Samuel Timothy Clemmett (born 1 October 1993) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Albus Potter in the play '' Harry Potter and the Cursed Child''. On television, he is known for his role as young Brimsley in the

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series '' Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story'' (2023), portraying the series' first LGBT+ romance.

Early life

Clemmett is from Brundall near

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. He attended Thorpe St Andrew School. He began acting as a hobby when he was a child, and later taking part in an intensive at the

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at 16.

Career

Clemmett's first audition was for '' Lord of the Flies'', going on to make his professional acting debut as Bill in the 2011 production of Nigel Williams' stage adaptation at

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. He made his television debut in 2013 with guest appearances in '' Foyle's War'' on ITV and '' Doctors'' on

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. Clemmett went on to play Ernst in ''Nivelli's War'' at the MAC in Belfast and Ian Trenting in ''

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'' at St James Theatre in London in 2014, and then Mark in ''WINK'' at Theatre503 and Tom in the

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production of '' Wendy & Peter Pan'' in 2015. He appeared in an episode of the BBC period drama '' The Musketeers''. In 2016, it was announced Clemmett would star in the play '' Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', originating the role of Albus Severus Potter in the West End production at the Palace Theatre. He continued his role in the Broadway run of the play at the Lyric Theatre in 2018. Clemmett starred as Charlie MacDonald in the 2021

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film '' The War Below''. He also appeared in the crime film ''

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'' that year. He portrayed young Brimsley in the 2023

prequel '' Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story''.

Personal life

Clemmett married Danarose Lobue in October 2022. He is a patron of MoCo Theatre Company at the Norwich Theatre Royal.

Filmography

Stage

References

External links

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Sam Clemmett
on the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child website Living people 1993 births 21st-century English male actors Male actors from Norfolk English male child actors English male film actors English male television actors National Youth Theatre members People from Brundall {{UK-stage-actor-stub