Sam Crane (actor)

Sam Crane (born 1979) is an English actor who has mainly worked in theatre. He is best known for playing Winston Smith in Headlong's production of 1984 in the West End and Fred Walters in the BBC's six-part drama series Desperate Romantics. In 2015 he will play the eponymous castrato in Claire van Kampen’s "Farinelli and the King" opposite Mark Rylance

Contents

• Selected credits
• Background
• References

Selected credits

"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 (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 Philip/ 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 (2002, TV)

A Little Requiem for Kantor (ICA/ SESC São Paulo)

Background

Crane is the son of playwright Richard Crane 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.