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ActressAllison Williamsand actorAlexander Dreymonare going strong!
TheGirlsstarfirst met Dreymon on the set ofHorizon Line,where they played a couple who are faced with an impossible situation when their airline pilot suffers a fatal heart attack mid-flight.
Later that same year,The Last Kingdomactorproposed to Williams. She was previously married to College Humor co-founderRicky Van Veen, from whom she separated in 2019 after nearly four years of marriage.
So, who is Alexander Dreymon? Here’s everything to know about the actor and his relationship with Allison Williams.
He is an actor
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Dreymon is best known for starring as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Netflix’sThe Last Kingdom, in which he appeared for five seasons from 2015 until the series wrapped in 2022.
During an interview on theScreen Chroniclespodcastin May 2022, Dreymon’s costar Eliza Butterworth shared her praise for the actor’s work in the series.
“I’m going to first and foremost say it, Alexander Dreymon is the most sensational actor I think I’ve ever watched in my life,” she said. “I was watching every episode and going, ‘What can henotdo?’ because when he feels the feels, he feels the feels and you feel it with him.”
He made his directorial debut in 2022
Dreymon made his directorial debut, something he had wanted to do “for a long time,” on season 5, episode 2 ofThe Last Kingdom.
He added: “It’s not easy to find the right moment to do it simply because prepping a directing venture like that takes a few months and then there’s a few months of post. So it’s not easy to work that into a schedule. We already work on a very, very tight schedule. … So it’s a full-time job, and then fitting a directing venture into that, I just needed to time it right. Gareth [Neame] and Nigel [Marchant], who are the producers on the show, were extremely supportive.”
He grew up in France, the U.S. and Switzerland
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Dreymon was born in Germany but split his time between different countries while growing up.
“I grew up between France and the United States and Switzerland for four years as well,” Dreymon told The Carouselin June 2020. “And I always travel a lot. I have a very large family, and they live all over the world. So I have the advantage of being able to go to places and kind of experience it as a local. I think you just become more open to how different people live.”
Dreymon has also said he could make “any place” his home.
“I always felt like I could live anywhere,” hetoldBackstagein August 2020. “I feel like I have a lot of different homes in my life. A lot of different places in the world I feel like, when I go back to them, all my memories are here, my friends are here. I have that in Budapest now, because we’ve been shooting here so long.”
He used to ride horses in South Dakota
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Dreymon’s role as Uhtred required him to learn how to ride horses properly, but it wasn’t the actor’s first time on horseback.
“When I was a kid, I used to live in South Dakota for a while, and I used to do quite a bit of horseback riding,” Dreymon said in an interviewwith TheCarousel.“But I never learned how to do it. I just jumped on a horse and went.”
He added: “And there’s no one around, so you can just ride for hours and the horse always knows the way back. So it was great fun, but I didn’t learn how to horse ride. I just went with whatever the horse decided to do.”
It took him six years to find work as an actor after graduating
Dreymon studied acting at London’s Drama Centre, but after graduating, it would be several years before he could find steady work as an actor.
“I think things had to happen the way they happened. I didn’t work for a long time after I finished theater school,” he toldBackstagewhen asked what advice he would give to his younger self. “I studied in London, and then before I actually started making a living from my work it was about six, almost seven years. I think that’s the most difficult time.”
He also talked about the importance of working hard as an early-career actor — even if the benefits aren’t immediately tangible. “I think people that love their work, which I think is important, [are] going to be hardworking,” he said. “You’re going to be keeping your instrument alive. You’re going to be working on your craft. You’re going to be doing your homework. And you’ll be ready when the opportunity comes along. The most difficult thing is to hunker down and have that grit to keep going when there’s no work.”
He and Williams welcomed son Arlo in 2021
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“They are both private people individually, and they made the decision to keep this happy news to just a small circle of family and friends,” an insider told PEOPLE at the time. “But they’re over the moon.”
The source added that the couple “haven’t been hiding or anything. They’ve just been doing their best to keep a low profile.”
Williams opened up about becoming a first-time parent during an appearance on theTodayshow in January 2023.
“I’m very proud,” she said of her and Dreymon’s “adorable” son. “I get, like, weird and shy when I talk about it because it’s so new. But I’m obsessed with him; it’s all I think about. It’s just the most unbelievable adventure. I feel lucky every day.”
Just ahead of Arlo’s second birthday, Williams appeared onLate Night with Seth Meyers, where she reflected on her son’s growth.
He and Williams made their red carpet debut in December 2022
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In December 2022, after three years of dating, the couple made theirred carpet debutat the Los Angeles premiere of Williams' filmM3GAN.
Two days later, Dreymon posted a photo from the event on Instagram — andconfirmed the pair’s engagement.
“Premiere of M3GAN with a screaming, laughing, cheering crowd. It’s the ultimate fun scarefest,” he wrote. “I’m so proud of my gorgeous fiancée.”
The twocontinued to make public appearances, notably stepping out together for theOscarsin March 2023 and New York Fashion Week in February 2024.
He likes to play pranks
Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon attend the Michael Kors Collection Fall/Winter 2024 Runway Show on February 13, 2024 in New York City.Jamie McCarthy/Getty
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He explained that they convinced the designer to prepare a wig styled into a black bob with fringe, akin to Prince Arthur inThe Spanish Princess. “He was too shy at the beginning,” Dreymon said. “He didn’t know yet how much he could push [back] or how much influence he could have on it.”
Dreymon concluded: “He kept saying, ‘Are you guys sure? Because I feel like he’s supposed to be a warrior and it doesn’t really look like a warrior. He doesn’t feel tough enough.’ We kept it going for a long time. Since then he doesn’t believe in anything we say anymore.”
source: people.com
