Zachary Aleksander

Zach is an East Coast actor, musician and theatre-maker. Since studying musical theatre at the Australian Institute of Music, where they were scouted for ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ (Squabbalogic/Seymour Centre), they have worked locally and internationally on stage shows, live music performances, film and television. Primarily working as a character-musician for plays and musicals, they have played onstage cello, guitar, banjo, piano, accordion, bass, ukulele and percussion in shows like ‘Cowbois’ (Siren Theatre/Seymour Centre), ‘The Hello Girls’ (Hayes Theatre/Heart Strings), two seasons and a tour of ‘HMS Pinafore’ (Hayes Theatre/Siren Theatre/Sydney Festival), two seasons of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ (Australian Shakespeare Company) and ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ (Little Triangle/Seymour Centre), in addition to their role as resident musical director/actor in ‘As You Like It’, ‘The Frogs’, ‘Ophelia Thinks Harder’, ‘The Government Inspector’ and ‘Twelfth Night’ (dir. Alex Kendall Robson). Other directing credits include director/producer/actor on ‘HAIR’ (Factory Theatre/ZAP) and assistant director/swing on a tour of ‘Iolanthe’ (Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney). Other acting roles include ‘The Colour Orange’ (Sydney Comedy Festival), ‘Heathers’ (Darling Quarter) and ‘Venus in Fur’ (produced by Sean Landis). For screen, Zach has worked on the films ‘Send Help’ (Raimi Productions/20th Century Studios) and ‘The Only One’ (Deeper Waters Films), tv shows ‘The Artful Dodger’ (Curio Pictures/Disney+), and ‘NCIS Sydney’ (Endemol Shine Aus/Paramount+), and various music videos for ‘Rage’ (ABC).

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1. 2026

   As You Like It

   Touchstone/MD · Fingerless Theatre w/ Flightpath Theatre, dir. Alex Robson · Stage

2. 2026

   Send Help

   hand-double · Raimi Productions, dir. Sam Raimi · Film

3. 2026

   The Artful Dodger S2E3

   Violinist · Curio Pictures, dir. James McNamara · Television

4. 2026

   Zyrtec x Granny Flat Comedy 3-episode webseries

   Runny Nose · Social Red, dir. Nicholas Burton & Dave Hoey · Commercial

5. 2026

   Spider-Man Brand New Day national marketing campaign

   Spider-Man (NSW & ACT) · Sony Pictures Australia w Hoyts, Uber, Lego, Samsung, Westfield, McDonalds, CanberraFM, Takis, LiquidIV and Woolworths, dir. Kate Nicholls · Commercial

6. 2026

   Being Jimmy Baxter (Central Coast grant workshop)

   The Busker/musician · Art House Wyong w Therase Neve Creative, dir. Therase Neve · Stage

7. 2025

   Cowbois

   Tommy/musician · Siren Theatre w/ Seymour Centre, dir. Kate Gaul · Stage

8. 2025

   The Frogs: In Hell They Sing Showtunes

   Euripides/MD · New Theatre, dir. Alex Robson · Stage

9. 2025

   Ophelia Thinks Harder

   Laertes/MD · Fingerless Theatre w/ KXT, dir. Alex Robson · Stage

10. 2025

    The Only One

    Groomsman · Deeper Water Films, dir. Michael Shwarz · Film

11. 2024

    HAIR

    Berger/Director/Producer · Zachary Aleksander Productions w/ Factory Theatre, dir. Zachary Aleksander · Stage

12. 2024

    The Hello Girls

    Beaumont/musician · Hayes Theatre w/ Heart Strings, dir. Jason Langley · Stage

13. 2023

    The Government Inspector

    Osip/MD · Fingerless Theatre, dir. Alex Robson · Stage

14. 2023

    Iolanthe (Regional Tour)

    Swing/AD · GSOS w/ Art House Wyong, GPAC and The Governors Centre, dir. Sarah Pearce · Stage

15. 2023

    Twelfth Night

    Feste/MD · Fingerless Theatre w/ World Pride Festival, dir. Alex Robson · Stage

16. 2023

    The Wind in the Willows

    Otter/musician · Australian Shakespeare Company, dir. Maz Bragge · Stage

17. 2022

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    John Jasper/piano · Little Triangle w/ Seymour Centre, dir. Alexander Andrews · Stage

18. 2022

    Heathers the Musical

    Onstage Swing · The Mitchell Old Company, dir. Jake Tyler · Stage

19. 2021

    HMS Pinafore (Sydney Festival)

    Bobby/musician · Siren Theatre w/ Sydney Festival, dir. Kate Gaul · Stage

20. 2020

    HMS Pinafore (NSW Tour)

    Bobby/musician · Hayes Theatre w/ Siren Theatre, dir. Kate Gaul · Stage

21. 2020

    The Wind in the Willows

    Ratty/musician · Australian Shakespeare Company, dir. Maz Bragge · Stage

22. 2019

    The Jungle Book

    Onstage Swing · Australian Shakespeare Company, dir. Glenn Elston OAM · Stage

23. 2019

    Venus in Fur

    Thomas · Sean Landis (producer), dir. Emma Burns · Stage