Sam Spruell
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Sam Spruell | |
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Nationality | British-American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Sam Spruell (born 1 January 1977) is an English-American actor.
Career
His film credits include The Hurt Locker (2008), Defiance (2008), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), London to Brighton (2006), To Kill a King (2003) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). Spruell played hit man Jack "The Hat" McVitie in the 2015 film Legend the story of the Kray twins.
His television roles include the recurring cameo of Jason Belling in Spooks (2007 in Episode 6.9 and 2004 in Project Friendly Fire) and the recurring role of Wilkes in P.O.W. (2003).
In 2012, Spruell had a starring role in the film Snow White & the Huntsman, playing the brother to the Evil Queen played by Charlize Theron.
In March 2013 appeared in one of the lead roles in the BBC One thriller drama series Mayday. He appeared in the television adaptation of The Last Ship later in the year. In 2015, Spruell played Oleg Malankov, the secondary villain in Taken 3. He also played Owen Lynch in the drama series Luther in episode 1.2.
Filmography
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) as Dmitri
- To Kill a King (2003) as the King's guard
- London to Brighton (2006) as Stuart Allen
- Venus (2006) as Hospital Director
- Tick Tock Lullaby (2007) as Steve
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) as Torturer
- The Hurt Locker (2008) as Contractor Charlie
- Defiance (2008) as Arkady Lubczanski
- Luther (2010) as Owen Lynch
- Hello Carter (2011) as Jake
- Snow White & the Huntsman (2012) as Finn
- The Counselor (2013) as Wireman
- Starred Up (2013) as Governor Hayes
- Sixteen as Liam
- Company of Heroes (2013) as Sgt. Matherson
- Good People (2014) as Jack Witkowski
- The Last Ship' (2014) as Doctor Quincy Tophet
- Taken 3 (2015) as Oleg Malankov
- The Bastard Executioner (2015) as Toran Prichard / Marshal the Soldier
- Child 44 (2015) as Doctor Tyapkin
- Legend (2015) as Jack "The Hat" McVitie
- The Martian (2015) as NASA Psychologist
- The Lady in the Van (2016) as Another Young Man
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) as General Okto Bari
- Sand Castle (2017) as 1st LT Anthony
- Outlaw King (2018) as Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
External links
- British male film actors
- 1977 births
- Living people
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- 20th-century British male actors
- British emigrants to the United States
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American people of British descent
- American people of English descent
- 21st-century American male actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- People from Southwark
- British screen actor stubs