Ryan Sampson

For the Australian entertainer, see Ryan Sampson (singer).

Ryan Sampson
Sampson at the 2013 British Comedy Awards
Born	Ryan Oliver Sampson Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Education	Wales High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Ryan Oliver Sampson is an English actor best known for playing Grumio in the British sitcom Plebs, for various roles in the comedy sketch show Glitchy, and for his appearances in After You've Gone, in which he plays Alex, son of Jimmy Venables (Nicholas Lyndhurst). In 2008 he appeared as Luke Rattigan in two episodes of Doctor Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky".

He had been a main cast member of the seventh series of the 2015 Horrible Histories reboot from 2017 to 2018, but did not appear for the show's 8th series which premiered on June 2019.

Early life

Sampson was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He went to Anston Brook primary school and then on to Wales High School in Kiveton Park, where he appeared in school productions such as The Little Shop of Horrors.

Career

Sampson began his career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Prior to After You've Gone, he appeared in Wire in the Blood, in 2003, In Denial of Murder, Heartbeat and Holby City in 2006. He appeared in the BBC Three pilot The Things I Haven't Told You and had a role in two episodes of the 2008 series of Doctor Who, playing the young American genius Luke Rattigan in "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky". In 2008 he worked at the National Theatre. In 2011 he played a small part in Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat. In 2015 he played various characters in the ITV2 sketch show Glitchy. In 2015 he also appeared as Charles 'Boz' Dickens in ITV Encore's The Frankenstein Chronicles. Sampson currently portrays Tommo in Sky One's 2019 British sitcom Brassic.

Personal life

Sampson confirmed that he is gay via Twitter on 20 February 2019, publishing a photo of himself with his boyfriend.

Credits

Television

Title	Character	Broadcaster	Episodes	Date
Wire in the Blood II: "Right to Silence"	Vinny Markham	ITV	1	2003
In Denial of Murder	Marcus Edwards	BBC One	1	2004
Heartbeat: "Bad Company"	Paul Eyre	ITV	1	2006
Holby City: "Looking After Number One"	Niall Allen	BBC One	1	2006
After You've Gone	Alex Venables	BBC One	25	2007–08
The Things I Haven't Told You	Mark Lamb	BBC Three	1	2007
Doctor Who: "The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky"	Luke Rattigan	BBC One	2	2008
Fresh Meat	Rob	Channel 4	1	2011
The Work Experience	Shussi	E4	6	2012
Plebs	Grumio	ITV2	22	2013-
Up the Women	Thomas	BBC Four	9	2013-15
Dates	Waiter	Channel 4	1	2013
Undercover	Stepan	Dave	5	2015
Glitchy	Various Characters	ITV2	6	2015-
The Frankenstein Chronicles	'Boz'	ITV Encore	4	2015-
Holby City	Ivor Wayland	BBC One	1	2016
Horrible Histories	Various	CBBC	15 known	2017-2018
Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!	Peter "Pieface" Shepherd	CBBC	52	2017-present
The Crown	Dudley Moore	Netflix	2	2017-present
Brassic	Tommo	Sky One	–	2019-present

Theatre

Title	Character	Theatre	Dates
Richard III	Prince Edward	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	19 Mar - 10 Apr 2002
Over Gardens Out	Dennis	Southwark Playhouse
A Brief History of Helen of Troy	Franklin	UK Tour	7 - 26 Nov 2005
Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Qur'an	Moses	Bush Theatre	17 Jan - 11 Feb 2006
The Arbour (rehearsed reading)	Various	Royal Court Theatre	2006
DNA	A Boy	Royal National Theatre	7 March - 10 April 2008
The Miracle		Royal National Theatre	7 March - 10 April 2008
Dido, Queen of Carthage	Ganymede/Sergestus	Royal National Theatre	2009
Canary	Younger Russell	Liverpool Playhouse	24 Apr - 15 May 2010
Sixty Six Books	Joshua	Bush Theatre	10 - 29 Oct 2011
The Kitchen Sink	Billy	Bush Theatre	21 Nov - 17 Dec 2011
Floyd Collins	William Burke "Skeets" Miller	Southwark Playhouse	22 Feb - 31 Mar 2012
From Here to Eternity the Musical	Maggio	Shaftesbury Theatre	30 September 2013 -

External links

• Ryan Sampson at IMDb