Samuel Collings is a British actor from London.

Life and career

Samuel Collings is the son of actors

David Collings David Collings (4 June 1940 – 23 March 2020) was an English actor. In an extensive career he appeared in many roles on stage, television, film and radio, as well as various audio books, voiceovers, concert readings and other work. He garnered ...

and Karen Archer. His twin sister, Eliza, is also an actor. Collings became interested in acting from a very early age and was highly involved in the creative arts—particularly theater, dance and music—before joining both the

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and Glyndebourne Youth Group, among other companies. Professionally he has appeared on stage and screen in the UK, US and internationally. In the television series '' Hex'' he played the regular character of Tom, who is secretly gay and in love with his best friend, and the role of King Zedekiah in the Emmy Award-winning drama ''

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.'' Other credits include ''The Last Czars, The Lost Pirate Kingdom'' (both Netflix)'', Outlander'' (Seasons 4 & 5), ''Shakespeare Uncovered,'' '' New Tricks, The Insiders, Envoi, Dr Faustus, School For Scandal, Bluebird, The Briefcase, Dan Clark's Guide To Work,'' ''Doctors'' and ''Holby City''. Alongside screen acting, Collings has worked extensively in theater and radio drama, as well as featuring on audio books, recordings and in other media such as voice over work. He also appeared in verbatim theatre and staged readings for the companies Ice and Fire and Actors For Human Rights (née Actors For Refugees) in London and across the UK, as well as performances for charity organisations including

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and the

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. Further outreach work has involved projects and workshops with correctional facilities in both the US & UK. Selected radio includes BBC productions of ''Orpheus'', ''I Am David'', two adaptations of ''War and Peace,'' ''Soldiers' Loves and Soldiers' Lives'', ''The Dora Bella Variation, Science at Sea, Cinderella D-Day'' and ''Penmarric,'' in addition to numerous live broadcasts and recordings for BBC New Writing, Resonance, Holy Mountain and others. Samuel Collings performed alongside his parents and twin sister in a one-off performance of ''The Chances'', a Jacobean comedy by John Fletcher. It was presented at

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as part of its Read Not Dead series. He appeared in radio drama with his father, the late

, and sister Eliza Collings, before later appearing on stage with each in ''Edward II'' ( The Royal Exchange) & ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (The Royal Exchange)/ ''The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy'' (

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) respectively. He played alongside his mother, Karen Archer, in a production of ''School Play-'' a performance at The

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, West End. He appeared as her son.

Selected filmography

* 2003: ''

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'' (ITV TV Series) * 2004: ''Message in a Bottle'' (Short) * 2005: ''Hex'' (Sky TV Series) * 2006: ''Dan Clark's Guide To Working'' (Comedy Central TV Series) * 2006: ''The Briefcase'' (Short) * 2007 & 2012: ''Doctors'' (BBC TV Series) * 2008: ''A Tale of Two Girls'' (Short) * 2008: ''The Insiders'' (C4/Online TV Series) * 2009: ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' ...

'' (BBC TV Series) * 2010: ''Bluebird'' (Film) * 2013: ''The Bible'' (US History/Lightworkers TV Series) * 2013: ''Sc.25'' (Short) * 2013: ''Envoi'' (Film) * 2014: ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC On ...

'' (BBC TV Series) *2016: Prose – "Further" (Music Video) *2017: ''Measure For Measure''/''Shakespeare Uncovered'' (The Globe) *2018: ''Outlander'' (Sony/Starz TV Series) *2018: ''The Last Tsars'' (Netflix/Nutopia TV Series) *2019: ''Outlander'' (Sony/Starz TV Series) *2019/2020: '' The Lost Pirate Kingdom'' (Netflix Series)

Selected theatre

Samuel Collings is a member of Equity, the trade union for professional performers.

External links

* Spotlight Casting Directory CV: http://www.spotlight.com/8615-4509-0853 *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collings, Samuel Living people English male television actors Male actors from London Year of birth missing (living people)