Alex Chorley
Birthplace:
London
Alex Chorley, 18, is a multi-award-winning actor, classically trained baritone singer, composer and filmmaker. Born in London in 2000, he emigrated to Australia with his family when he was 4 years old before moving back to England in 2019. At nine years of age, he first sang solo at the Sydney Opera House and now has numerous professional theatre credits to his name. These include 3 seasons with Opera Australia in the children's chorus of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Turandot" and as a child principal playing one of the 3 spirits in "The Magic Flute". He also spent a year playing the extremely demanding role of Michael Banks in the Sydney season of Disney and Cameron McKintosh's hit stage musical "Mary Poppins" and followed this by performing opposite Jack Thompson in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of "Under Milk Wood". Shortly after he was cast "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with the Belvoir Street Theatre and has since performed in three seasons of pantomime at the King Street Theatre, Newtown. In 2017 he appeared in the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) world premiere production of "Intersection" consisting of a series of scenes which aimed to give a snapshot of life as a teenager in Australia. He also played the Scarecrow in his school musical, "The Wizard of Oz", along with the role of Basil Fawlty in his school senior acting ensemble's production of "Fawlty Towers". In 2018 (his last year of school) he featured as Demetrius in his school production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer night's Dream" and completed a 2 week tour of the UK with his school music department during which he sang in front of HRHs Prince William and Prince Harry at the Westminster Abbey ANZAC Day service, worked with the King's Singers and performed solos in Handel's House and Southwark Cathedral. Other previous professional engagements include a number of films, commercials, play readings, corporate work and numerous vocal recitals, including singing as a soloist and in ensembles with the classical vocal group "Divas on Demand". He also released his first experimental/alternative music album entitled 'Parasitia' and has recently released his latest single 'Face That Knows'. He is also the co-founder (along with Tess Cornwall) of film group Lexel Studios. They have enjoyed recent success with experimental web series 'This Room Does Not Exist' and short film 'Timeout' along with a number of other projects including short film 'Office Complexity' and a comedy mini-series, 'Sod's Law'.