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Alexander Nathan "Alex" Etel (born 19 September 1994) is an English child actor.
Etel was born in a hospital on the outskirts of Manchester, the son of Nicholette Etel and Jason Hartley. Etel is the middle child of his family, he has a younger brother, Daniel Etel and an older sister, Rebecca Etel. He went to Lum Head Primary School in Gatley.
Etel was born in Manchester. His film debut was the starring role of Damian Cunningham in 2004's Millions, a family film directed by Danny Boyle. He played the lead in his second film, Jay Russell's The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. The film, based on a Dick King Smith story about a boy who adopts a monster sea creature, opened in North America on Christmas Day, 2007 and in other countries in early 2008. The film is set in Scotland during World War II, although all the scenes involving the creature itself were shot in New Zealand.
Etel also played the bright-eyed ragamuffin Harry Gregson in the six-part TV adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford" for the BBC and WGBH, which was transmitted on BBC 1 in the autumn of 2007 and co-starred Philip Glenister, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Francesca Annis and Imelda Staunton. He reprised his role in the two-part second series entitled Return to Cranford.
Dame Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress. She has had an extensive career both on screen and in live theatre, and is known as one of Britain's pre-eminent actors. She made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 60 years. She has won numerous awards for acting, both for the stage and for film, including seven BAFTA Awards (five competitive awards and two special awards including the Bafta Fellowship in 1996), two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, two SAG Awards and a Tony Award. Dame Maggie is the only actor ever to win this collective of awards and is one of the most successful and acclaimed actors of the film era.
Her critically acclaimed films include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Travels with My Aunt (1972), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001). She has also appeared in a number of widely-popular films, including Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992) and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series. She currently stars in the critically acclaimed drama Downton Abbey as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, for which she has won an Emmy.
Interview with Alex Etel
CW11 interview with Alex Etel from Water Horse
Alex Etel - WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER movie - introduction
ALEX ETEL 2005-early morning show
Alex Etel's message to his fans on the set of his new film!
WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER - Outtake #1 [Robbie Kay, Alex Etel]
WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER - Outtake #2 [Robbie Kay, Alex Etel]
Millions
THE WATER HORSE Video Blog #4 "Alex Etel"
Alex Etel & Ella Purnel en Madrid !!!
Alex Etel-Red Carpet Interveiw 2006 for movie millions
From Time To Time, 2009 Trailer * Maggie Smith, Alex Etel
Alex Etel
Alex Etel-The full and true lifestory