Sam Troughton is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor. He is the son of David Troughton

David Troughton

David Troughton is an English actor, best known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage.- Biography :David Troughton was born in Hampstead, North London. He comes from a theatrical family: he is the son of Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton, elder brother of Michael Troughton, and father...

 and the grandson of Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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actor Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Patrick George Troughton was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969,...

. His younger brother is Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 cricketer Jim Troughton

Jim Troughton

Jamie Oliver Troughton is an English cricketer. He is mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman but also an occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler...

. Troughton studied drama

Drama

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 at the University of Hull

University of Hull

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, graduating in 1998.

Troughton is an acclaimed Shakespearean

William Shakespeare

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 actor who was nominated for an award while with the Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...

. He has also starred in the horror films Spirit Trap

Spirit Trap

Spirit Trap is a 2005 United Kingdom thriller comedy horror film. While the story is set in London, the film was actually shot in Bucharest, Romania.-Plot:...

(with Billie Piper

Billie Piper

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) and Alien vs. Predator

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, and several television productions including Sky One

Sky One

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's Hex

Hex (TV series)

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. He has also appeared in the SAS drama Ultimate Force. From October 2006 he appeared in the BBC Robin Hood series (2006–2009), in which he features as Robin's ex-manservant, Much. Troughton's grandfather Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Patrick George Troughton was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969,...

 starred in the first Robin Hood television series in 1953.

Troughton's stage roles include the love-struck Orlando in Samuel West

Samuel West

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's production of Shakespeare's As You Like It

As You Like It

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at the Crucible Theatre

Crucible Theatre

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 in Sheffield

Sheffield

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. He returned to the RSC as part of the 2009-2011 ensemble, appearing at the Courtyard Theatre

Courtyard Theatre

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 in Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

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. In 2009 he played Marcus Brutus

Marcus Junius Brutus

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 in Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar (play)

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and Third Gentleman in The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

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, and in 2010 he played Romeo in Romeo & Juliet and King Arthur in Morte D'Arthur at the Courtyard Theatre

Courtyard Theatre

The Courtyard Theatre is a temporary 1,048 seat thrust stage theatre building in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Designed by Ian Ritchie Architects and built in 11 months, it opened in August 2006 to host performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company while its Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Summer in the Suburbs	Police Constable	TV movie
2002	Ultimate Force Ultimate Force Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS...	Stuart	TV series (1 episode: "The Killing House")
	Foyle's War	Policeman 2	TV series (1 episode: "The German Woman")
2003	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from to on BBC...	H. Percy Boulnois	TV series (1 episode: "The Sewer King")
	Sylvia Sylvia (2003 film) Sylvia is a 2003 British biographical drama film directed by Christine Jeffs and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, and Michael Gambon. It tells the true story of the romance between prominent poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes...	Tom Hadley-Clarke
	Judge John Deed Judge John Deed Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...	PC Doug Welkin	TV series (1 episode: "Conspiracy")
2004	Gunpowder, Treason and Plot	Thomas Winter Thomas Wintour Robert Wintour and Thomas Wintour , also spelt Winter, were members of the Gunpowder Plot, a failed conspiracy to assassinate King James I. Both were related to other conspirators, such as their cousin, Robert Catesby, and a half-brother, John Wintour, also joined them following the plot's failure...	TV movie
	AVP: Alien vs. Predator	Thomas Parks
	Messiah: The Promise Messiah (TV series) Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. Made up of a series of occasional serials, the first, with two parts subtitled The First Killings & The Reckoning, was...	Thomas Stone	TV movie
	Vera Drake Vera Drake Vera Drake is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, telling the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions...	David
2005	Spirit Trap Spirit Trap Spirit Trap is a 2005 United Kingdom thriller comedy horror film. While the story is set in London, the film was actually shot in Bucharest, Romania.-Plot:...	Nick
	Hex Hex (TV series) Hex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demonic entity and the witches who oppose it...	Jez Heriot/Remiel	TV series (6 episodes)
2006	Robin Hood	Much	TV series (38 episodes: 2006-2009)