Ryan Oliver Sampson is an English

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, best known for playing Alex Venables in '' After You've Gone'', Grumio in '' Plebs,'' and Tommo in '' Brassic''. He also played Luke Rattigan in the

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two-part story of '' Doctor Who'', "

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Early life

Sampson was born in

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. He went to Anston Brook primary school and then on to

Wales High School Wales High School is an academy school for 11- to 19-year-olds, in Kiveton, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1970, the school provides education for nearby villages, including Kiveton Park, Harthill, Todwick, Wales, Thur ...

Kiveton Park Kiveton Park is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, from the Norman conquest to 1868, Kiveton was a hamlet of the parish of Harthill-with- ...

, where he appeared in school productions such as ''

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Career

Sampson began his career at Sheffield's

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. Prior to ''After You've Gone'', he appeared in ''

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'', in 2003, ''

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'', '' Heartbeat'' and '' Holby City'' in 2006. He appeared in the

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pilot ''The Things I Haven't Told You'' and had a role in two episodes of the 2008 series of '' Doctor Who'', playing the young American genius Luke Rattigan in "

" and "

". In 2008 he worked at the National Theatre. In 2011 he played a small part in Channel 4 comedy series '' Fresh Meat''. In 2015 he played various characters in the ITV2 sketch show ''Glitchy''. In 2015 he also appeared as Charles 'Boz' Dickens in

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''. Sampson currently portrays Tommo in Sky One's 2019 British sitcom '' Brassic''. Sampson's acting influence is

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Personal life

Sampson confirmed that he is

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via

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on 20 February 2019, publishing a photo of himself with his boyfriend.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampson, Ryan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English male television actors English male stage actors English male child actors Actors from Rotherham Male actors from Yorkshire English male Shakespearean actors English gay actors People educated at Wales High School English LGBT actors