Alexej Manvelov

Born: 31 March 1982

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Years Active: 2009-present

Alexej Manvelov (born 31 March 1982) is a Swedish television and film actor known for playing Akram Salim in the 2025 Scottish crime thriller television series Dept. Q. He was also featured in the historical limited series Chernobyl (2019) and the third season of Jack Ryan (2022). He has also been featured in Swedish-language works, including Before We Die [sv] (2017), Sthlm Requiem [sv] (2018), Top Dog [sv] (2020), and A Day and a Half (2023).

Alexej Manvelov was born in 1982 in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Kurdish father from Syria. He moved to Sweden at the age of ten, and grew up in Ljungsbro near Linköping.

He worked in the construction industry before moving to Stockholm to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.