Alex Shimizu began performing with the National Dance Institute in 4th grade at Hunter College Elementary School and was mentored by Jacques d'Amboise. Alongside Jacques, he was featured on the CBS Evening News and NPR with guest host, Christopher Walken. Alex also performed Off-Broadway at Theater for a New Audience and in the film version of Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014). TV and film credits include Person of Interest (2011), S.W.A.T. (2017), Scorpion (2014), Community (2009), and the Netflix teen comedy, The Outcasts (2017). Alex now resides in Los Angeles and is recurring on NBC's The Blacklist (2013) with James Spader and AMC's The Terror (2018) with George Takei.