Alex Outhred

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Alex Outhred (born 1977) is a former Australian actor.

He starred as a young pubescent boy going through a sexual awakening in the 1992 Australian film, Hammers Over the Anvil, opposite Russell Crowe. His character has polio, and following a long line of actors who won awards for playing people with disabilities, he won awards for his performance. Outhred won the Australian Film Institute Young Actors Award. His co-star, Crowe, one-upped him several years later for playing someone with schizophrenia. Ann Turner, the director, praised Outhred's ability to feign admiration with regular smiles and distant dreamy looks.

Outhred now works as a research scientist.[1]

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  1. ^ "Alexander C Outhred". Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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