Alexx O'Nell

Alexx O'Nell is an American actor and musician widely regarded as one of the most prolific foreign actors in Indian cinema. Born Alexander Leonard O'Neill on 26 July 1980 in Connecticut, USA, to a Dutch mother and an Irish-American father, he first came to India through a marketing job before turning to acting after doing theatre in the United States. Since his early roles in films such as Cheeni Kum (2007) and Madrasapattinam (2010), he has appeared in more than sixty film and television projects across Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and English, including Urumi, Chittagong, Roohi, Khufiya and L2: Empuraan. Also a musician, he appears in the 2025 biographical drama Phule.

Alexx O'Nell is an American actor and musician widely regarded as one of the most prolific foreign actors in Indian cinema. Born Alexander Leonard O'Neill on 26 July 1980 in Connecticut, USA, he first came to India through a marketing job before moving into acting. Since early roles in films such as Cheeni Kum (2007) and Madrasapattinam (2010), he has appeared in more than sixty film and television projects across Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and English, including Khufiya, Roohi and L2: Empuraan. In 2025 he appears in the biographical drama Phule.

Alexx O'Nell was born on 26 July 1980 in Connecticut, USA, to a Dutch mother and an Irish-American father. Before acting, he worked for a marketing firm, a role that first brought him to India, where he settled into films after doing theatre in the United States.

Besides acting, he is a musician and has released his own music. He is fluent enough in Indian languages and screen conventions to work comfortably across several industries.

Alexx O'Nell was married to actress Sweta Keswani; the two later parted ways. He keeps his personal life private, and there are no credible reports of other relationships.

Alexx O'Nell began appearing in Indian advertisements before moving into films, with an early role in the Hindi comedy Cheeni Kum (2007) as an English waiter.

He built one of the largest bodies of work of any foreign actor in India, with over sixty credits across languages, including Madrasapattinam, Urumi, Chittagong, Roohi, Khufiya and L2: Empuraan.

In 2025 he appears in the biographical drama Phule.

Alexx O'Nell's net worth has not been officially disclosed, and any figures circulated online are unverified estimates. His income comes from acting across Indian film industries and from his music.