Future LGBTQ History Month: Olly Alexander Will 'Shove a Rainbow in Fear's Face'
Fuse has been celebrating Pride Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future LGBTQ History before our eyes. To wrap things up, we're commemorating Olly Alexander, the vitally outspoken 25-year-old actor and frontman of the English synthpop band Years & Years.
Born in Sheffield, England, Alexander has been an avid musician and actor since childhood. His band formed in 2010 and, solely through EPs, won the BBC Sound of 2015 honor—six months before they even dropped their debut (and so far only) album, Communion. In addition to singing for a beloved group, he's acted in films like Gulliver's Travels, Great Expectations and Enter the Void, plus TV series Penny Dreadful and Skins. In 2013 he did the play Peter and Alice with acting heavyweights Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw. Two years later he headlined the indie Funny Bunny, which he also co-wrote.
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