Alex Rathgeber is one of Australia's most accomplished leading men.

 

After graduating from WAAPA (the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts), Alex was cast by legendary Australian stage and film director George Ogilvie as Lancelot in Camelot for The Production Company. 

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Soon afterwards, he landed the principal role of Raoul in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh's original West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, with Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom. 

 

Returning home to Australia, he received multiple award nominations for his performance as Older Patrick in Mame (The Production Company) alongside Rhonda Burchmore, before playing Robert Martin in the star-studded cast of Melbourne Theatre Company's Australian premiere of The Drowsy Chaperone.

 

After touring New Zealand and Korea as Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show (TML Enterprises), Alex played Greg Connell opposite Todd McKenney's Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz and Joe Kennedy Jr. in Grey Gardens (The Production Company). 

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He received a Sydney Theatre Awards nomination for his portrayal of Sid Worley in the world premiere stage adaptation of An Officer And A Gentleman (Gordon Frost Organisation), and won a Helpmann Award – Australia’s most coveted theatre prize – for his performance as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (Opera Australia & John Frost), starring alongside Caroline O'Connor. 

 

His other leading roles have included Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (Suzanne Jones & John Frost), Carl Bruner in Ghost The Musical (GWB Entertainment, Ambassor & Red Live), Simon Stride in Jekyll & Hyde - 25th Anniversary Concert (Concertworks), and most recently Giles Ralston in Australia’s 70th Anniversary production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (Crossroads Live and Shake & Stir Theatre Co).

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On television, Alex has had guest roles in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (ABC & Everycloud), Rush (Channel Ten), Winners and Losers (Seven Network), and featured in Carols in the Domain, The Morning Show, ABC News Breakfast, Mornings with Kerri-Anne, and more.

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Off-stage, Alex has been a passionate advocate for a variety of charities, volunteering as a regular guest artist with Very Special Kids, and as an ambassador for Entertainment Assist and Global Citizen. Alex also provides regular support to local performing arts community events in his hometown of Horsham in country Victoria.​