Alex Ferns 1694094 223985202 2008-07-06T20:45:01Z Usermare 84874 Remove vandalism and move current play out of Personal LIfe <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Alex Ferns.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Alex Ferns as Commander Martin Brooke in ''[[Making Waves]]''.]] --> '''Alex Ferns''' (born [[13 October]] [[1968]] in [[Lennoxtown]], [[Scotland]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] actor, best known for his ''[[EastEnders]]'' role as [[Trevor Morgan (EastEnders)|Trevor Morgan]], "Britain's most-hated [[soap opera|soap]] villain." Alex made an appearance in ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' ([[1996]]) before various TV roles, including ''EastEnders'' from 2000 to 2002. He cites a scene where, as Morgan, he had to push [[Little Mo]]'s face into a [[Christmas dinner]] as his most stressful filming experience. In [[2003]], Ferns played Career Officer Gordon in the highly-acclaimed [[multilingualism|trilingual]] film ''[[Joyeux Noël]]'' (in English Merry Christmas), which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the [[Oscars]], [[Golden Globe Awards]] and the [[BAFTA]]s[http://www.joyeuxnoel-lefilm.com/]. In [[2004]] he played Commander Martin Brooke, the lead role, in the short-lived [[ITV]] series [[Making Waves]]. His theatrical work includes the role of the "tapeworm" (a hallucination) in ''[[I.D. (play)|I.D.]]'', a play about [[Dimitri Tsafendas]] and his assassination of South African Prime Minister [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], and the 2008 national tour of [[Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie's]] murder mystery [[And Then There Were None]]. == Personal life == Born in [[Lennoxtown]], [[East Dunbartonshire]], he lived in [[South Africa]] for 17 years and studied drama at the [[University of Cape Town]]. Ferns has been married to [[South Africa|South African]] born actress Jennifer Woodburne since [[1996]]. They currently live in [[London]] with their son Cameron, who was born in [[2002]]. Ferns is a [[Buddhist|buddhist]]. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0273159/bio] ==External links== * {{imdb name|id=0273159|name=Alex Fern}} * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/cast/interviews/interview_content/interview_alex_ferns_livechat.shtml BBC interview] * [http://www.curtainup.com/id.html Review of I.D.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Fern, Alex}} [[Category:Scottish television actors]] [[Category:Scottish film actors]] [[Category:Scottish soap opera actors]] [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:University of Cape Town alumni]] [[Category:Scottish Buddhists]] {{Scotland-actor-stub}}