Alex Shimizu

Alex Shimizu is a born and raised New Yorker. He began performing with the National Dance Institute in 4th grade at Hunter College Elementary School and was mentored by Jacques d'Amboise. Alongside Jacques, he was featured on CBS's The American Spirit and NPR with guest host, Christopher Walken. Alex also performed Off-Broadway at Theater for a New Audience and in the film version of Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014). TV and film credits include Person of Interest (2011), S.W.A.T. (2017), Scorpion (2014), Community (2009), and the Netflix/Amazon teen comedy, The Outcasts (2017). Alex recurred on NBC's The Blacklist (2013) with James Spader, AMC's The Terror (2018) with George Takei and was featured in episode 8 of Interior Chinatown (2024) for Hulu. He is best known as young Vince Masuka in Showtime/Paramount's Dexter: Original Sin (2024), the prequel of Dexter (2006).