Trivia

Studied Shakespeare under the tutelage of Patrick Stewart as part of the National Student Drama Festival Ensemble.

Before training at Drama Studio London, Sam worked as an entertainer at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Sam's grandfather was a CID Police Detective.

Sam was one of Plan B's dancers at his 02 Arena show in 2011, aka Plan B.

Worked under the guidance of Olivier Award Winning playwrights Simon Stephens and Bola Agbaje on the Young Writers Programme at London's Lyric Theatre Hammersmith.

Studied acting at the prestigious Drama Studio London, whose graduates include Forest Whitaker, Emily Watson and Leland Orser.

Won the Writers Avenue Playwriting Competition 2014 at London's Pleasance Theatre with his play 'The Boyband'.

Nominated for the 'Best Emerging Actor' at the International Recognition Achievement Awards 2016.

Recipient of the British Urban Film Festival's 'Best Script Award' 2016 for his screenplay 'Liverpool 81'.

A child of divorced blue collar parents in Merseyside, North West England, shy young Sam found solace during his early years by reading comics and taping re-runs of Batman (1992). Regularly stranded with his mother in her busy hair salon, he would guilt her into buying every Batman comic from the newsagent next door to keep him occupied.

Cites Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise as two of his biggest acting influences.