Samuel Roukin

Samuel Roukin (; born 15 August 1980) is an English-American actor, writer 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, and did so again in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Note 2008 Love You More Teacher Short film 2008 The End John Short 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 Gettysburg 1863 Lieutenant Kelly Filming

Stage Year Title Role Note 2009 Seven Jewish Children 2010 The Lieutenant of Inishmore Mad Padraic

Television Year Title Role Note 2008 Housewife, 49 Michael Hockey Television film 2008 Miss Austen Regrets Harris Bigg Television film 2010 DCI Banks Marcus Payne 2 episodes 2011 Appropriate Adult Detective Constable Darren Law Television 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 Ambassador 2 episodes 2017 The Librarians Darrington Dare Episode: “And the Bleeding Crown” 2018 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Faulnak 2 episodes 2019 Counterpart Yanek (young) Episode: “Twin Cities” 2022 Pantheon Gabe (voice) 2 episodes

Video games Year Title Role Note 2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley 2023 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 2026 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

Audiobook narration The Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin Infinity Blade: Awakening and Infinity Blade: Redemption by Brandon Sanderson DS Liam Kilshaw series by Matt Brolly Witchmark by C.L. Polk