Alex Thorne

About Alex Thorne

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: September 10, 1978
Occupation: Comedian, writer
Spouse(s): Rachel Horne (m. 2005)
Children: 3

Alex Thorne Net Worth

Alex Thorne was born on September 10, 1978, is Actor. Alex Thorne is known for his work as Zuma on Nickelodeon's Paw Patrol, Romeo on Disney's PJ Masks, and Norbert on The Stanley Dynamic.Alex has received multiple nominations and several wins from the Young Entertainer Awards (LA), Young Artist Awards (LA) and Joey Awards (Vancouver) for his work in animation, short films, and TV series.In 2016 and 2017, Alex worked on two short films. In 2017, Alex worked on an upcoming feature film by Blumhouse Productions, Seven in Heaven, rumored to release in 2019.At the age of 10, Alex landed a principal voice over role on the Nickelodeon pre-school series, PAW Patrol. Alex loves voice over work and continues to record on PAW Patrol's third season in the role of Zuma. He also landed a dramatic and challenging leading role in the short film, The Fowler's Snare.In 2013, Alex landed another principal voice over role in the animated Disney/eOne Family series, PJ Masks, which released in September 2015 in the USA and will release worldwide in 2016.In 2013, at age 11, Alex became "the most powerful seventh grader in Canada" (according to Reader's Digest) as he landed every kid's dream job, the Chief Play Officer for Toys R Us Canada. In this job, Alex did extensive live radio and TV appearances across the country and also appeared in a several series of Cineplex pre-show spots across Canada. Alex retired from the role of CPO after almost 3 years at the age of 14 years old. His retirement garnered much media attention in both Canada and the United States; Alex has done interviews with CBC, Breakfast Television, Global, CNN, Marilu Henner, NBC and more.Alex is represented by AMI in Toronto and Play Management for Vancouver and Los Angeles.Alex enjoys video games, math, science and reading.
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Biography/Timeline

1991

Horne was educated at Lancing College (Fields House, 1991–1996) and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he studied classics, graduating in 2001. While at Cambridge he was a member of the Footlights.

2000

He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh festival in 2000 with his show, "How To Avoid Huge Ships". His 2003 Edinburgh show, "Making Fish Laugh" was nominated for a Perrier newcomer award. In 2004 he won a Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act. His shows with Tim Key have been "Every Body Talks" and "When in Rome", both of which featured unusually extensive use of Microsoft PowerPoint for a comic act. Horne toured Roman towns of the UK with the "When in Rome" show in early 2006.

2005

Horne married his wife Rachel, a BBC Business Journalist, on 1 January 2005. The couple have three sons.

2006

Between 24 October 2006 and 24 October 2007 he worked alongside fellow Comedian Owen Powell, in an attempt to find a person from every nationality living in London. After a year's search, they finally managed to meet people from 189 of the UN's 192 countries, and hence suggested there is nobody in the capital from Tuvalu, Palau or the Marshall Islands.

2007

As a solo performer, Horne then wrote and performed "Birdwatching" at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival and "Wordwatching" at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. He signed a two-book deal with Virgin Publishing to write up both of these stories as books. The first, entitled Birdwatchingwatching, came out early in 2009. The second came out in early 2010. On 18 January 2007, Horne became the first ever Comedian to perform in Second Life for a feature on Sky News. In 2011 he compered "The Horne Section", a comedy variety show. "Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section" has run for three series on BBC Radio 4.

2008

Horne appeared as a contestant on Countdown in August 2008, winning three matches before being defeated. He also won the inaugural Comedians' Countdown Competition held at the Edinburgh Festival in the same month, beating Mark Watson and Stephen Grant to lift the trophy.

2011

Alex Horne also appeared in the TV show on BBC Three called Britain in Bed in 2011.

2012

On 26 November 2012, Horne chaired Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC Two. His 'Horne Section' band performed behind him at various points during the quiz and performed songs about guests Louis Smith, Josh Widdicombe and Paloma Faith.

2013

He appeared as a guest on The Matt Lucas Awards on 16 April 2013 where he won "The Bravest Guest" Award.

2015

From 2015, Horne has served as co-host alongside Greg Davies in the Dave series Taskmaster, which he created. From 2017, Horne will also serve as co-host in the US remake of the show – which carries a shorter, but similar format to the UK series.