Biography for
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Date of Birth

23 May 1968, Lagos, Nigeria

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Alki David was born in West Africa in 1968 to a Greek trading and shipping family. To date what has happened to him is nothing less than a fantastic journey.

His colourful experiences include a voluntary bout in the British armed forces, lab analyst for Coca Cola, as a fish farm labourer, water-ski instructor, PADI scuba instructor and radio jock.

Having graduated London's prestigious the Royal College of Art and relocated to California in 1991, Alki owned and operated a post-production facility called Beverly Hills Video Group.

Having sold his interest in BHVG, Alki returned to his London home in 1998. He then started a joint venture with ICM Europe's Chairman, Duncan Heath. This joint venture includes a television production company and what is now London's hottest modelling Agency, ICM Models.

In the past three years has Alki set up an independent Rock label, which he distributes through Universal Music UK. He has also partnered with Matt Rhodes and Judd Payne in hot Hollywood indie shingle Persistent Pictures.

His love for Film and Television has not dwindled. Most recently in 2004 Alki acted in a starring role for TNT's hit mini-series, The Grid. Alki's love for the style of Italian Cinema, led him to write produce direct and star in the much acclaimed, Greek co-production The Freediver.

When you meet Alki you will find a calm self-assured pinnacle of strength. Beneath that calm exterior is an incredibly creative and dynamic personality to whom most are instantly, drawn to.

In 2006, Alki launched 111 Pictures Ltd is a UK-based independent production and international sales company. A partnership between filmmaker, actor and business tycoon Alki David and veteran film producer Elliott Kastner.

In 1995 he founded BIOS (Ancient Greek for Life), a non profit marine conservation agency which performs massive underwater cleanups all over Greece and whose members lecture at the high-school level as to the importance of maintaining a healthy marine environment.

BIOS sponsors and organises World Record Freediving events on Alki's Greek island home of Spetses.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Emma McAllister

Trivia

Voted "sexiest man alive" by Scandal Magazine, a leading gossip publication in Greece.