A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Portland Stage Company
"Alex Purcell is terrifying as the ghost of Jacob Marley."
-BROADWAY WORLD, Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
BULL
CBS - S6, Ep. 5
Shortly after signing with DGRW talent agency, Purcell booked a co-star role as a prosecutor.
HAMLET REHEARSED
Smith Street Stage
Amid the pandemic's freeze on live theatre, Smith Street Stage filmed a three day workshop of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Here's a clip from the upcoming documentary, Hamlet Rehearsed, featuring Purcell.
TWELFTH NIGHT
Denver Center For The Performing Arts
"Alex Purcell’s Sebastian — generally a throwaway part allotted to whichever actor can be made to look like his supposed twin, Viola, but here an interesting man genuinely thrown by all the insane contradictions flying his way: the beautiful woman he’s never seen before but who inexplicably loves him; the dear friend who, apparently out of the blue, accuses him of betrayal."
-Juliet Wittman, WESTWORD.COM
"Alex Purcell was also quite impressive as [Viola's] charismatic brother, Sebastian."
-DENVER THEATRE PERSPECTIVES, Michael Mulhern
LEAR: THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW
Smith Street Stage
"Alex Purcell is a standout."
-TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES, Suzanna Bowling
"Purcell makes Edmund who romances both Goneril and Regan a virile, seduction presence."
-THEATERSCENE.NET, Victor Gluck
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Portland Stage Company
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Smith Street Stage
Here's PIX 11 News covering
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in which Purcell plays Demetrius.
"A fresh and funny vision brimming with spectacular performances by a uniformly talented cast."
-STAGE LEFT CRITIC'S PICK, Robert Russo
"I wish every production of Midsummer Night's Dream was as easy to enjoy as this." ★★★★★
-OPPLAUD, Andrew Andrews
DISGRACED
Hangar Theatre
"Armed with a grin and a reflexive chuckle, [Purcell's Amir is] an ingratiating figure. After the application of alcohol and humiliation, that smile becomes desperate, then dangerous. Purcell charts Amir's identity crisis with harrowing precision."
-SYRACUSE.COM, Len Fonte
"Alex Purcell plays [Amir] whip-smart, with a wiry energy and constant nervous smile that’s at once engaging, threatening and defensive."
-ITHACA.COM, Barbara Adams
DISGRACED
Portland Stage Company
"Alex Purcell is both touching and obnoxious as his Amir unravels the weave of half-truths which have sustained him. He effectively articulates his character's ambivalence and growing anger not only through the author's sometimes gasp-inducing dialogue but through an in-your-face performance."
-BROADWAY WORLD, Steve Feeney
"[Purcell] brings out the nuances of Akhtar’s script... Purcell’s Amir is like a rubber band, slowly stretched until his frayed nerves snap irreparably."
-PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, April Boyle
PUBLIC ENEMY
Pearl Theatre Company
The U.S. premiere of PUBLIC ENEMY, in which Purcell plays Billing, has been named a New York Times Critics' Pick. The play is David Harrower's adaption of Henrik Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
"As newsmen and newspaper backers, Alex Purcell, Robbie Tann, and John Keating are very credible weaklings."
-HUFFPOST, David Finkle
STUPID FU**ING BIRD
Pearl Theatre Company
FBI: MOST WANTED
CBS - S3, Ep. 15
Purcell appeared as an NYPD Officer in Season 3 of FBI: Most Wanted.
THE KITE RUNNER
Broadway
Purcell made his Broadway debut understudying Matthew Spangler's adaption of THE KITE RUNNER.
THE ENDGAME
NBC - S1, Ep. 7
Purcell appeared as the SWAT Team Leader on NBC's The Endgame.
The NYC premiere of Aaron Posner's STUPID FU**ING BIRD, in which Purcell understudies Con, has been named a New York Times Critics' Pick.
BIRD BRAIN
Cincinnati Playhouse (touring)
THE BLACKLIST
NBC - S10 Ep. 8
Purcell appeared in the tenth and final season of the NBC's The Blacklist.
FBI: MOST WANTED
CBS - S4, Ep. 21
Purcell returned for his second appearance on FBI: Most Wanted as Officer Brock.
"Purcell has a natural charm and presence"
-THE SAPPY CRITIC, Kirk Sheppard
THEORY OF MIND
Cincinnati Playhouse (touring)
"Purcell finds a way to take his three characters and make them all different… And when the little old lady in the back of the room asked him if he was single during the talk back, well his genuine reaction was as funny as anything I’ve seen in awhile."
-THE SAPPY CRITIC, Kirk Sheppard
THE PEOPLE VS. LENNY BRUCE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT PROD.
Purcell played comedian Lenny Bruce in the staged reading of Susan Charlotte's play opposite Zach Grenier, Bob Dishy, Penny Puller, Tony Roberts, and Michael Citriniti.
"Purcell is marvelous."
-WOMANARONDTOWN.COM, Alix Cohen