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 Campbell in 2024 | |
| Born | 1991 or 1992 (age 33–34) Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia |
| Alma mater | Queensland University of Technology (BFA) |
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| Genres | Surrealism, absurdism, observational |
Samuel Campbell (born 1991/1992) is an Australian stand-up comedian and actor. He won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award in 2018 and the main prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2022.
Samuel Campbell was born in 1991 or 1992 [1] in the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. [2] In podcasts, he has mentioned growing up around the regions of Yungaburra and Atherton, [3] and mentioned the town of Lake Eacham, Queensland. [4] He was a small child growing up, and his parents considered placing him under growth hormone therapy. [5] Campbell went to high school in Bundaberg, [3] [ better source needed ] and studied animation at the Queensland University of Technology. [6]
Campbell lived in Brisbane from the ages of 17 to 21, [4] and in 2011 he was a Queensland finalist for the national Raw Comedy competition. [7] By 2015, Campbell had relocated to Sydney. [8]
Campbell performs stand-up comedy live as well as creating comedy web shows.
His first show was in Brisbane's Sit Down Comedy Club in 2010. [6] He made a short series that was broadcast on Comedy Central Australia and was a guest on ABC TV's The Checkout . [1] In the 2010s, Campbell was part of the YouTube collective Skills in Time, with Australian comedians Greg Larsen and Henry Stone. [9] In 2017, he had a regular weekly segment on Triple J radio, featured in the web-series Dayne's World, and performed stand-up at Sydney comedy clubs. [10] In 2018, he was frequently appearing alongside Anne Edmonds as Connor Bidou, the son of her character Helen Bidou. [11]
He moved to the United Kingdom, having acquired a Global Talent visa in 2022. [5] Campbell performed at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his show simply entitled Comedy Show, which won the main prize. [12] It was praised by the judges for its originality, surrealism and unexpected jokes. [13] The Times described him as "a nutball, but he controls his loopiness with deceptive precision" and said that the show was "exhausting, exhilarating and a touch of genius". [14] Brian Logan in The Guardian said "Campbell's imagination produces wonderfully adhesive images... there is now and then a core of robust observational comedy beneath Campbell's loopiness... None of it has anything to do with anything: it's the incongruity, taken to uncommon lengths, that's funny". [15] [16] The Daily Telegraph review mentioned "one-liners and absurdist whorls of madcap". [17]
In 2023, Campbell was a contestant on the sixteenth series of Channel 4 comedy gameshow Taskmaster , [18] winning the series. [19] On 29 March 2024, Campbell started co-hosting the Lucy & Sam's Perfect Brains podcast with comedian Lucy Beaumont. [20] It returned for a second season in 2025. In June/July 2024, he toured the UK with his stand-up set Wobservations. [21] In March 2024, it was announced that Campbell would be piloting a Channel 4 series called Make That Movie! in which he will create films based on the dreams of strangers. [22]
In August 2025, Campbell was announced as a contestant on the second series of LOL: Last One Laughing UK , set for release in 2026. [23]
In 2016 Campbell won the Director's Choice Award, and in 2018 he won the Barry Award for Most Outstanding Show, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. [24] In 2018 he won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award. He was the winner of the main prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [12]
In February 2023, Campbell was nominated at the UK National Comedy Awards in the Best Stand-up category for his show Comedy Show. [25] In February 2024, Campbell was nominated in the Best TV Comic category and Best Breakthrough Act category at the Chortle Awards. [26] He won in the Best Breakthrough Act category and was voted Comedian's Comedian by his peers. [27]
In 2025, Campbell won the Chortle Award in the Best Tour category for Wobservations. [28]
On the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster and Ed Gamble in March 2024, Campbell said that he had been vegetarian for three years. [29]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Red Christmas | Cletus | Horror film |
| 2018 | Working Out - Donny Benet | Self | Music Video |
| 2023 | Eggerson Keaveney [30] | Eggerson Keaveney | Music video, also writer |
| The 2IC | Candidate | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | Small Town Hackers | Devon Gout | Series |
| 2018 | The Trough | Self | Stand-up special |
| 2019 | Stath Lets Flats | Nile | Series 2, episode 3 |
| The Paddock | Self | Online comedy show | |
| Get Real Dude - Comedy Blaps | Self | Online comedy sketch | |
| 2020 | Know It Alls: History | Self | Series 1, episodes 11-13 |
| 2021 | Pls Like | Lesley | Series 3 |
| The Hundred with Andy Lee | Self | Series 1 | |
| 2021–2022 | Bloods | Darrell | Series |
| 2022 | Companion | Self | Stand-up Special |
| Don't Hug Me I'm Scared | Writer / ID Card / Green Apple | Series | |
| Red Flag | Writer | Sketch series | |
| The Russell Howard Hour | Guest | Series 6, episode 13 | |
| 2023 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Contestant | Series 24, episode 2 |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Contestant | Series 3, episode 3 (Sky) | |
| Taskmaster | Contestant | Series 16 | |
| Guessable? [31] | Contestant | Series 4, episode 9 | |
| 2024 | Would I Lie to You? [32] | Contestant | Series 17, episode 9 |
| Richard Osman's House of Games | Contestant | Series 8, episodes 16-20 | |
| Fisk | Bubby | Series 3, episode 3 | |
| Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains [33] | Contestant | Series 6, episode 2 | |
| The Wheel | Contestant | Series 5, episode 7 | |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks [34] | Contestant | Series 4, episode 5 (Sky) | |
| 2025 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Contestant | Series 27, episode 5 |
| Would I Lie to You? | Contestant | Series 18, episode 6 | |
| Sam Pang Tonight | Guest Announcer | Series 2, episode 2 | |
| Taskmaster | Contestant | Champion of Champions special | |
| 2026 | LOL: Last One Laughing UK | Contestant | Series 2 |
| QI [35] | Contestant | Series W, episode 10 | |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2024 | Wobservations | UK & Ireland tour [36] |
| 2025 | Window sucker | Australia tour [37] |
| 2026 | Kid Giblet | UK & Ireland tour [38] |
Upon accepting the Barry Award Campbell, 26, thanked fellow Barry nominee Edmonds
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