Samuel Edward-Cook

Samuel Edward-Cook is an English actor, known for his roles as Walter Storey in the BBC drama series Land Girls (2009), as Danny Whizz-Bang in the BBC drama series Peaky Blinders (2013),^[2] and as DC Steve Beckton in the ITV drama series Innocent (2018).^[3]

Samuel Edward-Cook
Born	York, England
Education	York College
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art^[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Television	Land Girls Peaky Blinders Innocent Pure

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Land Girls	Walter Storey
2012	Magwitch	Abel Magwitch ^[4]	Short
2013	Peaky Blinders	Danny 'Whizz-Bang' Owen	Series 1
2013	Passenger	Peter	Short
2014	Doctors	Tristan	Episodes: "The Low Ground" and "The Moral High Ground"
2016	Brief Encounters	Dougie
2017	Emmerdale	Jason^[5]^[6]^[7]	Recurring role
2017	Switch	Driver	Short
2018	Casualty	Paul Billington	Episode: #32.19
2018	Innocent	DC Steve Beckton
2019	Silent Witness	Mick Knight^[8]	Episode: To Brighton, To Brighton (Part 1 and 2)
2019	Pure	Sam

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	A Clockwork Orange	Alex^[9]	Performed live in Hull with the BBC Philharmonic

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Writer	Director	Venue
2012	Boys	Mack ^[10]	Ella Hickson	Robert Icke	Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2013	Glory Dazed	Ray ^[11]	Cat Jones	Elle While	Soho Upstairs, London
2013	King Lear	Edmund ^[12]^[13]	William Shakespeare	Lucy Bailey	Theatre Royal Bath, Bath
2014	Our Big Land	Roman ^[14]^[15]	Dan Allum	Amy Hodge	Ovalhouse, London
2015	Titus Andronicus	Demetrius	William Shakespeare	Lucy Bailey	Shakespeare's Globe, London
2015	Antigone	Haimon,^[16]^[17]	Sophocles	Ivo van Hove	King’s Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
2017	Persuasion	Commander Frederick Wentworth ^[18]^[19]	Jane Austen	Jeff James	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2019	Glory Dazed	Ray ^[20]	Cat Jones	Adrian Rawlins	East Riding Theatre, Beverley

References

1. "RADA Alumni - Samuel Edward-Cook, 2011". RADA. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
2. "Peaky Blinders - Series 1, Episode 1". BBC One. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. "Meet the cast of ITV's Innocent, 1 June 2018". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
4. "Short film Magwitch premiers at Rochester Cathedral, 2 February 2012". Kent Film Office. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. "Emmerdale star Samuel Edward-Cook talks evil Jason and the prison homophobia story, 6 March 2017". Metro. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
6. "Emmerdale star Samuel Edward-Cook opens up about his 'challenging' Jason prison storyline with Aaron Dingle: 'I have managed to avoid getting any death threats!', 8 March 2017". OK. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
7. "Emmerdale: Aaron and Jason fight outcome is revealed, 29 August 2017". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. "Meet the cast of Silent Witness 2019, 20 June 2019". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
9. "Drama on 3 - A Clockwork Orange, 1 October 2017". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
10. "Boys by Ella Hickson". HighTide Theatre. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
11. "Glory Dazed – review, 1 May 2013". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
12. "King Lear, Theatre Royal Bath, until August 10, 1 August 2013". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
13. "King Lear – review, 1 August 2013". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
14. "Our Big Land by Dan Allum". Ovalhouse. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
15. "Our Big Land – review, 21 February 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
16. "Former Performing Arts Students Act in Internationally Acclaimed Antigone Production, 23 April 2015". York College. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
17. "Antigone at King's Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, 10 August 2015". The Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
18. "PERSUASION". Royal Exchange Theatre. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
19. "Persuasion - "A provocative, contemporary reworking", 2 June 2017". The Stage. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
20. "York actor Samuel Edward-Cook brings PTSD play to East Riding Theatre, 24 January 2019". The Press. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

External links

• Samuel Edward-Cook at IMDb
• Samuel Edward-Cook on Twitter