Sam Crane (actor)
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Sam Crane is an English
actor who has mainly worked in theatre. He was listed in New York Magazine as one of London's hottest young stage actors and was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award in 2008.
He had his television lead role debut playing Fred in the BBC's six part drama series Desperate Romantics.
Crane is a member of the Old Vic
New Voices scheme. He attended the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, and has had work performed at the Old Red Lion Theatre
and Hampstead Theatre
.
where he was awarded the Nicholas Hytner
Scholarship. He is married to filmmaker Pinny Grylls
and they have a young son.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actor who has mainly worked in theatre. He was listed in New York Magazine as one of London's hottest young stage actors and was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award in 2008.
He had his television lead role debut playing Fred in the BBC's six part drama series Desperate Romantics.
Crane is a member of the Old Vic
Old Vic
The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the Royal Victoria Hall. In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian...
New Voices scheme. He attended the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, and has had work performed at the Old Red Lion Theatre
Old Red Lion Theatre
The Old Red Lion Theatre is a fringe theatre, situated above a pub at The Angel, in the London Borough of Islington.It was founded in 1948 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club.-Construction:...
and Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage and Belsize Park, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. In 2009 it celebrates its 50 year anniversary.The original theatre was...
.
Selected credits
- CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
"Place of Safety" (2011) as Jim - Bedlam (2010, Shakespeare's GlobeShakespeare's GlobeShakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based...
) as Laurence - Henry IV Part I & II (2010, Shakespeare's GlobeShakespeare's GlobeShakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based...
) as Hotspur and Pistol - Desperate RomanticsDesperate RomanticsDesperate Romantics is a six-part television drama serial about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, first broadcast on BBC Two between 21 July and 25 August 2009.-Overview:...
(2009, TV series) as Fred Walters - ...some trace of her (2008, NT)
- Frankenstein (2008, radio) as William
- The Odyssey (2008, National Theatre)
- DNA/ The Miracle (2008, NT) as Philip/ Mr Rodgers
- Kebab (2007, Royal Court TheatreRoyal Court TheatreThe Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
) as Bogdan - Othello (2007, Shakespeare's GlobeShakespeare's GlobeShakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based...
) as Roderigo - GhostsGhosts (play)Ghosts is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882.Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality....
(2007, Bristol Old VicBristol Old VicThe Bristol Old Vic is a theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, King Street, in Bristol, England. The theatre complex includes the 1766 Theatre Royal, which claims to be the oldest continually-operating theatre in England, along with a 1970s studio theatre , offices and backstage facilities...
) as Oswald - Carrie's War (2006-7, Lillian Bayliss Theatre) as Albert
- Midnight Cowboy (2006, Edinburgh Festival)
- The Pretenders (2006, radio)
- Silverland (2006, Arcola) as Mikey
- And Then There Were NoneAnd Then There Were NoneAnd Then There Were None is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939 under the title Ten Little Niggers which was changed by Dodd, Mead and Company in January 1940 because of the presence of a racial...
(2005-6, Gielgud TheatreGielgud TheatreThe Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The house currently has 889 seats on three levels.-History:...
) as Anthony - Ubu The King (2005, UK tour)
- The Veronika Sessions (2005, The Hobbs Factory)
- The Sea, The Sea (2005, radio)
- Shadowbaby (2004, radio) as Hugo
- Major Barbara (2004, Royal Exchange Theatre)
- Rabbit (2003, UK tour) as Spin
- A Little Requiem for KantorKantorPeople named Kantor include:* Isaiah Kantor , mathematician* Istvan Kantor, Hungarian-born Canadian performance artist* Jodi Kantor, New York Times journalist* MacKinlay Kantor, American novelist and screen writer...
(ICAInstitute of Contemporary ArtsThe Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
/ SESC São Paulo) - Penmarric (1996, radio)
- Alexander The Great (1993, radio) as young Alexander
- The Turn of the Screw (1993, radio) as Miles
Background
Crane is the son of playwright Richard Crane and theatre director Faynia Williams. He studied at Oxford University, and LAMDALondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
where he was awarded the Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner is an English film and theatre producer and director. He has been the artistic director of London's National Theatre since 2003.-Biography:...
Scholarship. He is married to filmmaker Pinny Grylls
Pinny Grylls
Pinny Grylls is an award-winning documentary filmmaker.In 2001 Grylls co-founded Invisible Films with Rachel Millward. In the next year they founded the Birds Eye View Film Festival, which has since showcased films by emerging women filmmakers around the country, and is the UK's first major film...
and they have a young son.
External links
- Interview in The Oxford Mail
- Short profile from in New York Magazine
- The British Theatre Guide's review of Ghosts
- Michael Billington's review of Ghosts in The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Brief encounter with Sam Crane in whatsonstage.com
- Interview in "Yorkshire Evening PostYorkshire Evening PostThe Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvyq2 "Desperate RomanticsDesperate RomanticsDesperate Romantics is a six-part television drama serial about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, first broadcast on BBC Two between 21 July and 25 August 2009.-Overview:...
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