About Gian Sammarco
Born 1970. Gian Sammarco is a British actor, film actor and television actor.
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Apart from the two series of 'Adrian Mole', Sammarco's other television appearances included an interview on Des O'Connor Tonight (1985), co-presenting the first series of the children's Saturday morning show Get Fresh (1986), playing Whizzkid in the 1988 Doctor Who story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, and the geeky trainspotter in the Press Gang episode "Something Terrible" (1990). His last acting role was in the 1990 children's Indiana Jones-style comedy series, Jackson Pace: The Great Years, alongside Keith Allen and Josie Lawrence.
Personal life In August 1990, Sammarco married Stephanie Bates at the Northampton Register Office. Bates was a fan of the Adrian Mole series and had written to him regularly until the relationship blossomed. Sammarco and Bates had a son, Jonathan, who was born 19 January 1992. Sammarco then gave up acting soon after the birth of his son and trained as a nurse. He is now a psychiatric nurse at the Berrywood Hospital in Northampton.
In 1998, he subsequently married Joanne Young, a nursing colleague, and continues to live in Northampton.
Filmography
Television
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Who is Gian Sammarco?
British actor
When was Gian Sammarco born?
Gian Sammarco was born on 30 January 1970 in Northampton.
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Gian Sammarco is an actor, film actor and television actor.
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Gian Sammarco is British.
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