Ryan Sampson

Ryan Sampson
Born	Ryan Oliver Sampson (1985-11-28) 28 November 1985 Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003 – present

Ryan Oliver Sampson (born 28 November 1985) is an English actor best known for playing Grumio in the British sitcom Plebs and Alex Venables in After You've Gone, where he played the son of Jimmy Venables, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Early life

Sampson was born in Masbrough, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He went to school in Kiveton Park (Wales High School) where he appeared in school productions.

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 child 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.

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	2007–2008
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	14	2013-
Up the Women	Thomas	BBC Four	9	2013-2015
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

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 the Internet Movie Database