Samuel Collings (actor)


Samuel Collings is a British actor from London.

Life and career

Samuel Collings is the son of actors David Collings and Karen Archer. His twin sister, Eliza, is also an actor. Collings became interested in acting from a very early age and was highly involved in the creative arts—particularly theater, dance and music—before joining both the National Youth Theatre and Glyndebourne Youth Group, among other companies.
Professionally he has appeared on stage and screen in the UK, US and internationally. In the television series Hex he played the regular character of Tom, who is secretly gay and in love with his best friend, and the role of King Zedekiah in the Emmy Award-winning drama The Bible. Other credits include The Last Czars, The Lost Pirate Kingdom , Outlander, Shakespeare Uncovered, New Tricks, The Insiders, Envoi, Dr Faustus, School For Scandal, Bluebird, The Briefcase, Doctors and Holby City.
Alongside screen acting, Collings has worked extensively in theater and radio drama, as well as featuring on audio books, recordings and in other media. He also appeared in verbatim theatre and staged readings for the companies Ice and Fire and Actors For Human Rights in London and across the UK, as well as performances for charity organisations including Amnesty International and the NSPCC. Further outreach work has involved projects and workshops with correctional facilities in both the US & UK.
Selected radio includes BBC productions of Orpheus, I Am David, two adaptations of War and Peace, Soldiers' Loves and Soldiers' Lives, The Dora Bella Variation, Science at Sea, Cinderella D-Day and Penmarric, in addition to numerous live broadcasts and recordings for BBC New Writing, Resonance, Holy Mountain and others.
Samuel Collings performed alongside his parents and twin sister in a one-off performance of The Chances, a Jacobean comedy by John Fletcher. It was presented at Shakespeare's Globe as part of its Read Not Dead series. He worked in radio and appeared on stage both with his late father, David Collings, and sister, Eliza Collings, and played alongside his mother, Karen Archer in School Play- a performance at The Duchess Theatre, West End. He appeared as her son.

Selected filmography

Samuel Collings is a member of Equity, the trade union for professional performers.
YearTitleRoleTheatreLocation
2005Dr FaustusGood Angel/Sin/VariousLiverpool PlayhouseLiverpool, United Kingdom
2007An Inspector CallsEric BirlingThe DukesLancaster, United Kingdom
2009The School for Scandal,Dr FaustusJoseph Surface
Valdes/Rafe/Devil		Greenwich Theatre
Stage on Screen		London, United Kingdom
2010The Lady from the SeaLyngstrandRoyal Exchange TheatreManchester, United Kingdom
2010The Comedy of ErrorsAntipholus of SyracuseRoyal Exchange TheatreManchester, United Kingdom
2011Edward IIGaveston/LightbornRoyal Exchange TheatreManchester, United Kingdom
2010–2011The Man with the Flower in His MouthThe ManOxford Playhouse/Greenwich Theatre/Metta/TourLondon, Oxford, Various, United Kingdom
2012Lady Windermere's FanLord DarlingtonRoyal Exchange TheatreManchester, United Kingdom
2012Stand Up Diggers All,
Collision		VariousLatitudeLatitude Festival, United Kingdom
2012Mansfield ParkHenry CrawfordUK No.1 Tour/Theatre RoyalVarious, United Kingdom
2013A Midsummer Night's DreamDemetriusGrosvenor Park Open Air TheatreChester, United Kingdom
2013OthelloCassioGrosvenor Park Open Air TheatreChester, United Kingdom
2013–2014Antony & CleopatraOctavius CaesarRoyal Shakespeare Company, Public Theater, Gablestage TheaterStratford-Upon-Avon, UK
New York, Miami, USA