Samuel Roukin (ROO-kin; born 15 August 1980) is an English actor and DJ. He is best known for his role as
John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the Drainage basin, watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. ...
in the series, ''
Turn: Washington's Spies'' and
Simon "Ghost" Riley in
''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.''
Early life and education
Roukin was born in
Southport, England
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Irish ...
, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He displayed an interest in drama from an early age. He completed secondary school at
Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby where he was involved in many school productions. He goes back to the school to give acting workshops to pupils involved in
drama
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and
English
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. Roukin went on to train at the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre.
BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. I ...
, graduating in 2003. Roukin finished filming ''
Bright Star'', directed by
Jane Campion
Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...
and based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.
Career
Roukin starred in the 2008 film ''
Happy-Go-Lucky
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'' as the love interest of the main character, Poppy (played by
Sally Hawkins
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film. She has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award and the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear for ...
).
ITV's two-part drama pilot for the television series ''
DCI Banks
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'' had Roukin portraying one half of a serial killing couple.
Roukin later portrayed a detective in the ITV1 Drama ''
Appropriate Adult
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'', a two-part dramatization exploring the aftermath of the capture of serial killers
Fred West
Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, most of them with his second wife, Rose West.
All the victi ...
and
Rosemary West
Rosemary Pauline West (née Letts; born 29 November 1953) is an English serial killer who collaborated with her husband, Fred West, in the torture and murder of at least nine young women between 1973 and 1987; .
He played Bagot in ''Richard II'', part of the cultural Olympiad of Shakespeare, directed by Rupert Goold and produced by
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honour ...
for BBC2 and NBC.
Roukin also portrayed British Lieutenant-Colonel
John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the Drainage basin, watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. ...
, one of the main antagonists of the 2014 AMC series ''
Turn: Washington's Spies'', a
period drama
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about
American Revolutionary War
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spies.
[(11 May 2014)]
TURN Q&A – Samuel Roukin (John Graves Simcoe)
''AMC TURN blog'', Retrieved 21 November 2014[(6 May 2014)]
Old Boy Roukin Stars in 'Revolutionary' American TV Series
''Liverpool Echo
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''
In 2022, Roukin revealed on
Twitter
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that he would play the role of
Simon "Ghost" Riley in ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II'', replacing
Jeff Leach
Jeff Alexander Leach (born 12 February 1984) is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He has also worked as a television and radio presenter with shows airing in the UK, USA, Australia and Europe. He is most well known for appearing ...
.
Filmography
Film
Stage
Television
Video Games
References
External links
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1980 births
English male film actors
English male television actors
Living people
People from Kentish Town
People from Southport
Male actors from Lancashire
People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby