Sam Atwell

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Sam Atwell
Sam Atwell as Craig Palmer on headLand
Born	April 6, 1979 Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Notable roles	Kane Phillips (Home and Away)

Samuel Atwell (b. April 6, 1979) is an Australian television and movie actor. Born in Nambour, Queensland, he and his family lived in Indonesia for 6 years before returning to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane. He has always had a passion for acting and pursued speech and drama courses throughout school. He actually did some work with Channel 7 at the end of primary school and Children's TV for 'Unicef', and also completed a short film made for television. In Grade 11, with the help of teachers and other students, he formed a school-sponsored theatre company that produced plays such as Property of the Clan, All Stops Out and Dags.

Atwell was also credited being the first drama captain in his school's history. After high school he attended Queensland University of Technology where he completed a B.A. in acting and then moved to Sydney after finishing at the age of 20. His credits include City Loop, an independent film completed while he was at the university, The Wayne Manifesto, All Saints, and the Hal McElroy film Mr Reliable. Atwell finished a film called Acting Out with Lara Cox before returning to Home & Away to take up the role of "Kane Phillips". He also played the role of Craig Palmer in another Aussie soap, the Home & Away spin-off Headland. In his spare time, Atwell loves going to the movies, reading, writing and is trying to produce a short film this year (2004-05) as well as working on his own theatre and film company. He has produced his own plays, including Savage/Love which he co-produced and starred in alongside former Home & Awayers Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen and Leah Pappin.