Sam Crane (actor)

Sam Crane (born 1979) is an English actor. He attended Oxford University and LAMDA, where he won the Nicholas Hytner Award.[1] He played Farinelli in Claire van Kampen's Farinelli and the King opposite Mark Rylance at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse[2] and reprised his role when the production transferred first to the Duke of York's Theatre[3] and then to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway.[4] He is also known for playing Winston Smith in Headlong's production of 1984 in the West End,[5] Fred Walters in the BBC's six-part drama series Desperate Romantics[6] and Frederick Abberline in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Syndicate.[7] In 2017 he played Patrick Plunket in an episode of the Netflix series The Crown.[8] Since 13th October 2022 Sam has been playing the lead, Harry Potter, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London.[9]

Background

Crane is the son Richard Crane, a playwright, and theatre director Faynia Williams. He studied at Oxford University, and LAMDA. He is married to filmmaker Pinny Grylls and they have a young son and daughter.[10]

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