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My Take
Alec Newman, the Glasgow-born Scottish actor, has assembled one of the most quietly enviable careers across media. He played Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's Dune miniseries, then voiced the chrome monster Adam Smasher in Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners, and went on to win a BAFTA Games Award for his leading turn in Still Wakes the Deep. Film, stage, and games, all at a high level. An actor who can terrify or move you with voice alone is the real deal, and the fact that gaming finally honored that kind of performance feels overdue. I am all in on his particular brand of Scottish grit.
Overview
Alec Newman is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. He voiced Adam Smasher in Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Cameron "Caz" McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep, for the latter of which he won the British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alec Newman
- Name (Japanese)
- アレック・ニューマン
- Reading
- あれっく・にゅーまん
- Born
- November 27, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / screenwriter / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.