Sam Douglas

Sam Douglas (born 17 June 1957) is an English-American actor best known for his role as private detective Scott Shelby in the PlayStation 3 video game Heavy Rain, as King Herod in The Bible miniseries for the History Channel, and as Rosebud in the movie Snatch. He has had several other roles in films and on stage. His film appearances include Batman, Fight and Revenge, The Fifth Element, Eyes Wide Shut, Derailed, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and Columbiana. (SAM DOUGLAS)

Sam Douglas was a member of the Actors Space in New York city under Alan Langdon (Circle in the Square, NY).He has a BFA in Acting / Directing from Simpson College, Iowa and the University of Oklahoma Drama School ,USA . Sam has completed around 100 Films and Television. Many Theatre Productions for the UK and the USA and around the Globe.

THEATRE credits include Desire Under the Elms with Colin Firth at the Greenwich Theatre (London), 5 productions at The Royal National Theatre including A Streetcar Named Desire Directed By Trevor Nunn, Johnny on a Spot and Sweet Bird of Youth Directed by Richard Eyre, The Darker Face of The Earth ,and Raisin in The Sun. Productions in the West End include Richard Eyre’s production of Edmund by David Mamet at the Royal Court Theatre, Trevor Nunn’s production of Porgy and Bess at the Savoy Theatre (London) and Stephen Berkhoff’s production of On The Water Front.

Over 30 TELEVISION productions which includes The Bible:Series for the History Channel, The Dirty Dozen:Next Mission, The Painted Lady, Kavanagh QC, Goodnight Sweetheart, Unnatural Pursuits, Jeeves and Wooster, Dr. Finlay, Adrian Mole: the Capuccino Years, Hiroshima, The Edward R Murrow Story, CodeName:Wolverine, The Tenth Kingdom, , Highlander, Lexx, The Equalizer, To Be The Best, Magic Moments, Dirty Dozen:Deadly Mission and Last Days Of Patton.

Some 40  FILMS which  include Fifth Element, Batman, with Stanley Kubrick in Eyes Wide Shut, Mission Impossible, Snatch, Hackers, The Dressmaker, Death Wish III, The American Way, The Forth Protocol, Dreamchild, The Razor’s Edge, Lords of Discipline,  Octane, Nine Lives, Method, Beyond the Sea, Tonto Woman and The Snatching of Bookie Bob, both (Nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Short Film),  Submerged, Dark Ride , Derailed,  Frankyln,  Also as Grimal  in Patrick Suskins  film Perfume, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Money (BBC), Scott Shelby in Heavy Rain (PS3) and Clean Skin. Most  recently as William Woodgard in Colombiana with Olivier Megaton directing for Luc Bessons EuropaCorp as Dino Ravetino in The Sweeter Side of Life and in The Bible:The Series for the History Channel as King Herod The Great. 

(Sam has done over 100 commercials for the USA /UK and many countries around the world.)

Sam Douglas, real name is Douglas Samuel Waters is also a theatre Director from The Actors Space in New York and runs professional Method Acting Workshops in London and Oxford ,based on the Stanislavski system under Alan Langdon at the The Circle-In-The-Square Theatre in New York City.

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Simpson College, Iowa, and in directing from the Oklahoma City University School of Drama. At both places of study he was under the tutorship of Alan Langdon. Douglas was also a member of The Actors Space in New York City.

Theatre

He has had played in several theatres in US and UK such as the Royal National Theatre, Greenwich Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and Savoy Theatre. Some of the plays included are: Edmund at The Royal Court Theatre, London; A Raisin in the Sun; Porgy and Bess at The Savoy Theatre; The Darker Face of the Earth and A Streetcar Named Desire at The Royal National Theatre in London; and On The Water Front with Steven Berkhoff.

Filmography

Films

Television

Videogames

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to: Sam Douglas

• Sam Douglas at the Internet Movie Database
• Heavy Rain official website