BBC Sponsored 'BUFF' Award Winner, Sam is known for his roles in BBC Netflix series Peaky Blinders (2013) as the duplicitous and deceptive border officer working for Cillian Murphy and his Shelby gang, as the adventurous sea captain 'Young Jack' in BAFTA winning BBC series Old Jack's Boat (2013) alongside Freema Agyeman, and his star turn in Little Crackers (2010) playing the brother of John Bishop.A familiar face on prime-time TV, Sam also guest starred as the jaded and disillusioned soldier 'Private Reynolds' in hit BBC World War I drama The Crimson Field (2014). Facing certain death, we saw the courageous Reynolds march back into the trenches after a near fatal injury, resolute in his commitment to his country, and his seasoned army mentor, played by Lee Ingleby.An actor, writer and director born in Birkenhead, England, his sophomore screenwriting venture Double Cross (2015) also starring Kyla Frye (Edge of Tomorrow (2014)) made Official Selections at the British Urban Film Festival, Melanin Box Festival and SOUL Connect BFI Festival. In this critically acclaimed movie, Sam played the suave and cocky con artist 'George'.Sam's first movie role was alongside Heroes (2006) star Jimmy Jean-Louis in the film Precipice (2010), which he landed the week he graduated from Drama Studio London, the prestigious acting school whose alumni include Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker and Academy Award Nominee Emily WatsonBefore training as an actor, Sam became the first of his family to go to University. During his time reading History at Reading University, he was spotted by the National Student Drama Festival team and hand picked to join their Ensemble of 2005 to work under the tutelage of Patrick Stewart and John Britton.