Alexander Nathan Etel is a former English actor His film debut was the starring role of Damian Cunningham in 2004s Millions a family film directed by Danny Boyle He played the lead in his second film Jay Russells The Water Horse Legend of the Deep The film based on a Dick King Smith story about a boy who adopts a monster sea creature opened in North America on Christmas Day 2007 and in other countries in early 2008 The film is set in Scotland during World War II although all the scenes involving the creature itself were shot in New Zealand Etel also played the brighteyed ragamuffin Harry Gregson in the sixpart TV adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskells Cranford for the BBC and WGBH which was transmitted on BBC 1 in the autumn of 2007 and costarred Philip Glenister Judi Dench Eileen Atkins Francesca Annis and Imelda Staunton He reprised his role in the twopart second series entitled Return to Cranford He is currently scheduled to appear in two projects From Time to Time an adaptation of The Chimneys of Green Knowe directed by Julian Fellowes and Easter Sixteen set in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916 IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin