This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Ryan Sampson" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Ryan Sampson
Portrait of Ryan Sampson at the 2013 British Comedy Awards
Born	Ryan Oliver Sampson (1985-11-28)28 November 1985 (age 40) Rotherham,South Yorkshire, England[1]
Education	Wales High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Ryan Oliver Sampson (born 28 November 1985) is an English actor. He is fromRotherham,South Yorkshire.^[2] He is best known for playing Grumio inPlebs, and Tommo inBrassic. He also played Luke Rattigan in theSeries 4 two-part story ofDoctor Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky".

Sampson appeared in school productions such asThe Little Shop of Horrors, in which he appeared with fellow studentSelf Esteem.^[3]

Sampson began his career at Sheffield'sCrucible Theatre. Prior toAfter You've Gone, he appeared inWire in the Blood, in 2003,In Denial of Murder,Heartbeat andHolby City in 2006. He appeared in theBBC Three pilotThe Things I Haven't Told You and had a role in two episodes of the2008 series ofDoctor Who, playing the young American geniusLuke Rattigan in "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky". In 2008 he worked at theNational Theatre. In 2011 he played a small part in Channel 4 comedy seriesFresh Meat. In 2015 he played various characters in theITV2 sketch showGlitchy. In 2015 he also appeared asCharles 'Boz' Dickens inITV Encore'sThe Frankenstein Chronicles. Sampson currently portrays Tommo inSky One's 2019 British sitcomBrassic. Sampson's acting influence isTom Hanks.

Sampson confirmed that he isgay via Twitter in February 2019, publishing a photo of himself with his boyfriend.^[4][5][6]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toRyan Sampson.

• Ryan Sampson atIMDb

• 1985 births
• 21st-century English LGBTQ people
• Actors from Rotherham
• English gay actors
• English male child actors
• English male Shakespearean actors
• English male stage actors
• English male television actors
• English male voice actors
• LGBTQ people from Yorkshire
• Living people
• Male actors from Sheffield
• People educated at Wales High School

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles needing additional references from June 2024
• All articles needing additional references
• Use dmy dates from August 2024
• Use British English from August 2016
• All Wikipedia articles written in British English
• Articles with hCards
• Commons category link from Wikidata