Alexander von Hugo was born in Wuppertal. First engagements as a child at the Wuppertal Opera House, including Oliver Twist, and ensemble member at the Wuppertal Children’s and Youth Theater. From 2002 acting training at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin. At the bat – Studiotheater of the HfS Ernst Busch he performed in Baal (director: Veit Schubert) and in Richard III (director: Julie Pfleiderer). Participation in the directors‘ meeting of the Körber Foundation at the Thalia Theater, Hamburg. At the Berlin Schaubühne he appeared in Maria Stuart (director: Luk Perceval) and at the FIND 6 Festival in the play Orient Express (director: Enrico Stolzenburg). In the international co-production The Borges Project at the ITI Unesco World Summit in Manila in 2006 he was involved in the development of the play and as an actor. Until 2008 permanent ensemble member at Theater Heilbronn. In the context of DOGLAND at Ballhaus Naunynstraße he performed in the play Der Besuch.