Biography

Sam Crane attended Oxford University and LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art), where he won the Nicholas Hytner Award, following prolific interpretations of roles such as Farinelli in Claire van Kampen's "Farinelli and the King" with Mark Rylance at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (Shakespeare's Globe) -also reprising his role when the production transferred first to the Duke of York's Theatre and then to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway- and Winston Smith in Headlong's production of George Orwell's "1984" in the West End. Among others, his notable stage work in prolific plays also includes an acclaimed production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's "Sunset at the Villa Thalia" premiered in London at the National Theatre of Great Britain in May 2016, directed by Simon Godwin together with Ben Miles, Elizabeth McGovern, Pippa Nixon, Christos Callow, Glykeria Dimou and Eve Polycarpou in the brilliant cast. Since October 2022 Sam has been playing the lead, Harry Potter, in Jack Thorne's "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (based on J.K. Rowling's original story) at the Palace Theatre, London.
- IMDb mini biography by: Markos

Son of playwright Richard Crane (1944- ), he attended Oxford University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he won the Nicholas Hytner award for best actor of his year.

Playing Rodrigo in 'Othello' at the Globe, London.