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Alan Mehdizadeh
Alan Mehdizadeh is a British actor. Born on 4 September 1982 to an English mother and Persian father. He was born in Hasting, East Sussex and grew up in Ealing, West London. He has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are younger.

He is currently appearing as Big Davey/Ensemble in the West End production of 'Billy Elliot the Musical' at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London.

He attended Drayton Manor High School (1994-1999), Richmond Upon Thames College (1999-2001) and University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2004-2007)where he studied drama. He also took theatre classes at Matthew Chandler's Songtime Theatre Arts which boasts many successful artistes amongst it's alumni.

His acting career has already spanned over two decades, he appeared in adverts for Vauxhall and Hoover before he was 10 years old, and through his childhood appeared in BBC Children's' Drama 'Grange Hill' for two years.

His professional theatre career includes productions of 'Watership Down' (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), 'Much Ado About Nothing' (UK Tour), 'Robin Hood' (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury), 'Wizard of Oz' (Motherwell Theatre), 'Bespoke Overcoat' (Louche Theatre).

Alan made his West End Debut on May 13 2013 in 'Billy Elliot the Musical' and continues to play until "Spring 2014".

In 2012 Alan originated two roles in the World Premiere of 'The Incredible Book Eating Boy', a new musical written by Conor Mitchell ('Mathilde', 'Hobgoblin Market'), based on a book by Oliver Jeffers. The show premiered in November 2012 at the new MAC Theatre in Belfast and co-produced by Cahoots NI.

Whilst attending University he formed Curtain Call Musical Theatre Society and produced several shows including 'Godspell', 'Return to the Forbidden Planet' and 'Little Shop of Horrors', he directed 'Godspell'. Alan was president of Curtain Call between 2005 and 2007.

Alan also created the production company What Was That? Productions (which he is currently Artistic Director of). The company has produced several professional shows, these include 'tick, tick...BOOM!', 'Table Manners', 'Life of Riley', 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (amateur production), and the World Premiere production of 'The Kebabman Cometh' which was written and directed by and starred Alan. Alan also directed the production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

Alan has a website www.officialalan.com