Alexander Beyer is a German actor. He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as Volker Schloendorff's The Legend of Rita, Leander Haußmann's Sun Alley, Johannes Kiefer's Gregor's Greatest Invention, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 2002 and Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye Lenin!, among others. Beyer lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany.