Alexi Kaye Campbell
- Actor
- Writer
Alexi Kaye Campbell was born in Athens in 1966 as Alexi Komondouros, to a Greek father and a British mother. Having spent his childhood in Greece, he went to America as a young man, graduating from Boston University in English and American Studies. He had a year in New York, waiting tables and taking acting lessons whilst working unpaid for an off-Broadway stage group, moving to London to graduate in acting from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts. For fifteen years, he was a jobbing actor including stage performances at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court and the Shared Experience Theatre Group, and TV work such as in Keys to the Car (1999) and Murder in Mesopotamia (2001). In 2008 his play "The Pride", reflecting gay themes, was staged at the Royal Court Theatre in London directed by Jamie Lloyd with Bertie Carvel, JJ Feild, Lyndsey Marshal and Tim Steed in the wonderful cast, to critical acclaim, also honored with a Laurence Olivier Award, before transferring to Broadway in January 2010 directed by Joe Mantello with Ben Whishaw, Andrea Riseborough, Hugh Dancy and Adam James in the brilliant cast. In 2009, his next play "Apologia" was also warmly received at The Bush Theatre directed by Josie Rourke following notable productions too at the MTC Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, with Robyn Nevin as Kristin and at the Bungakuza Theatre Company in Japan. His next play "The Faith Machine" premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in August 2011 directed by Jamie Lloyd with Hayley Atwell and Ian McDiarmid before its production at the Bungakuza Theatre in Tokyo, followed next by "Bracken Moor" which was premiered at the Tricycle Theatre, London in June 2013, directed by Polly Teale. His following notable play "Sunset at the Villa Thalia" premiered in London at the National Theatre of Great Britain in May 2016, directed by Simon Godwin in an acclaimed production with Ben Miles, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Crane, Pippa Nixon, Christos Callow, Glykeria Dimou and Eve Polycarpou in the brilliant cast. Describing themselves as leading "not very theatre-y lives", Alexi has lived in London with his partner Dominic Cooke since 1997.
