Angus Sampson

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Angus Sampson
Born (1979-02-12) 12 February 1979 (age 45)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • writer
Years active1998–present

Angus Sampson (born 12 February 1979) [1] is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances in the Insidious film series, The Mule, Mad Max: Fury Road , and the Peabody-winning second season of Fargo .

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Early life

Sampson was born in Sydney, and was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill and at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He graduated from the AWARD School in 2002. [2]

Career

Acting

Sampson's acting career launched in 1996 with role as Dylan Lewis's sidekick on Recovery , [3] an ABC youth music show. Later television jobs include roles on The Secret Life of Us , The 10:30 Slot , [3] and Greeks on the Roof . [4] and as Ali in an episode of Stingers . He has appeared a performer on the improvised show Thank God You're Here . [3] [5] In 2007, Sampson portrayed television personality Ugly Dave Gray in the television movie The King [3] which examines the life of Australian TV legend Graham Kennedy. In the same year he also appeared in Wilfred . [3] The following year he played Leonardo da Vinci in the children's television series Time Trackers and Michael Thorneycroft in the three final episodes of Underbelly . [3]

In 2010, Sampson helped his friend and fellow former Recovery presenter [6] Leigh Whannell develop a horror film called Insidious . [7] The film was released in September 2010, with Whannell and Sampson playing "comical low-tech paranormal investigators" Specks and Tucker, roles they have reprised in the film's three follow-ups. [7] Sampson was a special guest juror at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival, [2] and host of the 2010 IF Awards, broadcast on SBS TV. [8]

Sampson has since played a diverse array of film roles. In the same year as Insidious, he was the suit actor for the role of Bull [3] in Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are . In 2015, Sampson starred on the second season of the FX show Fargo , playing the character Bear Gerhardt. He starred as "Ozzy" in The Walking Dead . In 2022, Sampson played the lead role of Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski in the Netflix drama series The Lincoln Lawyer , based on the novel of the same name and written by Michael Connelly. [9] [10]

Radio

Sampson was an occasional co-host of Australian radio show Get This with Tony Martin on Triple M. [11] Sampson was a founding member of The Forbidden Fruit, an experimental troupe whose only performance was a risque interpretation of Mad Max 2 they performed on late night radio, in which Angus played The Lord Humongous, who turned out to be quite proficient with the jazz flute.[ citation needed ] Sampson has also been a presenter on RRR's Breakfasters program. [12] In addition, Sampson was also the un-credited host of the cult classic late-night radio show The Lonely Hearts Club, a deadpan comedy series which ran on ABC Radio National in early 2011 in which Sampson appeared under the pseudonym Richard Silk. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Dags Prozac
1999Smile & WaveRayShort film
2003The RefereesStevoShort film
Darkness Falls Raymond 'Ray' Winchester
Razor Eaters Syksey
2005 You and Your Stupid Mate Jeffrey
2006 Kokoda Dan
Footy Legends Lloydy
2007Feeling Lonely?RobShort film
Rats and Cats Robber
2009The Last SupperJudasShort film
The WakeJonathanShort film
Celestial AvenueAh GongShort film
Where the Wild Things Are The Bull Suit Performer
2010 I Love You Too Thug
PopManShort film
Summer CodaFranky
Insidious Tucker
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Jutt (voice)
2011It's him... Terry Lim! [14] Director Terry Lim Short Documentary
There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating CakeFatherShort film
Post Apocalyptic ManBarflyShort film
TenderMaxShort film
TeddyJimShort film
AttackSoldierShort film
2012 100 Bloody Acres Lindsay Morgan
2013 Blinder Franky
Insidious: Chapter 2 Tucker
2014 The Mule [15] Ray JenkinsAlso Co-writer/Co-Director and producer
2015 Now Add Honey Mick Croyston
Mad Max: Fury Road The Organic Mechanic
Insidious: Chapter 3 Tucker
2018 Insidious: The Last Key Tucker
Benji Titus
Winchester John Hansen
2021 Mortal Kombat Goro (voice)
2023 Insidious: The Red Door Tucker
Next Goal Wins Angus Bendleton
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga The Organic MechanicPost-production [16]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996-2000 Recovery Co-HostVarious Episodes
2001 Blue Heelers Glenn RossiterEpisode: "Letter of the Law"
2002 Blue Heelers Tony CostaEpisode: "Fishing for Dummies"
2002 Short Cuts DJEpisode: "What a Feeling"
2003 Stingers AliEpisode: "Cul-De-Sac"
2003 Greeks on the Roof Dimi11 episodes
2004 The Secret Life of Us TyroneEpisode: "Stretching the Friendship"
2005 The Secret Life of Us Video Shop Guy/TyroneEpisode: "The Character Question"
2006-2009 Thank God You're Here Himself11 episodes
2007 Wilfred CyrosEpisode: "Dog Eat Dog"
2007 The King Ugly Dave GrayTV movie
2007 Chandon Pictures BevanEpisode: "Cousins"
Episode: "Bevan's Heaven"
2008 Underbelly Michael Thorneycroft3 episodes
2008 Time Trackers Leonardo da Vinci Episode: "Da Vinci"
2010 The Librarians Xavier Fisher4 episodes
2010–2011 Spirited Zach Hannigan15 episodes
2012 Beaconsfield Brett 'Cress' CresswellTV movie
2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Allan Johnston Episode: "1.1"
Episode: "1.2"
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Patrick BowringTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2014 Party Tricks Wayne Duffy6 episodes
2015 Fargo Bear GerhardtRecurring role; 9 episodes
2016–2017 Shut Eye Fonso Marks20 episodes
2018 Nightflyers RowanMain role
2018 Voltron: Legendary Defender Ranveig (voice)Episode: "Kral Zera"
2018 Drunk History HughesEpisode: "Death"
2019 The Walking Dead Ozzy2 episodes
2019 No Activity Chief6 episodes
2021 The Stand GarveyEpisode: "The House of the Dead"
2021 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Hap (voice)3 episodes
2021-2022 Bump Dom30 episodes
2022 Our Flag Means Death King George 3 episodes
The Lincoln Lawyer Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski20 episodes
Reservation Dogs ChemistEpisode: "This is Where the Plot Thickens"
2023 Koala Man Various characters8 episodes
2024 Heartbreak High (2022 TV series) Timothy Voss8 episodes

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2014 AACTA Award Best Supporting Actor 100 Bloody Acres Nominated [17]
AFCA Awards Best Supporting ActorNominated [18]
Best Actor The Mule Nominated [19]

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