Sam Callis
{{short description|British actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
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| birth_name = Samuel Charles Callis
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
| spouse = Osmin Callis
| children = 2
| website =
| occupation = Actor, director
| alma_mater = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
| years_active = 1996–present
}}
Samuel Charles Callis (born 21 November 1973) is an English actor and director, best known for his role as Callum Stone in The Bill and Adam Benjamin in London's Burning.
Biography
Callis grew up in Haslemere, Surrey and attended Camelsdale Primary School, Midhurst Intermediate School and Midhurst Grammar School.{{citation needed|date=August 2011}} Callis trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.{{cite web|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/prospectus/prospectus2009.pdf|title=The LAMADA Prospectus|publisher=LAMADA|access-date=10 February 2010|location=United Kingdom}}{{Dead link|date=March 2015}} He has had roles in London's Burning{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/londons-burning/show/6809/cast.html |title=London's Burning Cast and Crew |publisher=TV.com |accessdate=10 February 2010 |location=United Kingdom |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221195114/http://www.tv.com/londons-burning/show/6809/cast.html |archivedate=21 December 2009 }} where he played Adam Benjamin and in Ultimate Force as Captain Patrick Fleming.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/documents/doc/ULTIMATE%20FORCE%20-%20The%20three%20unseen%20episodes.doc |title=Ultimate Force |publisher=ITV |accessdate=10 February 2010 |location=United Kingdom |url-status=deviated |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208003600/http://www.itv.com/documents/doc/ULTIMATE%20FORCE%20-%20The%20three%20unseen%20episodes.doc |archivedate=8 December 2015 }} He played Doctor Mike Banner in The Royal{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Drama/family/theroyal/Castinterviews/DrMikeBannerSamCallis/default.html |title=Sam Callis interview |date=21 August 2007 |publisher=ITV |accessdate=10 February 2010 |location=United Kingdom |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624020048/http://www.itv.com/Drama/family/theroyal/Castinterviews/DrMikeBannerSamCallis/default.html |archivedate=24 June 2009 }} until he left in 2007 to join the cast of The Bill. He has made appearances in Holby City, Casualty and Doctor Who.
Before joining The Bill as a regular, he had previously guest starred in the show in 2004 as an alcoholic priest, Karl Radford.{{Cite tweet |number=1162654014116442117 |user=TheBillaton |title=Sam Callis who played sgt Callum Stone #thebill can be seen in tonight's episode of #Casualty. BBC1 at 9.20pm}}
Callis has also acted in some films. In Kidulthood he played a security guard, in Spanish TV Movie Trance he played Nick, in Capital Punishment he played Russell Blake and he starred in Shrink as Max.
He has acted in theatre which has taken him to New York and on a UK no1 Tour for Arms and The Man.
