Alec Newman. Actor: Karen Pirie. Alec Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland. After graduating from LAMDA he built up a steady list of theatre and screen credits before landing the lead role of Paul Atreides in the Emmy award winning miniseries Der Wüstenplanet (2000). Introduced to US audiences, a string of appearances on American TV and film followed. He won the coveted role of Barnabus Collins for a 2005 reboot of...