Alec Murdock

Birthday: 26 December 1949, New York City, New York, USA

Alec Murdock regards his acting career as fairly typical. "Most working actors are all over the board because that's what it takes to make a living, and it's fun."Alec was born and ...Show More

Alec Murdock regards his acting career as fairly typical. "Most working actors are all over the board because that's what it takes to make a living, and it's fun."Alec was born and raised on Long Island, New York, earned his BFA at California Institute of the Arts, and made one of his first professional appearances as villain Simon Fernando (1970-1971) in the long-running "The Lost Colony," then directed by Joe Layton. Thanks to Arthur J. Beer and others, Alec acted in more than 100 stage productions by the time he landed his first onscreen role at the age of 24.While building his screen career, he continued performing live - as a founding member in the short-lived Dee Marcus L.A. improv group "Sunday Funnies," then for years in Mona Charles's "Die Laughing" interactive mystery weekends, as well as traditional play productions.In addition to his Filmography credits, Alec appeared in various daytime shows such as "The Young and The Restless," "Santa Barbara," "Divorce Court, and "Superior Court." He played the recurring lead role of attorney Ed Remick (1987-1989) in "The Judge."After getting his start in national commercials playing an alien for Coleco Toys, Alec was a principal in dozens of spots for advertisers as varied as American Express, Bartles & Jaymes, Coldwell Banker, Prudential, Pepto Bismol, Accenture, and Arbys. He starred in a comic series for Sizzler playing his specialty, a newscaster. He portrayed a boss for Microsoft and a distraught father for Microsoft's Business Software Alliance. He played roles in the famous shadow series for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and the award-winning "Got Milk" campaign. He acted in an early Apple spot for renowned director Joe Pytka, in a series of Nintendo Donkey Kong spots for Mark Story, and in an award-winning Mercedes commercial directed by Leslie Dektor.He was seen in regional spots for KNBC News, WCBS News, BellSouth, California Lottery, and others. He was the on-camera spokesman for Coast Savings (1987-1988).Alec performed voice-over work as the spokesman for Schwartau Jams (1983-1989), Chicago's Field Museum, the film "Married To The Mob," the PBS series "On Common Ground," the "Mission Impossible" video game, and more. He also dubbed foreign-language films, worked in looping, and recorded audio books.In corporate and government videos, he limited himself to spokesman work, performing for Toyota/Lexus, Nissan, Chevron, J.P.L., the D.O.D., Massachusetts, Los Angeles, Drucker School of Business, Home Savings, Farmers Insurance, General Casualty Insurance, MetLife, Adventist Health, Motorola Pagers, Nabisco, and many more. Several of his industrials won awards, including "Toyota Traditions" which was produced in 1999 and was still being shown to new Toyota employees as late as 2016.Alec frequently portrayed newscasters. For several years (1988-1992), he was also a real news anchor, news writer, and managing editor for cable and radio outlets on L.A.'s west side, and during a stint at the NBC TV affiliate in Billings, Montana.Now primarily a writer and journalist, his company is Arrowkite Media & Technology. Alec lives on the Monterey Peninsula with his wife, Kim. Hide