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Sam Reid is known for:

  • 2:22
    A man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m.
  • The Riot Club
    Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
  • '71
    A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

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Biography

Sam Reid (born 19 February 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his work in Lambs of God (2019) and The Newsreader (2021–present), for which he was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama thrice, and his critically acclaimed performance as Lestat de Lioncourt in Interview with the Vampire (2022–present). Reid was born on February 19, 1987, in New South Wales, Australia. He was raised in the rural Monaro region where his father worked as a cattle farmer, and is of Australian descent from his father's side and Irish descent from his mother's side. A graduate of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Reid made his professional debut in Anonymous (2011). He has appeared in films, including Belle (2013), The Riot Club (2014), Despite the Falling Snow (2016), and The Drover's Wife (2021). His other television appearances include main roles in The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), Prime Suspect 1973 (2017) and The Hunting (2019). As a stage actor, Reid joined The Old Vic and West End production of the musical Girl from the North Country (2017–2018). Reid has loved acting since he was six years old; his brother and he used to stage plays and cabaret in the cattle shed at home. He called Orson Welles his hero, saying: "I will never stop marvelling over Citizen Kane. It's impossible to think that that film was made by a 26-year-old. It's impossible to think that he had that confidence and that talent so early". Reid attended Cranbrook School, a private boys' school in Sydney. After his graduation, Reid made his television debut with a small role in Australian medical drama series All Saints. He then briefly lived in New York City before moving to London to study acting at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2010. During his final semester at LAMDA, Reid was given an opportunity to audition for a part in Anonymous (2011). Despite not receiving a script prior to his audition, he was offered the role of the Earl of Essex the next day.