Sam Stockman


Sam Stockman is a British actor and musician whose most notable acting role is as DC Emerson Kent on the UK crime drama Whitechapel from 2009 to 2013.

Acting career

Stockman began acting at the age of 10 in the independent film B&B. Since then he has also appeared on the UK soap Family Affairs, several episodes of Holby City as the troubled drug addict James Hope, in the 1999 film , the 2011 Christmas special of Doctor Who and the 2011 film The Task. He appeared in the acclaimed UK crime drama Whitechapel as DC Emerson Kent for the duration of the series, between 2009 and 2013.

Filmography

YearProjectRoleNotes-
1992B&BDarren-
1992Desmond'sJohn / SamTV series -
1992The Upper HandKevinTV series -
1994The BillKevin BeardsleyTV series -
1994Hard TimesYoung BitzerTV series -
1995JamesTV movie-
1999David-
2002Smallpox 2002: Silent WeaponSean CooperTV movie-
2002Family AffairsLewis DavenportTV series -
2004It Shouldn't Happen on a TV SoapHimselfTV documentary-
2005Totally FrankSteveTV series -
2005McDonald'sTV commercial-
2005DWP – Department for Work and PensionsTV commercial-
2006–07Holby CityJames HopeTV series -
2008Wire in the BloodMark BaronTV series -
2009ScoopSimonTV series -
2009WhitechapelDC Emerson KentTV series -
2011The TaskScelziTV movie-
2011HollowJamesTV movie-
2011Doctor WhoCo-PilotTV series
2012Crime storiesAshley Moore1 episode-
2012PointlessHimselfTV series -
2014Holby CityJames HopeTV series -

Musicianship

While maintaining a successful acting career, Stockman also relentlessly pursued his passion for music. For a time he made up one quarter of the band Shepherd's Pi, along with Claire Russell and former Family Affairs co-stars Angela Hazeldine and his on-screen brother, Rupert Hill. The band later split over musical differences.
Stockman and Hazeldine went on to form The Circus Electric. The band released a debut LP and played gigs across the country to positive reviews. The band, despite its success, was disbanded in pursuit of something new.
Stockman is now a member of the band .