# Alexander Holtmann

Alexander Holtmann (born 19 August 1978) is a Finnish-German cinema, television and theatre actor known for his characters in Humboldt in Mexico, The Chosen, Capadocia, El Señor de los Cielos, Qué bonito amor, Fortuna, La Patrona amongst others.

## Early life

Holtmann was born in Bad Segeberg, West Germany, to a Finnish mother and German father.

## Training

* Acting Technique - Irene Gilbert, Stella Adler Academy
* Scene Study - Charles Waxberg, Stacy Ray
* Script Analysis - Charles Waxberg
* Stage Combat - Louis Roth
* Improvisation - Dan Weisman, Pat Dade
* Sketch - Kent Skov, L.A. Connection
* Shakespeare - Debbie Wastling
* Chekhov - Yevgeni Lazarev

## Special skills

* Languages - English, German, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish
* Sports - PADI Rescue Diver, Paintball, Volleyball, Ping Pong, Biking, Squash, Horseback riding
* Martial Arts - Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, Stage combat, Fencing
* Military Training - Field Medic, Ambulance Driver, Automatic and Semiautomatic Weapons
* Drivers License C1E (Truck-European Union)

## Filmography
### Film

* Humboldt, the Gaze of the Explorer - Ana Cruz Navarro
* La gran promesa - Dir. Jorge Ramírez
* The Chosen - Dir. Antonio Chavarrías
* El sueño del Marakame - Dir. Federico Cecchetti
* Quack - Dir. Eduardo Perea
* Lalito - Contrabajo Films
* The Boy Who Smells Like Fish, Treading Water - Dir. Analeine Cal y Mayor
* In Lak'ech Ala K'in: Code of the Heart - Dir. Catherine Cunningham
* Toda la suerte del mundo - Dir. Alberto Allende
* La Brujula la lleva el Muerto - Dir. Arturo Pons
* Zeviathan - Dir. Iker Orozco
* Los Trashumantes - Dir. Federico Cecchetti
* Matriushkas - Dir. Luciana Solórzano
* Los Pajarracos - Dir. Horacio Rivera, Héctor Hernández
* Kiljusten herrasvaen uudet seikkailut - Polarfilms

### Television

* El Dragón- Hans Prinket/ Lemon Studios
* El Chema - Lesly Carrol / Telemundo
* Señora Acero - John Floyd - Telemundo
* Grandes Transformaciones de México - Maximiliano de Habsburgo - Televisa
* El Hotel de los secretos - Sheamus Rangel - Roberto Gómez Fernández, Televisa
* Amor de Barrio - Walter - Roberto Hernández Vázquez, Televisa
* Coleccionista - Maximiliano de Habsburgo - OPMA
* Alguién más - Maestro Kanvar - Canana Films y Canal Once (Mexico)
* Las trampas del deseo - Humberto - Argos Comunicación y MundoFox
* Fortuna - Luka Gomorov - Argos Comunicación y Cadena Tres
* El Señor de los Cielos - Randy Prescott - Argos Comunicación y Telemundo
* Locked up abroad /Howard Marks - Patrick Lane - National Geographic Channel
* La Patrona - Arthur Kelley - Argos Comunicación y Telemundo
* Que Bonito Amor - Arnold Smith - Salvador Mejía Alejandre, Televisa
* Capadocia 3 - Carter - Argos Comunicación
* Infames - Mayor Richard Davis - Argos Comunicación y Cadena Tres
* La Teniente - Ambassador McKenzie - Azteca 7, TV Azteca
* El Encanto del Aguila - Second Lt. Charles Copp - Canal de las Estrellas, Televisa
* Los Minondo - Partner 1 - Canal Once (Mexico)
* Drenaje Profundo - Michael Hudson young - TV Azteca
* XY 2 - Private secretary - Canal Once (Mexico)

### Theatre

* Humboldt, México para los mexicanos - Ernesto Anaya Ottone/ Teatro sin paredes
* Angustia/ A puerta cerrada - Jean-Paul Sartre
* Acreedores - August Strindberg
* Güero en México - stand up Alexander Holtmann
* Choros Criticos - stand up Alexander Holtmann / Blanca Salces
* The Proposal - Anton Chekhov
* The Jubilee - Anton Chekhov
* The Bear - Anton Chekhov
* Pygmalion - G.Bernard Shaw
* Two Gentlemen of Verona - G.Bernard Shaw
* The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare
* A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
* The Nutcracker - E. T. A. Hoffmann
* Platero and Me - Juan Ramón Jiménez
* The Swan Lake - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
* Don Quijote - Miguel de Cervantes
* Little Red Ridinghood - Charles Perrault
* Cinderella - Charles Perrault
* Sleeping Beauty - Charles Perrault
* Pastorela - Cesar Chavez Belmont
* Instant Comedy Soup - Stella Adler Theatre L.A.
* A little bit of Improv - Studio Theatre L.A.
* IMPROV! - Irene Gilbert Theatre L.A.
* ImproVable Cause - Jewel Box Theatre L.A.
* Sketch & Improv - L.A Connection, Dan Weisman