Sam Callis

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Sam Callis
Born
Samuel Charles Callis

(1973-11-21) 21 November 1973 (age 51)
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1996–present
SpouseOsmin Callis
Children2

Samuel Charles Callis (born 21 November 1973) is an English actor and director, best known for his role as Callum Stone in The Bill and Adam Benjamin in London's Burning .

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Biography

Callis grew up in Haslemere, Surrey and attended Camelsdale Primary School, Midhurst Intermediate School and Midhurst Grammar School.[ citation needed ] Callis trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [1] He has had roles in London's Burning [2] where he played Adam Benjamin and in Ultimate Force as Captain Patrick Fleming. [3] He played Doctor Mike Banner in The Royal [4] until he left in 2007 to join the cast of The Bill. He has made appearances in Holby City , Casualty and Doctor Who .

Before joining The Bill as a regular, he had previously guest starred in the show in 2004 as an alcoholic priest, Karl Radford. [5]

Callis has also acted in some films. In Kidulthood he played a security guard, in Spanish TV Movie Trance he played Nick, in Capital Punishment he played Russell Blake and he starred in Shrink as Max.

He has acted in theatre which has taken him to New York and on a UK no1 Tour for Arms and The Man.

After The Bill was cancelled in 2010, Callis directed a short film called Inside Run. [6] The short film starred his former The Bill co-star Andrew Lancel as a prison officer and was shown at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2010. More recently he directed another short film, Viking also starring Andrew Lancel. [7]

Callis played the role of Stensgard in the UK premiere of Henrik Ibsen's The League of Youth at Nottingham Playhouse in May 2011. [8] In 2012 he appeared in the Noël Coward play Hay Fever at the Noël Coward Theatre [9] and as Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest at Nottingham Playhouse. [10]

In 2015 he produced Whisper, a ten-minute short film set in Sheppey. [11]

Personal life

He met his wife Osmin during his time on London's Burning [12] and the couple reside in London. In December 2008, he became a father for the first time with the birth of his daughter. He also has a son. His brother, Ben Callis, [7] is a film director. [13]

Filmography

Television

YearProductionRoleNotes !
2021 The Lost Pirate Kingdom Benjamin Hornigold Netflix series, 6 episodes.
2020The OutpostJaaris'Dying Is Painful", Go Ahead and Run"
2019 Casualty Albert "Big Al" LayneTV series
2018 Father Brown Alec FrobisherEpisode: "The Devil You Know"
2012Midsomer MurdersWill GideonEpisode: "Murder of Innocence"
2011 Game of Thrones Goldcloak'What Is Dead May Never Die"

"The Night Lands"

2011 Holby City Sean Foster [14] Episode: "Damage Control"
2007–2010 The Bill Sgt. Callum Stone TV series
2007 The Royal Dr Mike BannerTV series, 8 episodes
2006 Ultimate Force Captain Patrick FlemingTV series
2005 Holby City Dave StainfordEpisode: "Pleasant Surprises"
2005 Doctor Who Security GuardEpisode: "Bad Wolf"
2004 The Bill Karl RadfordTV series
2001–2002 London's Burning Adam BenjaminTV series
2001 Beginner's Luck Jackson
2001 Holby City Trevor LakeEpisode: "Men Are From Mars"
1996 The Bill Mark CravenSeries 12, episode 124 "Out of the Past"

Released films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2000ShrinkActorPlayed Max
2001TranceActorPlayed Nick
2003Capital PunishmentActorPlayed Russell Blake
2006 Kidulthood ActorPlayed Security Guard
2010Inside RunDirector
2015WhisperProducer

Stage

YearProductionRole
2011 The League of Youth Stensgard
2012 Hay Fever Sandy Tyrell
2012 The Importance of Being Earnest Jack Worthing
2019 The Tempest Prospero
2019 Henry V (play) King of France

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  3. ↑ "Ultimate Force". United Kingdom: ITV. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Sam Callis interview". United Kingdom: ITV. 21 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ↑ @TheBillaton (17 August 2019). "Sam Callis who played sgt Callum Stone #thebill can be seen in tonight's episode of #Casualty. BBC1 at 9.20pm" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  7. 1 2 "Viking". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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