Alexander James Sawyer was born in Kent on 13 February 1993,[1] the son of a Ghanaian mother and English-Finnish father.
He attended classes at Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 11, and in 2010 after appearing in a school production of Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange was scouted by an agent, starting his career as an actor.
[1][3] He starred as Alfie Lewis on House of Anubis for Nickelodeon which he appeared in up to and inclusive of the third season as well as the TV Movie Special, Touchstone of Ra.
[10] The next year, he appeared in the BBC One's Father Brown as Oscar Bergeres[11] and as Kofi, the novice monk on US network Starz's The White Princess.
[12] Sawyer began 2017 appearing as one of the players in the 50th anniversary revival of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at London's Old Vic Theatre, directed by David Leveaux and featuring Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire.