Sam Christian Palladio Scott (born 21 November 1986) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as

Gunnar Scott ''Nashville'' is an American musical drama television series. It was created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri and produced by R. J. Cutler, Khouri, Steve Buchanan, Marshall Herskovitz, and Edward Zwick. The series stars Connie Britton as Rayn ...

in the

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musical drama series ''

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'' (2012–18). Palladio has also had recurring roles on the comedy series ''

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'' (2012–15) and the science fiction series ''

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'' (2015–2018). His feature film credits include ''

7 Lives ''7 Lives'' is a 2011 British fantasy drama film directed by Paul Wilkins and starring Danny Dyer, Kate Ashfield and Martin Compston. The film revolves around a working-class blue collar who finds himself in a body-swapping odyssey after an amb ...

'' (2011), '' Runner, Runner'' (2013), '' Strange Magic'' (2015), ''

The Princess Switch ''The Princess Switch'' is a 2018 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Mike Rohl from a screenplay by Robin Bernheim and Megan Metzger. The film stars Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio and Nick Sagar. The film's concept of two people ...

'' (2018), '' The Princess Switch: Switched Again'' (2020) and '' The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star'' (2021).

Early life

Palladio was born in

Pembury Pembury is a large village in Kent, in the south east of England, with a population of 6,128 at the 2011 Census. It lies just to the north-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The village centre, including the village green and High Street area is a ...

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, UK. He was brought up by his parents, who are both artists, in

Penzance Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situ ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...

. Palladio was educated at

Humphry Davy School Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The school teaches 11 to 16-year-olds. History The oldest part of the main school building was completed in 1909. It was originally called the Penzance County School a ...

and then studied Actor Musicianship at

Rose Bruford College Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a drama school in the south London suburb of Sidcup. The college has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various discipli ...

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, graduating in 2008.

Career

Palladio began his career with guest starring roles in various television series, including ''

Little Crackers ''Little Crackers'' is a British Christmas comedy-drama that was broadcast on Sky1. It consists of a series of short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy, including Stephen Fry, Catherine Tate, Chris O'Dowd, Kathy Burke, Victoria ...

'', '' Doctors'', '' The Hour'', and ''

Cardinal Burns ''Cardinal Burns'' is a British television sketch show starring Seb Cardinal (born 1973 or 1974) and Dustin Demri-Burns (born July 1978). After a pilot on BBC Three, the first series began on 8 May 2012 on E4, before moving to Channel 4 for t ...

''. He gained further recognition for his starring role as Gunnar Scott in the

musical drama series ''

''. The series premiered to critical acclaim in 2012. It ended its run after six seasons in 2018. He also had a recurring role as Stoke on the comedy series ''

'' between 2012 and 2015. Since 2016, he has had a recurring role as Ed in the science fiction drama series ''

''. His film credits include roles as Calvin in the British drama film ''

'' (2011), as Shecky in the crime thriller film '' Runner, Runner'' (2013), and as Roland in the animated musical fantasy film '' Strange Magic'' (2015). He was also the lead singer in a band called Salt Water Thief. In 2020, he appeared on an episode of ''

The Repair Shop ''The Repair Shop'' is a British daytime television show made by production company Ricochet that aired on BBC Two for series 1 to 3 and on BBC One for series 4 onwards, in which family heirlooms are restored for their owners by numerous experts ...

'', receiving his grandfather's

RAF The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

cap after it had been restored by the programme's experts.

Filmography

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Film

Television

Discography

Singles

Other appearances

Explanatory notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palladio, Sam 1986 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Rose Bruford College English expatriates in the United States English male film actors English male television actors Living people People from Penzance People from Pembury