| Sam Campbell | |
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 Campbell in 2024 | |
| Born | 1991or1992(age 31–32) Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia |
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| Alma mater | Queensland University of Technology (BFA) |
| 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 1991or1992 [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] On a February 2024 episode of the British panel show Would I Lie To You? , Campbell stated he was a body double for an Australian headlice comb advert called "Nitbusters" when he was around 10. [6]
Campbell went to high school in Bundaberg, [3] [ better source needed ] and studied animation at the Queensland University of Technology. [7]
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. [8] By 2015 Campbell had relocated to Sydney. [9]
Campbell performs stand-up comedy live as well as creating comedy web shows.
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. [10] 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. [11] In 2018, he was frequently appearing alongside Anne Edmonds as Connor Bidou, the son of her character Helen Bidou. [12]
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. [13] It was praised by the judges for its originality, surrealism and unexpected jokes. [14] 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". [15] 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". [16] [17] The Daily Telegraph review mentioned "one-liners and absurdist whorls of madcap". [18]
In 2023, Campbell was a contestant on the sixteenth series of Channel 4 comedy gameshow Taskmaster , [19] winning the series. [20]
On 29 March 2024, Campbell started co-hosting the Lucy & Sam's Perfect Brains podcast with comedian Lucy Beaumont. [21] In June/July 2024, he toured the UK with his stand-up set Wobservations. [22]
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. [23]
In 2015 Campbell won Best Newcomer, then in 2018 the Most Outstanding Show award, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. [24]
He was the winner of the main prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [13]
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 his 2018 MICF show The Trough, Campbell joked that although he has never been tested, he might be autistic. [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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2023 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Contestant | Series 24, episode 2 |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Contestant | Series 31, episode 3 | |
| 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 |
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Upon accepting the Barry Award Campbell, 26, thanked fellow Barry nominee Edmonds