Sam graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2003 He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Award Most Promising Performance for Outlying Islands at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs Sam has appeared in various TV programmes including A Very British Sex Scandal Channel 4 Any Human Heart Film4 Midsomer Murders ITV and as a regular character in BBC Soaps River City and Doctors His film leads include Young Alexander The Great Ilya Salkind Company and Emulsion White Lantern Films while theatre credits include Plague Over England Duchess West End MacBeth Nottingham Edinburgh Lyceum Romeo And Juliet Dundee Rep and Hamlet Citizens Glasgow