Samuel Collings (actor)

Samuel Collings
Born London, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor
Years active 2000's–Present
Relatives David Collings (Father), Karen Archer (Mother), Eliza Collings, Kate Collings (Siblings)

Samuel Collings is a British actor from London.

Life and career

Samuel Collings is the son of actors David Collings and Karen Archer. His twin sister, Eliza, is also an actor. Collings became interested in acting from a very early age and was highly involved in the creative arts—particularly theater, dance and music—before joining both the National Youth Theatre and Glyndebourne Youth Group, among other companies.

Professionally he has appeared on stage and screen in the UK, US and internationally. In the television series Hex he played the regular character of Tom, who is secretly gay and in love with his best friend,[1] and the role of King Zedekiah in the Emmy Award-winning drama The Bible. Other credits include The Last Tzars, Outlander, Shakespeare Uncovered, New Tricks, The Insiders, Envoi, Dr Faustus, School For Scandal, Bluebird, The Briefcase and Holby City.[2]

Alongside screen work, Collings has appeared extensively in theater and radio drama, as well as featuring on audio books, recordings and in other media. Some of his various stage credits include:

Catus Deciamus in the world premiere of Boudica at Shakespeare's Globe;

Jesus in the premiere of The Inn At Lydda at Shakespeare's Globe (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse);

Octavius Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra for the Royal Shakespeare Company/Public Theater, NYC/Gablestage, Miami;

Iago/Macduff in the premiere of OthelloMacbeth, a version of Shakespeare's tragedies;

Scrooge/Ernest in multiple productions of The Fitzrovia Radio Hour's A Christmas Carol;

Remy Saintclaire in Hammer Horror's first live immersive work The Soulless Ones;

Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream;

Banquo in Macbeth; Cassio in Othello;

Stavrogin, the protagonist, in a transpositon of Dostoyevsky's classic novel Demons;

Harvey Baines in the premiere of award-winning BBC TV comedy series Waiting For God;

The Man in The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Luigi Pirandello;

Lyngstrand in The Lady from the Sea[3] by Henrik Ibsen, in a new translation by David Eldridge;

Gaveston/Lightborn in Christopher Marlowe's Edward II;[4]

Lord Darlington in Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan;

Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors;

Lysander, Demetrius & Flute in multiple productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream;

Henry Crawford in an adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park;[5]

Multiple productions of Doctor Faustus by Kit Marlowe;

Joseph Surface in R.B Sheridan's restoration farce The School For Scandal;

Jordan in a new version of Jeanette Winterson's novel Sexing The Cherry;

Eric Birling in JB Priestley's seminal work An Inspector Calls;

The Mad Hatter/Mock Turtle in Alice, a version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.

Collings appeared in verbatim theatre and readings for the companies Ice and Fire and Actors For Human Rights (née Actors For Refugees) in London and across the UK, as well as featuring in performances for charity organisations including Amnesty International and the NSPCC. Further outreach work has involved projects and workshops with correctional facilities.

Selected radio includes BBC productions of Orpheus, I Am David, two adaptations of War and Peace, Soldiers' Loves and Soldiers' Lives, The Dora Bella Variation, Science at Sea, Cinderella D-Day and Penmarric, in addition to numerous live broadcasts and recordings for BBC New Writing, Resonance, Holy Mountain and others.

Samuel Collings performed alongside his parents and twin sister in a staged reading of The Chances, a Jacobean comedy by John Fletcher. It was presented at Shakespeare's Globe as part of its Read Not Dead series. He worked in radio and appeared on stage both with his father (Edward II) and sister (Lady Windermere's Fan, The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy) and played his mother's son in School Play, a performance at The Duchess Theatre, West End.

