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He has stated many times that he is not interested in becoming a full-time MI6 agent.Īlex's athletic talents greatly assist him during his missions many times: for example, in Point Blanc he snowboards down a mountain on an ironing board to escape Point Blanc Academy, in Skeleton Key he scuba dives into Skeleton Key, in Scorpia he base jumps into a factory, in Ark Angel he walks between two apartment buildings on a tightrope and in Snakehead, he kayaks down a river on a makeshift kayak.Īs the series progresses, Alex becomes more skilled at spying.

Alex once joked that he wanted to be a train driver.

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Before Alex became involved with MI6, he wanted to be a professional football player, but now is unsure of what he wants to do when he finishes school. The book series originally happens during 2001, making him fourteen. Īlex was originally to have had dark hair, but after Horowitz saw several surveys that said teenage girls preferred blonde boys, he created him as fair haired instead.Īlex was born on February 12, 1987.

Rider's last name comes from the Bond girl Honeychile Rider from the novel Dr. He initially considered several possible names for the character, including Jack Banning, Tom Summers, Zac Marshall, Scott Winters, Dylan Beckett, Miles Longman, Sean Reeves, Jake Keaton, Adam Whitehead, Kai Bexter, Marcus Edwards, Liam Skye, Connor West, Kyle Fisher, Bradley Roberts, Callum Gates, Rupert Halliwell and Ben Shires, before finally settling on Alex Rider. Horowitz came up with the idea for the series when he thought about creating a teenage equivalent of James Bond.

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In the film adaption of Stormbreaker, Alex Rider was portrayed by Alex Pettyfer, and in the Amazon Prime TV series, he is portrayed by Otto Farrant. He has not only worked for MI6, but also the CIA, Scorpia (in Scorpia), and the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (in Snakehead). When fourteen years old, Alex was forced into this occupation after MI6 noticed Alex's many talents. He has also been featured in three short stories written by Horowitz based in the same canon as the series Secret Weapon, Christmas at Gunpoint and Incident in Nice.Īlex is a boy who works for MI6, the British international intelligence service. Helen Beckett (mother, deceased), Ian Rider (uncle, deceased), Jack Starbright (guardian)Īlex Rider is a title character and the protagonist of the Alex Rider novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz. Alex Rider, as portrayed by Otto Farrant in the television series of the same name.įelix Lester, Kevin Blake, Alex Friend, Alex Gardiner, Federico Casali, Abdul Hassan, Alex Brenner, Alex Tanner