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
[edit]Crane is the son of 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
[edit]- The Crown (2017) as Patrick Plunket
- Farinelli and the King (2015-2018), Shakespeare's Globe, West End and Broadway)
- 1984 (2014, West End) as Winston Smith
- Eternal Love (2014, ETT) as Bernard of Clairvaux
- The Humans (2013, BAM New York) as Tophole
- The Christmas Candle (2013) as Thomas Haddington
- Father Brown "The Mayor and the Magician" (2013) as William Knight
- New Tricks "Old School Ties" (2012) as Oliver Lebbon
- Casualty "Place of Safety" (2011) as Jim
- Bedlam (2010, Shakespeare's Globe) as Laurence
- Henry IV Part I & II (2010, Shakespeare's Globe) as Hotspur and Pistol
- Desperate Romantics (2009, TV series) as Fred Walters
- ...some trace of her (2008, NT)
- The Odyssey (2008, National Theatre)
- DNA/ The Miracle (2008, NT) as Phil/ Mr Rodgers
- Kebab (2007, Royal Court Theatre) as Bogdan
- Othello (2007, Shakespeare's Globe) as Roderigo
- Ghosts (2007, Bristol Old Vic) as Oswald
- Carrie's War (2006-7, Lillian Bayliss Theatre) as Albert
- Midnight Cowboy (2006, Edinburgh Festival)
- The Pretenders (2006, radio)
- Silverland (2006, Arcola) as Mikey
- And Then There Were None (2005-6, Gielgud Theatre) as Anthony
- Major Barbara (2004, Royal Exchange Theatre)
- Rabbit (2003, UK tour) as Spin
- Midsomer Murders "Murder on St. Malley's Day" (2002, TV) as Daniel Talbot[11]
- Paddington, (1986, Hamilton Primary) as Jonathan Brown co-starring Peter Fletcher as Paddington Bear.
- A Little Requiem for Kantor (ICA/ SESC São Paulo)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2022 Palace Theatre, London) as Harry Potter
- Napoleon (2023), as Jacques-Louis David
References
[edit]- ^ "Actor stakes his claim on the national stage". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Shakespeare's Globe press release
- ^ "Full cast announced and tickets on sale for Farinelli and the King starring Mark Rylance | WhatsOnStage". 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Farinelli and the King Star Sam Crane on Unusual Family Vacations and an Imagined Stage Persona".
- ^ Digital Spy review of 1984
- ^ Interview in "Yorkshire Evening Post"
- ^ "Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (Video Game 2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "The Crown, Season 2: Episode 8: International Relationships".
- ^ "'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.
- ^ Interview in the Evening Times, 21 July 2009
- ^ "Midsomer Murders". IMDB. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Sam Crane at IMDb
- Interview[permanent dead link] in The Oxford Mail
- Short profile from in New York Magazine
- The British Theatre Guide's review of Ghosts
- Michael Billington's review of Ghosts in The Guardian
- Brief encounter with Sam Crane in whatsonstage.com
- [1] "Desperate Romantics"
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