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name: "Sam Swainsbury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-swainsbury"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:55:45.477426+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."
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# Sam Swainsbury

Actor. Born 23 August 1982 in Colchester.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 August 1982, Colchester
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Swainsbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62473166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2931096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1269487

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mum*](https://film.one/tv/mum.md) (84)

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## Biography

Sam Swainsbury is an English actor. He was born in Colchester and grew up in Halstead, Essex. He attended Holy Trinity School and participated in workshops at the Quay Theatre in Sudbury.

Swainsbury is known for playing Jason in the BBC sitcom *Mum* (2016–2019). His other credits include the Stonehenge TV News Reporter in *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Rowan in *Fisherman's Friends* (2019), Ethan Williams in *Hanna* (2019), Dr John Snow in *Victoria* (2019), DI Brompton in *The Duke* (2020), Clive Roscoe in *Dalgliesh* (2021), Mr Bishop in *Ludwig* (2024), and roles in *Fearless* (2017) and *Hullraisers* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mum* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Jason — [page](https://film.one/tv/mum.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Ludwig* (2024), series, as Mr. Bishop
- *The Red King* (2024), series, as Father Douglas Carrisford
- *Ruby Speaking* (2023), series, as Mark
- *Fisherman's Friends: One and All* (2022), as Rowan
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, as Clive Roscoe
- *The Duke* (2021), as DI Brompton
- *Hanna* (2019), series, as Ethan Williams
- *Fisherman's Friends* (2019), as Rowan
- *Silent Hill: Requiem* (2017), as Henry Townshend
- *Annie Waits* (2017), as Johnny
- *Fearless* (2017), series, as Kevin Russell
- *Victoria* (2016), series, as Dr. John Snow
- *Mum* (2016), series, as Jason — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mum.md)
- *The Unfolding* (2016), as Radio Expert 2 (voice)
- *The Cannibal in the Jungle* (2015), as Gary Ward Recon
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), as Stonehenge TV News Reporter
- *One Drop*, Associate Producer
- *The Easy Way Out*, as Jim

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