Ryan Sampson
Ryan Oliver Sampson is an English actor, best known for playing Alex Venables in After You've Gone, Grumio in Plebs and Tommo in Brassic. He also played Luke Rattigan in the Series 4 two-part story of Doctor Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky".
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Born | Ryan Oliver Sampson Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England |
Education | Wales High School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Early life
Sampson was born in Rotherham,[1] South Yorkshire.[2] He went to Anston Brook primary school and then on to Wales High School in Kiveton Park, where he appeared in school productions such as The Little Shop of Horrors.
Career
Sampson began his career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Prior to After You've Gone, he appeared in Wire in the Blood, in 2003, In Denial of Murder, Heartbeat and Holby City in 2006. He appeared in the BBC Three pilot The Things I Haven't Told You and had a role in two episodes of the 2008 series of Doctor Who, playing the young American genius Luke Rattigan in "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky". In 2008 he worked at the National Theatre. In 2011 he played a small part in Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat. In 2015 he played various characters in the ITV2 sketch show Glitchy. In 2015 he also appeared as Charles 'Boz' Dickens in ITV Encore's The Frankenstein Chronicles. Sampson currently portrays Tommo in Sky One's 2019 British sitcom Brassic.
Personal life
Sampson confirmed that he is gay via Twitter on 20 February 2019, publishing a photo of himself with his boyfriend.[3][4]
Credits
Television
Title | Character | Broadcaster | Episodes | Date |
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Wire in the Blood II: "Right to Silence" | Vinny Markham | ITV | 1 | 2003 |
In Denial of Murder | Marcus Edwards | BBC One | 1 | 2004 |
Heartbeat: "Bad Company" | Paul Eyre | ITV | 1 | 2006 |
Holby City: "Looking After Number One" | Niall Allen | BBC One | 1 | 2006 |
After You've Gone | Alex Venables | BBC One | 25 | 2007–2008 |
The Things I Haven't Told You | Mark Lamb | BBC Three | 1 | 2007 |
Doctor Who: "The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky"[5] | Luke Rattigan | BBC One | 2 | 2008 |
Fresh Meat | Rob | Channel 4 | 1 | 2011 |
The Work Experience | Shussi | E4 | 6 | 2012 |
Plebs | Grumio | ITV2 | 22 | 2013–present |
Up the Women | Thomas | BBC Four | 9 | 2013–2015 |
Dates | Waiter | Channel 4 | 1 | 2013 |
Undercover | Stepan | Dave | 5 | 2015 |
Drunk History: UK | King Charles II | Comedy Central | 1 | 2015 |
Glitchy | Various Characters | ITV2 | 6 | 2015–present |
The Frankenstein Chronicles | 'Boz' | ITV Encore | 4 | 2015–present |
Holby City | Ivor Wayland | BBC One | 1 | 2016 |
Horrible Histories | Various | CBBC | 15 known | 2017–2018 |
Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! | Peter "Pieface" Shepherd | CBBC | 52 | 2017–present |
The Crown | Dudley Moore | Netflix | 2 | 2017–present |
Brassic | Tommo | Sky One | – | 2019–present |
Theatre
Title | Character | Theatre | Dates |
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Richard III | Prince Edward | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield | 19 Mar – 10 Apr 2002 |
Over Gardens Out | Dennis | Southwark Playhouse | |
A Brief History of Helen of Troy | Franklin | UK Tour | 7 – 26 Nov 2005 |
Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Qur'an | Moses | Bush Theatre | 17 Jan – 11 Feb 2006 |
The Arbour (rehearsed reading) | Various | Royal Court Theatre | 2006 |
DNA | A Boy | Royal National Theatre | 7 March – 10 April 2008 |
The Miracle | Royal National Theatre | 7 March – 10 April 2008 | |
Dido, Queen of Carthage | Ganymede/Sergestus | Royal National Theatre | 2009 |
Canary | Younger Russell | Liverpool Playhouse | 24 Apr – 15 May 2010 |
Sixty Six Books | Joshua | Bush Theatre | 10 – 29 Oct 2011 |
The Kitchen Sink | Billy | Bush Theatre | 21 Nov – 17 Dec 2011 |
Floyd Collins | William Burke "Skeets" Miller | Southwark Playhouse | 22 Feb – 31 Mar 2012 |
From Here to Eternity the Musical | Maggio | Shaftesbury Theatre | 30 September 2013 [6] |
References
- "Spotlight: RYAN SAMPSON". www.spotlight.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- Spotlight: RYAN SAMPSON at Archive.org
- Dosani, Rishma (21 February 2019). "Plebs' Ryan Sampson publicly comes out as gay after 'homophobic DMs'". Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- SMITH, LYDIA (25 February 2019). "Plebs actor Ryan Sampson comes out as gay on social media". Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- Doctor Who Magazine, January 2008, ISSN 0957-9818
- Limited, London Theatre Direct (1 July 2013). "Darius Campbell leads cast of From Here To Eternity". www.londontheatredirect.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.