Selected Filmography

  • 2003: The Bill (ITV TV Series)
  • 2004: Message in a Bottle (Short)
  • 2005: Hex (Sky TV Series)
  • 2006: Dan Clark's Guide To Working (Comedy Central TV Series)
  • 2006: The Briefcase (Short)
  • 2007 & 2012: Doctors (BBC TV Series)
  • 2008: A Tale of Two Girls (Short)
  • 2008: The Insiders (C4/Online TV Series)
  • 2009: Holby City (BBC TV Series)
  • 2010: Bluebird (Film)
  • 2013: The Bible (US History/Lightworkers TV Series)
  • 2013: Sc.25 (Short)
  • 2013: Envoi (Film)
  • 2014: New Tricks (BBC TV Series)
  • 2016: Prose – "Further" (Music Video)
  • 2017: Measure For Measure/Shakespeare Uncovered/The Globe
  • 2018: Outlander (Sony/Starz TV Series)
  • 2018: The Last Tsars (Netflix/Nutopia TV Series)

Selected Theatre

Samuel Collings is a member of Equity, the trade union for professional performers.

Year Title Role Theatre Location
2005 Dr Faustus[6] Good Angel/Sin/Various Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool, United Kingdom
2007 An Inspector Calls[7] Eric Birling The Dukes Lancaster, United Kingdom
2009 The School for Scandal,[8]Dr Faustus Joseph Surface

Valdes/Rafe/Devil

 Greenwich Theatre

Stage on Screen

 London, United Kingdom
2010 The Lady from the Sea[9] Lyngstrand Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, United Kingdom
2010 The Comedy of Errors[10] Antipholus of Syracuse Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, United Kingdom
2011 Edward II[11] Gaveston/Lightborn Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, United Kingdom
2010–2011 The Man with the Flower in His Mouth[12] The Man Oxford Playhouse/Greenwich Theatre/Metta/Tour London, Oxford, Various, United Kingdom
2012 Lady Windermere's Fan[13] Lord Darlington Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, United Kingdom
2012 Stand Up Diggers All,

Collision

 Various Latitude Latitude Festival, United Kingdom
2012 Mansfield Park[14] Henry Crawford UK No.1 Tour/Theatre Royal Various, United Kingdom
2013 A Midsummer Night's Dream[15] Demetrius Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre Chester, United Kingdom
2013 Othello[16] Cassio Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre Chester, United Kingdom
2013–2014 Antony & Cleopatra[17] Octavius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company, Public Theater, Gablestage Theater Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK

New York, Miami, USA

  • Spotlight Casting Directory CV: http://www.spotlight.com/8615-4509-0853
  • Samuel Collings on IMDb

References

  1. ↑ Karen Ho (5 October 2012). "The Cast of 'Hex': Where Are They Now?". Bbcamerica.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "The School for Scandal. Cast Biographies. Samuel Collings". Stageonscreen.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ibsen's classic revival". Blackpool Gazette. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ John Jeffay (23 September 2011). "Review: Edward II". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "REVIEW. Mansfield Park". Blackmorevale.co.uk. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Marjorie Bates Murphy (17 February 2005). "Dr Faustus". The Stage. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "An Inspector Calls review". Lancasterguardian.co.uk. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Zoe Craig (9 October 2009). "Theatre Review: The School for Scandal @ Greenwich Theatre". Londonist.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Dominic Cavendish (28 October 2010). "The Lady from the Sea, Manchester Royal Exchange, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Comedy of Errors – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester". Thepublicreviews.com. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Edward II – The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester". Thepublicreviews.com. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Josephine Sarchet (14 May 2011). "Review: The Man with a Flower in his Mouth". Cherwell.org. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Lady Windermere's Fan – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester". Thepublicreviews.com. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Andrew Clarke (20 September 2012). "Creating a feisty heroine in Mansfield Park". Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream". So-cheshire.co.uk. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Othello – Grosvenor Open Air Theatre, Chester". Thepublicreviews.com. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Suzanna Bowling (9 March 2014). "Antony and Cleopatra Was Set Where?". T2conline.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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