---
name: "Samuel Bottomley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-bottomley"
fi1m_id: "samuel-bottomley"
imdb_id: "nm3890987"
tmdb_id: 579295
wikidata_id: "Q68121012"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T19:40:13.640607+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."
---

# Samuel Bottomley

## Identity

Samuel Bottomley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-bottomley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-bottomley
- **IMDb ID:** nm3890987
- **TMDB ID:** 579295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q68121012
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bottomley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68121012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3890987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/579295

Actor. Born 14 June 2001 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 2001, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 73 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 1, Romance 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bottomley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68121012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3890987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/579295

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tyrannosaur*](https://film.one/film/tyrannosaur.md) (81), [*Everybody's Talking About Jamie*](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md) (73), [*Jericho*](https://film.one/tv/jericho.md) (56)
- **Disney+:** [*Somewhere Boy*](https://film.one/tv/somewhere-boy.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*How to Have Sex*](https://film.one/film/how-to-have-sex.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Anemone*](https://film.one/film/anemone.md) (50)

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

## Fi1m on Samuel Bottomley

> Samuel Bottomley makes young male bravado feel ordinary enough to be troubling. We value his unshowy presence, but want him to have fuller characters than the script of *How to Have Sex* allows.

On the neighbouring balcony in *How to Have Sex* (2023), Samuel Bottomley's Paddy is the quiet one beside Shaun Thomas's loud, kind Badger. Paddy is good-looking and knows it. We felt uneasy at his easy confidence, particularly beside Badger's uncomplicated warmth. Bottomley makes that difference clear without doing much to draw attention to himself. His unshowy acting is well suited to these stories of young men and the pressure they put on one another.

He began as a child actor in Paddy Considine's *Tyrannosaur* (2011), a film whose harshness is made bearable chiefly by Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman. His later move into more mature parts includes Dean Paxton in *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021) and Aaron in *Somewhere Boy* (2022). The latter's concern with isolation and harmful ideas about masculinity fits a recurring interest across his roles. These are often young men whose behaviour is shaped by insecurity and the need to fit in.

Molly Manning Walker's *How to Have Sex* is the clearest test of how much he can contribute when the writing is limited. We rate the film highly, but Paddy is one of its weaknesses. Bottomley plays him capably, without asking us for sympathy, and Manning Walker gives him no interior life to find. His quiet confidence tells us how he gets by among other people; it cannot explain much about him. Mia McKenna-Bruce's remarkable performance is the stronger reason to see it.

There is value in an actor who can play an unpleasant young man without asking for sympathy. The risk is that such usefulness becomes a casting habit, with every new part supplying another version of the same boy. We would like to see Bottomley given characters who are allowed to be uncertain as well as casually sure of themselves, and scenes that let us watch the change. Start with *How to Have Sex*, but do not expect Paddy to tell us everything this actor might be able to do.

## Biography

Samuel Bottomley is an English actor born on 14 June 2001 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He began his career as a child actor, making his professional debut in the 2011 film *Tyrannosaur*.

Bottomley is known for his roles as Young Thomas Cromwell in *Wolf Hall* (2015), Dean Paxton in *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), Paddy in *How to Have Sex* (2023) and Aaron in the Channel 4 series *Somewhere Boy* (2022), for which he received a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other credits include *Rocket's Island* (2014–2015), *Ackley Bridge* (2017–2018), *Get Duked!* (2019), *Ladhood* (2019–2022), *Sundown* (2022) and *The Last Rifleman* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Anemone* (2025), Fi1m 50, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/film/anemone.md)
- *How to Have Sex* (2023), Fi1m 84, as Paddy — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-have-sex.md)
- *Somewhere Boy* (2022), Fi1m 85, as Aaron — [page](https://film.one/tv/somewhere-boy.md)
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), Fi1m 73, as Dean Paxton — [page](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md)
- *Jericho* (2016), Fi1m 56, as George Quaintain — [page](https://film.one/tv/jericho.md)
- *Wolf Hall* (2015), Fi1m 86, as Young Thomas Cromwell — [page](https://film.one/tv/wolf-hall.md)
- *Tyrannosaur* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Samuel — [page](https://film.one/film/tyrannosaur.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The State of Us* (2026), as Frankie
- *California Schemin'* (2026), as Billy Boyd
- *Anemone* (2025), as Brian — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/anemone.md)
- *Coldwater* (2025), series, as Cameron
- *Break Clause* (2024), as Ben
- *Two Minutes* (2024), as Getaway Driver
- *The Last Rifleman* (2023), as Rory
- *How to Have Sex* (2023), as Paddy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-have-sex.md)
- *Somewhere Boy* (2022), series, as Aaron — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/somewhere-boy.md)
- *The Teacher* (2022), series, as Kyle
- *Sundown* (2022), as Colin Bennett
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), as Dean Paxton — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md)
- *Running Naked* (2020), as Young Mark
- *The Last Right* (2019), as Louis Murphy
- *Ladhood* (2019), series, as Ralph Roberts
- *Get Duked!* (2019), as Ian
- *Kiss Me First* (2018), series, as Denier, Denier / Ben Graham
- *Ghost Stories* (2018), as Young Goodman
- *Ackley Bridge* (2017), series, as Jordan Wilson
- *Jericho* (2016), series, as George Quaintain — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/jericho.md)
- *Wolf Hall* (2015), series, as Young Thomas Cromwell — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/wolf-hall.md)
- *Private Peaceful* (2012), Actor
- *Tyrannosaur* (2011), as Samuel — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/tyrannosaur.md)
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Connor
- *No Faces*, as Leo

## Gallery

- ![Samuel Bottomley](https://film.one/media/person/15572/gallery-30175fb674ce.jpg) Samuel Bottomley — Image via TMDB
- ![Samuel Bottomley](https://film.one/media/person/15572/gallery-1d849b017465.jpg) Samuel Bottomley — Image via TMDB
- ![Samuel Bottomley](https://film.one/media/person/15572/gallery-4fdc3ae1060c.jpg) Samuel Bottomley — Image via TMDB
- ![Samuel Bottomley](https://film.one/media/person/15572/gallery-464753e7b1ac.jpg) Samuel Bottomley — Image via TMDB
- ![Samuel Bottomley](https://film.one/media/person/15572/gallery-67d4046ad900.jpg) Samuel Bottomley — Image via TMDB
- ![Samuel Bottomley](https://film.one/media/person/15572/gallery-76069e23131f.jpg) Samuel Bottomley — Image via TMDB

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