Veteran of stage and screen, Sam Spruell’s extensive film credits include The Settlers, The Hanging Sun, Connemara, Locked Down, The Informer, Outlaw King, The World Is Yours, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Morgan, Sand Castle, The Lady in the Van, Legend, Taken 3, Child 44, Good People, Starred Up, Sixteen, The Counselor, Company of Heroes, Snow White and the Huntsman, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Defiance, The Hurt Locker, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Venus, London to Brighton, To Kill a King and K-19: The Widowmaker. He also produced and starred in BAFTA-winning short film Original Villain.
His television roles include The Gold, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Doctor Who, The North Water, Small Axe, Liar, I Am… (“I Am Nicola” episode), The Bastard Executioner, Catastrophe, Cardinal Burns, The Last Ship, Mayday, Eternal Law, The Runaway, Luther, Foyle’s War, The Fixer, Spooks, City of Vice, Holby Blue, Silent Witness, The Ghost Squad, Rosemary & Thyme and P.O.W.
Spruell’s theater work includes “Father Flynn” in Doubt (Chichester Festival Theatre); “Iago” in Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe); “Mark” in Shopping and F**king (Lyric Hammersmith); “Jim”/“Tom” in Clybourne Park (Royal Court Theatre); “Mick” in The Caretaker (Theatre Royal Bath); “Cedric” in Grand Slam (King’s Head Theatre); Pornography (Kiln Theatre); “Wilby” in Sus (Young Vic); “Ananias” in The Alchemist, “Bellarmin” in The Life of Galileo (National Theatre); Edward Bond’s Lear (Crucible Theatre); and “Roderigo” in Othello (Royal Exchange, Manchester).
