Samuel Roukin

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Samuel Roukin
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Born
Samuel Roukin

(1980-08-15) 15 August 1980 (age 44)
OccupationActor
Years active2008-present

Samuel Roukin (ROO-kin; born 15 August 1980) is an English actor and DJ. He is best known for his role as John Graves Simcoe in the series, Turn: Washington's Spies and Simon "Ghost" Riley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

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Early life and education

Roukin was born in Southport, England, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He displayed an interest in drama from an early age. He completed secondary school at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby where he was involved in many school productions. He goes back to the school to give acting workshops to pupils involved in drama and English. Roukin went on to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2003. Roukin finished filming Bright Star , directed by Jane Campion and based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.

In a 2016 interview, Roukin disclosed that he is both a husband and father.

Career

Roukin starred in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky as the love interest of the main character, Poppy (played by Sally Hawkins).

ITV's two-part drama pilot for the television series DCI Banks had Roukin portraying one half of a serial killing couple. [1]

Roukin later portrayed a detective in the ITV1 Drama Appropriate Adult , a two-part dramatization exploring the aftermath of the capture of serial killers Fred West and Rosemary West. [2]

He played Bagot in Richard II, part of the cultural Olympiad of Shakespeare, directed by Rupert Goold and produced by Sam Mendes for BBC2 and NBC.

Roukin also portrayed British Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe, one of the main antagonists of the 2014 AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies , a period drama about American Revolutionary War spies. [3] [4]

In 2022, Roukin revealed on Twitter that he would play the role of Simon "Ghost" Riley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, replacing Jeff Leach. [5] , and did so again in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNote
2008 Love You More TeacherShort film
2008The EndJohnShort film
2008 Solomon Kane Marcus Kane
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Tim
2009 Bright Star John Reynolds
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Snatcher
2011 The Decoy Bride 2nd Paparazzi
2016 Equity Ed
2020 A Call to Spy Christopher

Stage

YearTitleRoleNote
2009 Seven Jewish Children
2010 The Lieutenant of Inishmore Mad Padraic

Television

YearTitleRoleNote
2008 Housewife, 49 Michael HockeyTelevision film
2008 Miss Austen Regrets Harris BiggTelevision film
2010 DCI Banks Marcus Payne2 episodes
2011 Appropriate Adult Detective Constable Darren LawTelevision film
2012 Richard II Bagot Television film
2014–2017 Turn: Washington's Spies John Graves Simcoe 36 episodes
2016 Salem Beelzebub 8 episodes
2017 The Magicians Fairy Ambassador2 episodes
2017 The Librarians Darrington DareEpisode: “And the Bleeding Crown”
2018 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Faulnak2 episodes
2019 Counterpart Yanek (young)Episode: “Twin Cities”
2022 Pantheon Gabe (voice)2 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNote
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley
2023 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

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References

  1. "DCI Banks". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. "Appropriate Adult". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. (11 May 2014). TURN Q&A – Samuel Roukin (John Graves Simcoe), AMC TURN blog, Retrieved 21 November 2014
  4. (6 May 2014). Old Boy Roukin Stars in 'Revolutionary' American TV Series, Liverpool Echo
  5. Samuel Roukin [@samuelroukin] (24 May 2022). "A year ago I began a project I couldn't talk about. I am beyond excited to announce I'm playing the iconic, Ghost, in #CallofDuty #ModernWarfare2 . So grateful to @infinityward and @activision for putting their trust in me. Just wait 'til you play this game. It's special. #MW2" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 May 2022 via Twitter.