Sam Lewis Underwood (born 4 August 1987) is an English actor who portrayed the twins Luke and Mark Gray in the Fox thriller drama '' The Following'', Jake Otto in the AMC series '' Fear the Walking Dead'' (2017), and

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Early life and education

Underwood was born in Woking, Surrey and attended the Winston Churchill School. He trained at the Karen Clarke Theatre Group (now Summerscales Performing Arts), was taught by vocal coach Phil Wisdom and attended Songtime Theatre Arts. He moved to the United States in October 2006 where he studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He graduated in February 2008. He co-founded the Fundamental Theater Project in New York with Nicola Murphy in April 2010.

Career

While appearing as Marchbanks in George Bernard Shaw's '' Candida'' at the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, in April 2010, Underwood was asked to play the part of Alan Strang in a production of '' Equus'' at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall of East Hampton, co-starring alongside

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. In 2013, Underwood was cast in the eighth season of television series '' Dexter'' in the recurring role of Zach Hamilton, Dexter Morgan's "protégé". He subsequently joined the third season of '' Homeland'' as Leo Carras. Beginning in February 2014, Underwood took on the dual roles of twins Mark and Luke Gray in the second season of the Fox murder mystery '' The Following''. But after the death of Luke, he was left playing Mark - who had split identities - in its third and final season. As of 2017, Underwood joined the cast of the hit AMC thriller series '' Fear the Walking Dead'' in its third season as Jake Otto, the enigmatic son of the colony leader. In 2019, Underwood was cast as

television series ''

'', a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.

Personal life

Underwood married actress Valorie Curry on May 13, 2016. They divorced in April 2023. On October 7, 2023, Underwood was arrested on felony domestic battery charges after he allegedly got into a physical altercation with an unidentified woman. He was released after approximately 10 hours in custody.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Underwood, Sam Living people English male television actors English expatriate male actors in the United States 1987 births Male actors from Woking 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male stage actors