Alex Nestor was born in London, England on December 16th 1989. His mother is Irish and his father is Assyrian Iraqi. At 11 years of age he moved back to Dublin, Ireland before moving to Alicante, Spain in his late teens. He began studying acting at age 25 when he moved back to London and attended Jack Waltzers workshops, before moving back to Spain and working on various short films, features, commercials and corporate videos.