Samuel Anderson
Biography
Samuel Anderson, an English actor born in Birmingham, trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and created the part of Crowther in the National Theatre's 2004 staging of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. He returned to the part for Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions, as well as radio and film versions, including The History Boys (2006). His television credits include Hex on Sky One in 2004 and Totally Frank on Channel 4 from 2006 to 2007, along with the recurring character Fingers in Gavin & Stacey, whom he played in 2007, 2009 and the 2024 Christmas special. From 2007 to 2009 he was a regular on Emmerdale as Ross Kirk. In 2014 he appeared as Danny Pink in Doctor Who, and between 2014 and 2017 he played Daniel in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied. He starred in Loaded in 2017 and later played William in the Netflix series Another Life.
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years2006 to 2024
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Early training
Anderson trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. He was the first to play Crowther in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at the National Theatre in 2004, then took the part to Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong, plus radio and film.
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Nicholas Hytner directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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