---
name: "Sam Alexander"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-alexander"
fi1m_id: "sam-alexander"
imdb_id: "nm0018723"
tmdb_id: 61939
wikidata_id: "Q112157493"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T01:20:21.731713+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sam Alexander

## Identity

Sam Alexander

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-alexander
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-alexander
- **IMDb ID:** nm0018723
- **TMDB ID:** 61939
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112157493
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112157493, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61939

Actor. Born 28 February 1978 in Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 February 1978, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 87 (2), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Music 1, Romance 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112157493, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61939

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*45 Years*](https://film.one/film/45-years.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The English*](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sam Alexander is a British actor. He was born on 28 February 1978 in Essex, England, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

His screen credits include the role of Chris the Postman in the film *45 Years* (2015), Joshua Gardner in *An American Haunting* (2005), and appearances in *Misbehaviour* (2020), *Call the Midwife* (2012), *The English* (2022), *Wolf Hall* (2015), *Lewis* (2007), *Hamlet* (2009) and *Mogul Mowgli* (2020). He has also worked extensively in theatre, including productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

*Sources: imdb.com, broadwayworld.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The English* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Trooper Scott — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md)
- *Mogul Mowgli* (2020), Fi1m 79, as Physical Therapist — [page](https://film.one/film/mogul-mowgli.md)
- *45 Years* (2015), Fi1m 88, as Chris the Postman — [page](https://film.one/film/45-years.md)
- *Wolf Hall* (2015), Fi1m 86, as Painter — [page](https://film.one/tv/wolf-hall.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shalborne* (2024), as Joe
- *Truelove* (2024), series, as PC Brown
- *The English* (2022), series, as Trooper Scott — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md)
- *The Red* (2022), as Benedict
- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Lord Matthew Sedgewick
- *Mogul Mowgli* (2020), as Physical Therapist — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/mogul-mowgli.md)
- *Misbehaviour* (2020), as Reporter
- *RSC Live: Love's Labour's Won* (2015), as Don John
- *RSC Live: Love's Labour's Lost* (2015), as King of Navarre
- *45 Years* (2015), as Chris the Postman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/45-years.md)
- *Wolf Hall* (2015), series, as Painter — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/wolf-hall.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Mr. Crellin — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Perfect Life* (2010), as Miller
- *Hamlet* (2009), as Rosencrantz / Second Gravedigger
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Eric Jameson
- *An American Haunting* (2005), as Joshua Gardner
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Simon Heath
- *Number 10*, series, Actor

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