



He subsequently attended two other independent boarding schools: Millfield School in Street, Somerset and Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Pettyfer was educated at two junior independent schools: The Mall School, a small school in Twickenham, followed by the Lambrook Haileybury school in Winkfield, Berkshire. His first commercial was at age six.Īs a schoolboy, he performed in plays, including in the role of Willy Wonka in a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Jack in his school play "Jack and the Beanstalk" and Robin Hood in the adaptation of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He also did advertisements for some yogurt brands. Pettyfer was brought up in Esher and then Windsor, Berkshire and began his career initially being managed by his mother as a young fashion model at the age of seven, for Gap, after meeting Ralph Lauren in a toy store in New York. Ireland, a retired builder and property developer. He has a younger half-brother, James Ireland from his mother's remarriage to Michael J. Both parents met while performing in London's West End in West Side Story, Cats and Miss Saigon. Pettyfer was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, the son of Lee Robinson, an actress and Richard Pettyfer, an actor.

He starred as Brody in the Netflix science fiction miniseries The I-Land. Pettyfer has been seen as a model in several advertising campaigns for Burberry and has starred in a number of other films, including I Am Number Four, Beastly, and Magic Mike. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. beastly.Alexander Richard Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is a British actor and model. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. And I'll stay this way forever-ruined-unless I can break the spell. You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright-a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. This edition features cover art from the 2011 movie starring Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer. Find out what it was like for the beast in Alex Flinn's contemporary retelling of the classic tale. With a new Beauty and the Beast movie hitting theaters in Spring 2017, it's time to catch up on all things Beastly.
