Alexander "Alex" Ludwig (born May 7, 1992) is a Canadian actor. He first began his career as a child, and then received recognition as a teenager for starring in the films The Seeker (2007) and Race to Witch Mountain (2009). He shot to fame for starring as Cato in The Hunger Games (2012).
He is also known for his supporting roles as Shane Patton in Lone Survivor (2013), and Dorn in Bad Boys for Life (2020). He starred as Bjorn Ironside in the History Channel series Vikings from 2014-2020, and appeared as "Ken" in Nicki Minaj's video for "Super Freaky Girl
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Filmography
Film
- 2005 Scary Godmother - Jimmy (voice)
- 2006 A Little Thing Called Murder - Kenny Klimes (young)
- 2007 The Seeker - Will Stanton
- 2009 Race to Witch Mountain - Seth
- 2012 The Hunger Games - Cato
- 2013 Grown Ups 2 - Braden Higgins
- 2013 Lone Survivor - PO2 Shane Patton
- 2014 When the Game Stands Tall - Chris Ryan
- 2015 Final Girl - Jameson
- 2015 The Final Girls - Chris Briggs
- 2015 Blackway - Nate
- 2019 Midway (2019) - Lieutenant Roy Pearce
- 2020 Bad Boys for Life - Dorn
- 2020 Operation Christmas Drop - Captain Andrew Jantz
- 2020 Recon - Marson
- TBA Swing - Alex
