Alexander Salamat has been seen in numerous new plays, tv shows, movies, experimental theater, and off the path performances. From Walt Disney Studios to the Heart of America Shakespeare festival, network television and independent film, from narrating documentaries to Super Bowl commercials. Born and raised in Kansas City he is a bicoastal actor of Iranian and Irish origin.
TV: Person of Interest, Elementary, Madam Secretary, Instinct. Narrator of multiple National Geographic documentaries including the Emmy award winning Going Viral: Beyond the Hot Zone.
Film: Attila the Hun in Disney’s Night At the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, Price for Freedom (w/ Paul Sorvino), Satori, Dust
VoiceOver: 100+ commercials for a variety of brands including Jack Daniel’s, Michelob Ultra, NBA, Verizon, McDonald’s and a Cannes Lion winning Super Bowl campaign for Skittles. Dandelion the Crayon for Crayola. ESPN’s 30 for 30
Podcast: Searching for Hobey Baker, MARVELS w/ Anna-Sophia Robb and Method Man.
NY Theater: Falling Down the Stairs (The Atlantic Theater dir. Omar Metwally) We Swim, We Talk, We Go to War(NYTW), The Vagrant Trilogy (The Public Theater dir. Mark Wing Davey), Alien Nation (BAM), The Cherry Orchard(Victor Pappas), Arms and the Man (Janet Zarish), The Screens Project (Caryl Churchill and Mark Wing-Davey)
Regional: Macbeth (Tazewell Thompson), Richard III (Sidonie Garrett HASF)