Ryan Sampson

Ryan Oliver Sampson (born 28 November 1985) is an English actor. He is from Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He is best known for playing Grumio in Plebs, and Tommo in Brassic. He also played Luke Rattigan in the Series 4 two-part story of Doctor Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky".

Early life Sampson appeared in school productions such as The Little Shop of Horrors, in which he appeared with fellow student Self Esteem.

Career Sampson began his career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Prior to After You've Gone, he appeared in Wire in the Blood, in 2003, In Denial of Murder, Heartbeat and Holby City in 2006. He appeared in the BBC Three pilot The Things I Haven't Told You and had a role in two episodes of the 2008 series of Doctor Who, playing the young American genius Luke Rattigan in "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky". In 2008 he worked at the National Theatre. In 2011 he played a small part in Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat. In 2015 he played various characters in the ITV2 sketch show Glitchy. In 2015 he also appeared as Charles 'Boz' Dickens in ITV Encore's The Frankenstein Chronicles. Sampson played Tommo in all 7 seasons of Sky One's 2019 British sitcom Brassic, and Mr Collins in the BBC production "The Other Bennet Sister". Sampson's acting influence is Tom Hanks.

Personal life Sampson confirmed that he is gay via Twitter in February 2019, publishing a photo of himself wearing a Mizzou T-shirt with his boyfriend.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 In Denial of Murder Marcus Edwards TV film 2008 The Things I Haven't Told You Mark Lamb TV film 2009 The Minotaur Adam Short film 2013 One Night at the Aristo The Student Short film 2014 From Here to Eternity Private Angelo Maggio 2015 The Last Post Phil Burrows Short film 2018 Clean As You Like Jock Short film 2020 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! On the Big Screen Peter "Pieface" Shepherd Voice role

Television

Theatre