Biography
Olly Alexander (born Oliver Alexander Thornton, 15 July 1990), is an English singer, songwriter and actor. His music is released under the name Years & Years.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Olly Alexander's Road to Eurovision '24
2024
as Self
Documentary following singer Olly Alexander as he prepares to represent the United Kingdom at the long-running celebration of music, the Eurovision So...
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024
as Self - Interviewee
Featuring exclusive access to their recent tour and their new album, this documentary reveals the fascinating world of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and...
Graham Meets Olly
2024
as Self
Olly Alexander is preparing to fulfil one of his biggest life ambitions - to represent the United Kingdom in the much-loved Eurovision Song Contest. A...
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023
as Self
imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the showrunner of Doctor Who – with two Doctors and bigge...
An Audience with Kylie
2023
as Self
Performing a selection of her greatest hits plus songs from her latest album ‘Tension’. There will also be some surprise collaborations and Kylie will...
Years & Years: Night Call
2022
Years & Years' chart-topping album Night Call was brought to vibrant life on 26 May 2022 at their OVO Arena Wembley homecoming show in London in front...
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022
as Self
This documentary reveals the surprising and overlooked history of Pride: its origins, its struggles and its triumphs. Made in creative and editorial ...
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a unique and special night at the legendary London Pallad...
Palo Santo
2018
as Olly Alexander
Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and idolized by an android society. Olly, along with th...
Palo Santo
2018
Writer, Music
Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and idolized by an android society. Olly, along with th...
27: Gone Too Soon
2018
as Self
Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to so...
Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay
2017
as Himself
Documentary in which Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander explores the mental health issues faced by members of the LGBT+ community.
50 Years Legal
2017
as Self
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influenc...
Funny Bunny
2015
as Titty
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his...
The Riot Club
2014
as Toby Maitland
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one ev...
God Help the Girl
2014
as James
Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two s...
Le Week-End
2013
as Michael
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in thei...
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
as Tom
England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances th...
Great Expectations
2012
as Herbert Pocket
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy ...
The Dish & the Spoon
2011
as Boy
Two wounded souls commiserate through drinking and aimless wandering while acting out the roles of the happy relationships that elude them in reality....
The Dish & the Spoon
2011
Original Music Composer
Two wounded souls commiserate through drinking and aimless wandering while acting out the roles of the happy relationships that elude them in reality....
Gulliver's Travels
2010
as Prince August
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
Enter the Void
2010
as Victor
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo wi...
Dust
2009
as Elias
Elodie and Elias have been living by themselves ever since most of the human race has disappeared from the face of the earth. However, with the unexpe...
Bright Star
2009
as Tom Keats
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her f...
Tormented
2009
as Jason Banks
Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, is driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and bullied at scho...
Summerhill
2008
as Ned
Summerhill, whose headmistress is Zoe Redhead, is a seventy year old progressive school, run on cooperative lines with pupils having an equal say in i...