Samuel Barnett (actor)
Samuel Barnett | |
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Born | Whitby, North Yorkshire, England[1] |
25 April 1980
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Samuel Barnett (born 25 April 1980) is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio, and achieved recognition for his work on the stage and film versions of The History Boys by Alan Bennett. His television performances include roles in the BBC comedy Twenty Twelve and in the Showtime drama Penny Dreadful. On 29 March 2016 it was announced that he had been cast in the lead role of Dirk Gently in BBC America's adaptation of BBC's Dirk Gently, itself an adaptation of the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams.
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Early life
Barnett was born in Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. He started performing at an early age before moving to London to study acting at LAMDA. Barnett is one of five children.
Career
Barnett appeared in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, as well as in the New York, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and radio and film versions of the play.[2][3][4][5] He had been involved in The History Boys from its very first reading.[6]
In 2009 he played John Everett Millais in the BBC series Desperate Romantics, and Joseph Severn in the film Bright Star.
He appeared at the National Theatre in Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton which ran from 20 April – 4 July 2010. From July 2012, he appeared in an all-male-cast as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Globe Theatre in London alongside Mark Rylance in the title role, also playing the role of Sebastian in Twelfth Night. The production transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West End, opening 2 November 2012 and running for a limited engagement.[7] Both Twelfth Night and Richard III transferred to Broadway in 2013 and played at the Belasco Theatre until February 2014. In the Broadway productions, Barnett is reprising his role as Elizabeth Woodville in Richard III and taking on the role of Viola (previously played by Johnny Flynn in London) in Twelfth Night.[8]
Recognition and awards
Barnett was nominated for Evening Standard Award as Most Promising Newcomer for his role in The Marriage of Figaro in 2002. He won Best Newcomer & Best Supporting Actor in a play at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards for his work on the original production of The History Boys.[2] He was nominated for the 29th annual Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role.[9] He won a 2006 Drama Desk Award and was nominated for a 2006 Tony Award for his work on the Broadway production.[10][11]
Barnett was nominated for the 2006 British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer (On Screen) for his work on the film version of The History Boys.[12]
In 2014, Barnett received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his work in Twelfth Night.
Selected credits
Theatre
Television
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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2001 | Coupling | sex shop assistant | BBC | Series 2 Episode 2 "My Dinner in Hell" |
2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Brian Byrne | BBC | Series 1 Episode 1 "Well-Schooled in Murder" |
2002-3 | Strange | Doddington | BBC | |
2003 | Doctors | Charlie Ambrose | BBC | Series 5 Episode 153 "All an Illusion" |
The Royal | Joe Steeples | ITV | Series 3 Episode 5 "Poison" | |
2006 | Alexander Hamilton | Philip Hamilton's schoolmate | PBS | Series 19, Episode 15 "Alexander Hamilton" |
2007 | Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale | Wilfred Owen | BBC | |
John Adams | Thomas Boylston Adams | HBO | ||
2008 | Beautiful People | Adult Simon Doonan / narrator | BBC | |
Crooked House | Billy | BBC | ||
2009 | Desperate Romantics | John Millais | BBC | |
Beautiful People: Series 2 | Adult Simon Doonan / narrator | BBC | ||
Agatha Christie's Marple[15] | Sergeant Tiddler | ITV | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | |
2011 | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | Leonard | BBC | |
Shakespeare in Italy | Romeo Montague | BBC | ||
2012 | Twenty Twelve | Danny | BBC | |
2015 | Vicious | Young Stuart | ITV | |
2015 | Not Safe For Work | Nathanial | Channel 4 | |
2016 | Penny Dreadful | Renfield | Showtime | |
2016 | Dirk Gently | Dirk Gently | BBC America |
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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2005 | Mrs Henderson Presents | Paul |
2006 | The History Boys | Posner |
2009 | Bright Star | Joseph Severn |
2012 | Love Tomorrow | Cal |
2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Advocate Bob |
2015 | The Lady in the Van | Out of work Actor |
Radio
Year | Title | Role | Station | Notes |
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2004 | Fighting for Words[16][17] | Thomas Moynihan | BBC Radio 4 | |
2005 | The History Boys[18] | Posner | BBC Radio 3 | |
When You Cure Me[19] | Peter | BBC Radio 3 | ||
2007 | Down and Out in Paris and London[20] | George Orwell | BBC Radio 4 | |
2008 | The Babington Plot[21] | Thomas Salisbury | BBC Radio 4 | |
2009 | The Quest | Mordred | BBC Radio 4 | |
Joan of Arc, and How She Became a Saint[22] | Dauphin of France | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Turing's Test[23] | Alan Turing | Made In Manchester | ||
2010 | Spitfire | Tony | BBC Radio 4 | |
Translations[24] | Yolland | BBC Radio 4 | ||
I, Claudius[25] | Caligula | |||
BBC Radio 4 | A Tiny Bit Marvellous | Oscar | BBC Radio 4 | |
2011 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton/Linton Heathcliff | BBC Radio 3 | |
My Week With Marilyn | Colin Clark (narrator) | BBC Radio 4 | ||
2012 | Dickens' London | Charles Dickens | BBC Radio 4 | |
The Voysey Inheritance | Edward Voysey | BBC Radio 3 | ||
2013 | Tosca's Kiss | Rospo | BBC Radio 3 | |
Jill | John Kemp | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Denmark Hill | Charles | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Sometimes into the Arms of God[26] | Cecil Beaton | BBC Radio 4 |
Audio drama
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Beast of Orlok (Doctor Who: The 8th Doctor Adventures) | Hans | Big Finish |
2016 | Ghost Mission Torchwood | Norton Folgate | Big Finish |
Soundtrack
Year | Title | Notes |
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2006 | The History Boys | performer: L'Accordéoniste, Bewitched, Bye Bye Blackbird |
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External links
- Samuel Barnett at the Internet Movie Database
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- 1980 births
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Drama Desk Award winners
- English male film actors
- English people of Polish-Jewish descent
- English male radio actors
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- Living people
- People from Whitby
- 21st-century English male actors
- Male actors from Yorkshire