Alexander Richard Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is a British actor and model. He started acting in school plays and on television before his breakthrough portraying Alex Rider in the spy film Stormbreaker (2006), for which he received various accolades including nominations for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role. His career progressed with starring roles in the films Wild Child (2008); I Am Number Four (2011), in which he portrayed Number Four; and Beastly (2011). Pettyfer has since acted in a number of films, with his biggest successes being the comedy drama Magic Mike (2012), and historical dramas The Butler (2013) and Elvis & Nixon (2016), as well as in the Netflix science fiction miniseries The I-Land (2019). Outside of acting, he has modelled in several advertising campaigns for Burberry.