After The Bill was cancelled in 2010, Callis directed a short film called Inside Run.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1027 |title=Close Friends and Family Only – 54th BFI London Film Festival |publisher=BFI.org |accessdate=7 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629070443/http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1027 |archivedate=29 June 2011 }} The short film starred his former The Bill co-star Andrew Lancel as a prison officer and was shown at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2010. More recently he directed another short film, Viking also starring Andrew Lancel.{{cite web|url=http://www.breakneckfilms.com/film/viking/|title=Viking|accessdate=2015-03-13|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403064035/http://www.breakneckfilms.com/film/viking|archivedate=3 April 2015}}
Callis played the role of Stensgard in the UK premiere of Henrik Ibsen's The League of Youth at Nottingham Playhouse in May 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/may/17/the-league-of-youth-review|title=The League of Youth – review|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=17 May 2011|website=The Guardian|accessdate=18 May 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403072224/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/may/17/the-league-of-youth-review|archivedate=3 April 2015}} In 2012 he appeared in the Noël Coward play Hay Fever at the Noël Coward Theatre{{cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/35383/hay-fever|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505090342/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/35383/hay-fever|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=The Stage / Reviews / Hay Fever|last=Shenton|first=Mark|date=27 February 2012|publisher=The Stage|accessdate=14 March 2012}} and as Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest at Nottingham Playhouse.{{cite web|url=http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Nottingham-Playhouse-Theatre-Company-to-Present-THE-IMPORTANCE-OF-BEING-EARNEST-20120802#|title=Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company to Present THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST|website=Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company|accessdate=28 October 2012}}
In 2015 he produced Whisper, a ten-minute short film set in Sheppey.{{cite news | url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/perfect-spot-for-ghost-story-31749/ | title=Short film Whisper filmed at beach huts in Leysdown | work=Kent Online | date=12 February 2015 | accessdate=19 September 2015 | author=Dyson, Lewis | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120130112/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/perfect-spot-for-ghost-story-31749/ | archivedate=20 January 2016 }}
Personal life
He met his wife Osmin during his time on London's Burning{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/865/Sam-Callis-and-Melanie-Gutteridge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523095558/http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/865/Sam-Callis-and-Melanie-Gutteridge |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2009 |title=Sam Callis and Melanie Gutteridge |date=15 April 2008 |work=OK! |accessdate=10 February 2010 |location=United Kingdom }} and the couple reside in London. In December 2008, he became a father for the first time with the birth of his daughter. He also has a son. His brother, Ben Callis, is a film director.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6408241/|title=Ben Callis IMDb|website=IMDb |accessdate=2015-03-13|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120130111/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6408241/|archivedate=20 January 2016}}
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| "
! Year !! Production ! Role !! Notes ! | |
| 2021 | The Lost Pirate Kingdom
|Netflix series, 6 episodes. |
| 2020
|The Outpost |Jaaris |'Dying Is Painful", Go Ahead and Run" | |
| 2019 | Casualty
| Albert "Big Al" Layne |TV series |
| 2018 | Father Brown
| Alec Frobisher |Episode: "The Devil You Know" |
| 2012
|Midsomer Murders |Will Gideon |Episode: "Murder of Innocence" | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones
| Goldcloak |'What Is Dead May Never Die" "The Night Lands" |
| 2011 | Holby City
|Episode: "Damage Control" |
| 2007–2010 | The Bill
| Sgt. Callum Stone |TV series |
| 2007 | The Royal
| Dr Mike Banner |TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2006 | Ultimate Force
| Captain Patrick Fleming |TV series |
| 2005 | Holby City
| Dave Stainford |Episode: "Pleasant Surprises" |
| 2005 | Doctor Who
| Security Guard |Episode: "Bad Wolf" |
| 2004 | The Bill
| Karl Radford |TV series |
| 2001–2002 | London's Burning
| Adam Benjamin |TV series |
| 2001 | Beginner's Luck
| Jackson |
| 2001 | Holby City
| Trevor Lake |Episode: "Men Are From Mars" |
| 1996
|Mark Craven |Series 12, episode 124 "Out of the Past" |
=Released films=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| 2000
| Shrink | Actor | Played Max |
| 2001
| Trance | Actor | Played Nick |
| 2003
| Capital Punishment | Actor | Played Russell Blake |
| 2006
| Actor | Played Security Guard |
| 2010
| Inside Run | Director | |
| 2015
| Whisper | Producer | |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| "
! Year!! Production ! Role | |
| 2011 | The League of Youth
| Stensgard |
| 2012 | Hay Fever
| Sandy Tyrell |
| 2012 | The Importance of Being Earnest
| Jack Worthing |
| 2019 | The Tempest
| Prospero |
| 2019 | Henry V (play)
| King of France |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0130538|name=Sam Callis}}
- [http://www.samcalliscentral.weebly.com/ Sam Callis fansite]
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Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:English male television actors
Category:Actors from Ely, Cambridgeshire
Category:English film directors
Category:Male actors from Cambridgeshire
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:People educated at Midhurst Grammar School
Category:People from Haslemere