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[1] and Fred Walters in the BBC's six-part drama series Desperate Romantics.[2] In 2015 he will play the eponymous castrato in Claire van Kampen’s "Farinelli and the King" opposite Mark Rylance[3]
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.[4]
References
- ↑ Digital Spy review of 1984
- ↑ Interview in "Yorkshire Evening Post"
- ↑ Shakespeare's Globe press release
- ↑ Interview in the Evening Times, 21 July 2009
External links
- Sam Crane at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview 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
- "Desperate Romantics"
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