Alexander Jones was born in Rochford, Essex, UK. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School in London and graduated in 2005.

He won the gold medal at the Adeline Genée Competition in Athens and he received the Dame Ninette de Valois Prize in 2005.

After joining the Stuttgart Ballet where he rose to the principal dancer position in 2011, he joined the Zurich Ballet as a principal dancer in 2015.