Samuel Bottomley

Samuel Bottomley is an English actor, born 14 June 2001 in Bradford. He made s professional debut in the 2011 film Tyrannosaur at the age of 9. His TV work includes Rocket's Island, Ackley Bridge and Somewhere Boy, the latter earning him a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Tyrannosaur (2011)

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The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paddy Considine
CAST:  Peter Mullan  •  Olivia Colman  •  Eddie Marsan  •  Paul Popplewell

The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paddy Considine
CAST:  Peter Mullan  •  Olivia Colman  •  Eddie Marsan  •  Paul Popplewell

Private Peaceful (2012)

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pat O'Connor
CAST:  Jack O'Connell  •  Richard Griffiths  •  George MacKay  •  Frances de la Tour

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pat O'Connor
CAST:  Jack O'Connell  •  Richard Griffiths  •  George MacKay  •  Frances de la Tour

Ghost Stories (2018)

Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Nyman  •  Jeremy Dyson
CAST:  Martin Freeman  •  Alex Lawther  •  Jill Halfpenny  •  Andy Nyman

Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Nyman  •  Jeremy Dyson
CAST:  Martin Freeman  •  Alex Lawther  •  Jill Halfpenny  •  Andy Nyman

Get Duked! (2019)

An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ninian Doff
CAST:  Eddie Izzard  •  Kate Dickie  •  James Cosmo  •  Kevin Guthrie

An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ninian Doff
CAST:  Eddie Izzard  •  Kate Dickie  •  James Cosmo  •  Kevin Guthrie

The Last Right (2019)

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aoife Crehan
CAST:  Brian Cox  •  Michiel Huisman  •  Colm Meaney  •  Niamh Algar

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aoife Crehan
CAST:  Brian Cox  •  Michiel Huisman  •  Colm Meaney  •  Niamh Algar

Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)

Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Butterell
CAST:  Max Harwood  •  Richard E. Grant  •  Charlotte Salt  •  Sharon Horgan

Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Butterell
CAST:  Max Harwood  •  Richard E. Grant  •  Charlotte Salt  •  Sharon Horgan

Running Naked (2020)

The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Buhler
CAST:  Tamzin Merchant  •  Matthew McNulty  •  Andrew Gower  •  Rakhee Thakrar

The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Buhler
CAST:  Tamzin Merchant  •  Matthew McNulty  •  Andrew Gower  •  Rakhee Thakrar

Sundown (2022)

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Franco
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg  •  Iazua Larios  •  Henry Goodman

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Franco
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg  •  Iazua Larios  •  Henry Goodman

How to Have Sex (2023)

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Molly Manning Walker
CAST:  Mia McKenna-Bruce  •  Samuel Bottomley  •  Lara Peake  •  Eilidh Loan

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Molly Manning Walker
CAST:  Mia McKenna-Bruce  •  Samuel Bottomley  •  Lara Peake  •  Eilidh Loan