Alexander W. Hunter

Alexander Windham Hunter is an American actor, voice actor and model. He is known for his role of David in the Japanese on demand series The Benza and its spin off series Benza English on Amazon Prime Video. He is also known for his voice acting work for his role as Ultraman Ken in the Ultraman series Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy.

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Early life

Alexander Hunter was born in Redmond, Washington, and spent his childhood moving with his father Seattle Seahawk's former running back Al Hunter (American football) across the western United States, including Kent, Federal Way, Milton, and Sparks, Nevada, before returning to Olympia, Washington, and completing his senior year in Shelton.
Hunter participated in sports such as American football, basketball, boxing, and kickboxing, and developed an early interest in video games and anime, which led to a broader fascination with Japanese culture. He began studying Japanese in high school and later earned a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies at Western Washington University.
Hunter initially attended Whitworth University in Spokane before transferring to Western Washington University, where he retired from college football and became involved in performing arts through theater-major roommates. He spent six months in Japan as part of a study abroad program. Following his graduation in 2011, he returned to Japan in 2012, working first as a school teacher in Nishimera before transitioning into the entertainment industry.

Career

As a bilingual performer, Hunter has appeared in numerous Japanese TV, film, video games, commercials, and theater productions.
He is best known for his role as David in the Amazon Prime Video comedy series The Benza and its spin-off Benza English. He also voiced the character in the accompanying video game The Benza RPG. In addition to his work on the series, Hunter has appeared in a number of Japanese television educational shows, including Omotenashi no Kiso Eigo on NHK Educational TV, where he played the regular role of Logan, and Nogizaka Cinemas: STORY of 46 on Fuji Television's on-demand service FOD. In 2020, Hunter won the "Rising Star" award at Seoul Webfest 2020 for his role as David in Benza English.
In film, Hunter portrayed Owen Scott in the 2019 romantic drama Little Nights, Little Love, and appeared in 1446: An Eternal Minute, as well as in supporting roles in High & Low: The Movie and its sequel End of Sky.
As a voice actor, Hunter provided the English-language voice of Ultraman Ken in Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy, and has contributed to narration and voiceover projects, including the Tokyo Dome’s TenQ Space Museum.
Hunter also works as a reporter and has been featured on the NHK World travel show Trails to Oishii Tokyo as well as Getting Dirty in Japan with The Benza co-stars Janni Olsson and Christopher McCombs. He additionally writes a semi-regular gardening column in The Empowerment Network magazine.
In 2024, Hunter moved to Sydney, Australia where he continues to work in entertainment including a role in the upcoming feature film Echo 8 Beyond and the role of Toby in the play A Behanding in Spokane at Flow Studios 88
He was represented by Free Wave Co., Ltd in Tokyo, Japan.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Omotenashi No Kiso Eigo	Logan
2019–present	The Benza	David
2020	Nogizaka Cinemas: Story of 46	Avatar
2020	Benza English	David
2020		Dion
2023	Trails to Oishii Tokyo	Self	Reporter
2025-present	Getting Dirty in Japan	Self	Reporter

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy	Ultraman Ken

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	High&Low The Movie
2017	High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky
2019	Little Nights, Little Love	Owen Scott
2016	1446: An Eternal Minute	John
2024	Aichaku	Shadow Customer	Voice Over
2026	Echo 8 Beyond	The Tip	Post Production

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
2016	Mamoru Miyano	"Shout!"
2020	The Oral Cigarettes	"Dream in Drive"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	The Benza RPG	David