Sam Underwood

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Sam Underwood
File:Sam Underwood SDCC 2014.jpg
Underwood at the 2014 Comic-Con International
Born (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 36)
Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Occupation Actor

Sam Underwood (born 4 August 1987)[1][2] is a British actor who portrayed the twins Luke and Mark Gray in The Following.[3]

Early life and education

Underwood was born in Woking, Surrey[4] and attended the Winston Churchill School. He trained at the Karen Clarke Theatre Group (now Summerscales Performing Arts), was taught by vocal coach Phil Wisdom and attended Songtime Theatre Arts.[5]

He moved to the United States in October 2006 where he studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He graduated in February 2008.[6][7]

He co-founded the Fundamental Theater Project in New York with Nicola Murphy in April 2010.[8]

Career

While appearing as Marchbanks in George Bernard Shaw's Candida at the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, in April 2010,[9] Underwood was asked to play the part of Alan Strang in a production of Equus at the John Drew Theatre, East Hampton, co-starring alongside Alec Baldwin.[6][10]

In 2013, Underwood was cast in the eighth season of television series Dexter in the recurring role of Zach Hamilton, Dexter Morgan's "protégé".[3] He subsequently joined the third season of Homeland as Leo Carras.[3]

Since February 2014 he has been portraying the twins Mark and Luke in the second season of The Following but after the death of Luke he only played Mark who had split identities in the third season of The Following.[3]

Filmography

Television

Television
Year(s) Title Role(s) Description
2013 Zero Hour Martin Krupp Season 1
2013 Dexter Zach Hamilton Season 8
2013 Homeland Leo Carras Season 3
2014-2015 The Following Luke and Mark Gray Main cast
Season 2-

Film

Film
Year Title Role Description
2013 The Last Keepers Oliver Sands Feature film (debut)
2016 Hello Again Leocadia Filming

Theatre

Theatre
Year(s) Title Role Director(s) Performance history
2010 Candida Marchbanks Tony Walton Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, 7 March-18 April 2010[9]
2010 Equus Alan Strang Tony Walton John Drew Theater at Guild Hall, East Hampton, 8 June-13 July 2010[10]
2010 Veritas Lumbard Ryan J. Davis HERE Arts Center, New York, 20-28 August 2010[11]
2011 Hamlet Hamlet theSpace on the Mile, Edinburgh Festival, 5–27 August 2011[4][12]
2012 The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray Quin Gordon The Pershing Square Signature Center, 10-19 August, 2012[13]

References

  1. ↑ My 21st Birthday weekend (blog) dated 7 August 2008, retrieved 15 October 2013. This date is also repeated in official British birth registration records.
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