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]

Selected credits

References
  1. "Actor stakes his claim on the national stage". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. Shakespeare's Globe press release
  3. "Full cast announced and tickets on sale for Farinelli and the King starring Mark Rylance | WhatsOnStage". 27 March 2015.
  4. "Farinelli and the King Star Sam Crane on Unusual Family Vacations and an Imagined Stage Persona".
  5. Digital Spy review of 1984
  6. Interview in "Yorkshire Evening Post"
  7. "Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (Video Game 2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
  8. "The Crown, Season 2: Episode 8: International Relationships".
  9. "'The Crown' Actor Sam Crane to Play Lead in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'". Variety. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022.
  10. Interview in the Evening Times, 21 July 2009
  11. "Midsomer Murders". IMDB. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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