Sam Crane (born 1979) is an English actor. He attended Oxford University and LAMDA, where he won the Nicholas Hytner Award. [1] He played Farinelli in Claire van Kampen's Farinelli and the King opposite Mark Rylance at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse [2] and reprised his role when the production transferred first to the Duke of York's Theatre [3] and then to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. [4] He is also known for playing Winston Smith in Headlong's production of 1984 in the West End, [5] Fred Walters in the BBC's six-part drama series Desperate Romantics [6] and Frederick Abberline in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Syndicate. [7] In 2017 he played Patrick Plunket in an episode of the Netflix series The Crown. [8] Since 13th October 2022 Sam has been playing the lead, Harry Potter, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London. [9]
Crane is the son of Richard Crane, a playwright, and theatre director Faynia Williams. He studied at Oxford University and LAMDA. He is married to filmmaker Pinny Grylls and they have a young son and daughter. [10]
Sam Crane (born 1979) is an English actor. He attended Oxford University and LAMDA, where he won the Nicholas Hytner Award. [1] He played Farinelli in Claire van Kampen's Farinelli and the King opposite Mark Rylance at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse [2] and reprised his role when the production transferred first to the Duke of York's Theatre [3] and then to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. [4] He is also known for playing Winston Smith in Headlong's production of 1984 in the West End, [5] Fred Walters in the BBC's six-part drama series Desperate Romantics [6] and Frederick Abberline in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Syndicate. [7] In 2017 he played Patrick Plunket in an episode of the Netflix series The Crown. [8] Since 13th October 2022 Sam has been playing the lead, Harry Potter, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London. [9]
Crane is the son of Richard Crane, a playwright, and theatre director Faynia Williams. He studied at Oxford University and LAMDA. He is married to filmmaker Pinny Grylls and they have a young son and daughter. [10]