Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson has established a reputation as one of Australia’s busiest film and television actors. He is widely recognised for his role as ‘Evan’ over four seasons of the critically acclaimed series The Secret Life of Us.

Samuel has also appeared in a number of popular Australian films, including the lead role of ‘Dave’ in Crackerjack, which was the number one Australian film at the box office in 2002 and as ‘Gary’ in The Illustrated Family Doctor.

Samuel’s voice recently featured in the stop-motion animated feature film $9.99 with Anthony LaPaglia, Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto and Claudia Karvan. With an extensive list of television credits, Samuel’s performances include ‘Toby’ in After the Deluge, guest roles in Stingers and Blue Heelers, and ongoing roles in Good Guys, Bad Guys, Home & Away and Ocean Girl. His other television credits include Cooper St Sub, Raw FM, The Last of the Ryans, One Way Ticket and Thunderstone.

More recently, Samuel had the opportunity to work on Dreamworks’ newest mini-series The Pacific. He has also featured in the hugely successful Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities. Samuel has also appeared in a number of stage productions including Hotel Sorrento, The Snake Pit and Mad Woman’s Fountain for the Playbox Theatre and as ‘Danny Rule’ in The Present at La Mama.

Samuel has been widely acknowledged by his peers and the public and was awarded the AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Series for The Secret Life of Us in 2001 and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for After the Deluge in 2003. His Logie nominations include Most Popular Actor in 2002 and 2003 and Most Outstanding Actor in 2003.

In 2008 Samuel joined the cast of Network Ten's drama Rush starring as Intelligence Operator Leon Broznic.

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