| Angus Sampson | |
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| Born | 1979 |
Angus Murray Lincoln Sampson is an Australian actor, voice-over artist, director and writer based in Los Angeles and Melbourne.
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Sampson was born in Sydney, Australia. A former ward of the state, he was educated at the Trinity Grammar School in Sydney prior to winning a place at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He attended grad school in Los Cabos at Escuela de Harde Noxe in 2004. He is also a trained gymnast, graduating from the AWARD School in 2002.[1][2]
Sampson has had film roles in Summer Coda,[3][4][5] Darkness Falls,[6] Razor Eaters,[7] Kokoda,[6] You and Your Stupid Mate[8][9][10] and Footy Legends.[6] He was the suit actor for the role of Bull[6] in Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are.[11]
Sampson was a guest juror at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival,[2] and host of the 2010 IF Awards, broadcast on SBS TV.[12]
In 2010 Sampson helped his friend Leigh Whannell develop an Australian "paranormal chiller" called Insidious.[13][14] Saw horror-writer Whannell,[15] and Sampson are both former Recovery presenters. Insidious (previously called Vultures)[2][16] was released in September 2010 with Whannell and Sampson playing "comical low-tech paranormal investigators" Specks and Tucker.[13]
Sampson's acting career launched in 1996 with role as Dylan Lewis's hooded sidekick "The Enforcer" on Recovery,[1][6] an ABC youth music show. Later television jobs include roles on The Secret Life of Us, The 10:30 Slot,[6] He also appeared as Effie's cousin Dimi in Greeks on the Roof,[17] and as Ali in an episode of Stingers.[18]
Sampson has been a contestant eleven times on the improvised Thank God You're Here (Series: 1, 2, 3, & 4),[6] winning Series 1.
In 2007, Sampson portrayed television personality Ugly Dave Gray in the television movie The King[6] which examines the life of Australian TV legend Graham Kennedy. In the same year he also appeared in Wilfred.[6][19] In 2008 he played Leonardo Da Vinci in the children's television series Time Trackers.[19] Sampson portrayed Michael Thorneycroft in the three final episodes of Underbelly,[6][19] the series based on Melbourne's gangland war, 1995–2004.
Sampson was an occasional co-host of Australian radio show Get This with Tony Martin on Triple M,[20]
Sampson was a founding member of The Forbidden Fruit, an experimental troupe whose only performance was a risque interpretation of Mad Max 2 they performed on late night radio in which Angus played The Lord Humungous, who turned out to be quite proficient with the jazz flute.
Sampson has also been a presenter on RRR's Breakfasters program.[21]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Insidious | Tucker | |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Bull | suit performer |
| 2007 | The King | Ugly Dave Gray | |
| Wilfred | Cyros | ||
| 2006 | Footy Legends | Lloydy | |
| Kokoda | Dan | ||
| 2005 | You and Your Stupid Mate | Jeffrey | |
| 2003 | Darkness Falls | Raymond "Ray" Winchester | |
| The Referees | Stevo | ||
| 1999 | Smile and Wave | Ray | |
| 1998 | Dags | Prozac |
In June 2007, he was announced as one of the world's "Sexiest People of 2007" as chosen by Who magazine.[22]
