 2013).
Since then he has landed a few roles as Principal on "Deadly Affairs"- S3E8 in 2014, "Mercy Street" - S1E2 in 2016, and as Lead on “Southern Fried Homicide” – S2E4, the short films “Chromatymia”, “What Ben Said” – 2015. He has also worked behind the scenes as “Stand In” on a few TV Shows (Gotham, Bull, Ronald, The Good Cop) and on the film (The Purge – 2018).
Alex has appeared in a few American TV shows like "House of Cards", "Deception", “Bull”, “Mme Secretary”, etc. Alex is dedicated to his craft and has adopted the legendary Will Smith’s philosophy “Always be ready so you don’t have to get ready”.
He is known as "The man with many faces", that skill has helped him get cast as the lead on the French-Canadian Crime-thriller web series "Les Professionnels - The Professionals" in which he played 2 different characters (Twin Assassins). He also appeared in a few Print and TV Commercials (NFCU, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Car Dealerships etc).
As a model he appeared on Vogue Magazine (Turkish Edition) in the September 2017 issue, took part (Dec. 2017) in The ATT Hospitality & Commercial Solutions Print Promo, and portrayed a WWII Tuskegee Pilot Veteran on the Docu-Photo by photographer Sheldon J. Walker.
Personal Quotes:
“Success is the fruit of the tree of failures”
“God is leading and I am willing, thus success is inevitable”
"I dream big every day so I don't have nightmare at night"
Unique traits: Celebrity Look-A-Like: Idris Elba, Isaiah Washington
The Enemy Within
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TV Series
Actor
Power (S6, E2)
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Television
Stand In Stand In for Corey Allen
The Village (E104, E105)
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Television
Stand In Stand In for Frankie Faison
Madam Secretary
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TV Series
Actor
The Week Of
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Film
Actor
The Cohort
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Internet
(Comedy)
Actor The Cohort is a comedy web series about a group of freshmen students from the winter semester cohort in the QPU (Quebec Province University) in Montreal.
Maryland National Park
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Commercial
by Duo Media Productions
Father Online Promo
Mercy Street
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Television
(Drama and History)
Actor Based on real events, Mercy Street takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of a distinctive cast of characters - doctors, nurses, contraband laborers and Southern loyalists - realizing the chaotic world of Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia, and the Mansion House Hospital in the early years of the Civil War. Written by PBS
Mercy Street (PBS War Drama)
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Television
by Scott Free Productions
Prisoner (Speaking) S1, E2
House of Cards
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Television
by KTK Productions (Drama)
Billionaire Camper S5, E8
Make A Champ
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Film (short)
by Alexander Rozenblit
Day Player
Chromathymia
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Film (short)
by LANDR Studios
Lead: Henri
The Professionals
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Series
by BOS Films
Leads: Frank/Frantz (Twin Assassins) Assasins from a secret crime syndicate are being elimated one by one. Everyone thinks Frank Adams has turned against his own organization, but when he is captured and tortured by his own twin brother Frantz Adams, the truth about the evil organization OMEGA is starting to take shape.
Deadly Affairs
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Television
by Sirens Media
Day Player (The Haitian) - Speaking
Nissan/Infiniti
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Commercial
by Nation Wide Nissan/Infiniti
Car Buyer
NFCU (Navy Federal Credit Union)
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Print
by 15Four Productions
Military Home Owner
What Ben Said
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Film (short)
by Alex Pop
Lead: Ben
Southern Fried Homicide
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Television
by Sirens Media
Lead: Deputy Sheriff Patrick Cuffy
Mum
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Film (short)
by Vick Krishna
Single Dad
IJM International Junior Miss Pageant - Best Program Book Award (as a Graphic Artist)
(2012)