Sam Hoare (actor)

Simon Patrick Douro Hoare (born 27 June 1981), known by the stage-name Sam Hoare, is a British actor and director known for his role as rower Dickie Burnell, alongside Matt Smith, in the BBC One Olympic drama Bert and Dickie (2012).^[1]

Sam Hoare
Born	Simon Patrick Douro Hoare (1981-06-27) 27 June 1981 (age 43)[citation needed]
Nationality	British
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, writer
Years active	2006–present
Known for	Dickie Burnell, in Bert & Dickie
Spouse	Romola Garai ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2

Hoare wrote and directed his début feature film, Having You, which premièred in May 2013 on Sky Movies.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Born Simon Patrick Douro Hoare, he is the son of the late Timothy James Douro Hoare and his former wife "Linda" Kinvara Cayzer, the granddaughter of Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick.^[4] Hoare was educated at Eton College,^[5] and then read Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, where he performed in a number of plays at the student theatre.^[6]

Acting career

Hoare went on to perform on stage, including productions at the Chichester Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe and The Theatre Royal Haymarket, for a 6-month run of Breakfast at Tiffany's directed by Sean Mathias.^[7] Alongside his theatrical and TV appearances, including EastEnders^[8] and Doctors, Hoare appeared in films; with Nicole Kidman in The Golden Compass and Samuel L. Jackson in Captain America: The First Avenger.

After his role in Bert & Dickie in 2012, Hoare guest-starred in BBC One's Father Brown^[9] and in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC2 drama Dancing on the Edge,^[10] as well as a comedy lead in Blandings for BBC One, based on the celebrated stories of P.G. Wodehouse; also starring Jennifer Saunders, Timothy Spall, David Walliams and Paloma Faith.^[11]

Hoare played the role of production assistant Douglas Camfield in the BBC drama An Adventure in Space and Time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who.^[12]

As director and writer

Hoare has directed a number of music videos and two short films; Training Day which was accepted into several major festivals including the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and the Encounters International Film Festival;^[13] and more recently, Babysitting starring Romola Garai, Dan Stevens and Imogen Stubbs.^{[14][dead link‍]}

Alongside Having You, Hoare has a number of feature writing projects in development, as well as a TV pilot Underperforming which is currently in development with Finite Films.^{[15][needs update]}

Personal life

In March 2013, his partner actress Romola Garai gave birth to their daughter.^[4] Hoare and Garai married in July 2014.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Golden Compass	Second in Command
2008	Lecture 21	Musician
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Nervous Recruit
2013	Having You	—	Writer and director
2014	Keeping Rosy	Tom
2015	Solitary	James
	Legend	Stefan De Faye
	The Program	Stephen Swart
2018	The Mercy	Mr. Hughes
	Hurricane	Kellett
2023	Club Zero	Fred's Father
TBA	Hedda	Detective Logan	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Jane Eyre	Lynn Brother	4 episodes
2007	Lilies	Peter Parks	Episode: "The Release"
	Party Animals	Tom Merchant	Episode #1.5
2008	Summerhill	Phil	Television film
2008, 2011	Doctors	Gavin Peterson / Glen Newman	2 episodes
2009	EastEnders	Kieran	1 episode
2010	Borgen	Engelsk analytiker No. 2	Episode: "Dyden i midten"
2012	Bert and Dickie	Richard "Dickie" Burnell	Television film
2013	Father Brown	Norman Bohun	Episode: "The Hammer of God"
	Blandings	Rupert Bingham	Episode: "Company for Gertrude"
	Dancing on the Edge	Eric	3 episodes
	An Adventure in Space and Time	Douglas Camfield	Television film
2015	Life in Squares	Young Clive Bell	2 episodes
2016	Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands	Rowan	Episode #1.5
	Dickensian	Matthew Pocket	6 episodes
	Plebs	Sebastus	Episode: "The Cupid"
	National Treasure	Tom	Episode #1.1
	Dark Angel	James Robinson	2 episodes
2017	Endeavour	Dr. Tristan Berger	Episode: "Harvest"
	Grantchester	Mark Davies	Episode #3.6
	Delicious	Harry	Episode: "Secrets of the Father"
2017, 2024	Outlander	Lord Hal Melton / Harold 'Hal' Grey	3 episodes
2018	McMafia	Alan Reynott	2 episodes
	Death in Paradise	Daniel Friend	Episode: "Meditated in Murder"
2019	Traitors	Neville	3 episodes
	Knightfall	Gabriel	2 episodes
	Pennyworth	Ian Thurso	Episode: "Martha Kane"
	Carnival Row	Leslie Boythorne	Episode: "Unaccompanied Fae"
2021	Wolfe	Darren Belby	Episode #1.1
	Showtrial	Adam Reynolds	4 episodes
	The Girl Before	Charlie	Episode #1.1
2022	The Capture	Ed Polczynski	2 episodes
	The Ex-Wife	Johnny	2 episodes
	Miss Scarlet and The Duke	Arthur St John Hudson	2 episodes
2023	Dalgliesh	Maximillian Howarth	2 episodes
	The Castaways	Pete	3 episodes
2023–present	Grace	ACC Cassian Pewe	7 episodes
2025	Playing Nice	Mr. Kelly	2 episodes

External links

• Sam Hoare at IMDb

References

1. Conner, Megan (14 July 2012). "Why we're watching: Sam Hoare". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
2. "Having You". Sky Movies. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
3. "Having You". IMDb. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
4. Rhodes, Michael (21 March 2013). "Daughter for Romola Garai and Sam Hoare". Peerage News. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
5. Thorpe, Vanessa (21 January 2012). "Eton spawns a new breed of stage and screen luminaries". The Observer. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
6. "Sam Hoare: biography". CastNet UK. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
7. "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This is Theatre. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
8. Sack, Rosalind (22 January 2013). "Hot Right Now". Reveal.
9. "Father Brown, 'The Hammer of God'". BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
10. Jury, Louise (25 October 2012). "Poliakoff drama tells how royalty fought racism to champion black musicians". London Evening Standard.
11. Daniels, Colin (14 April 2012). "David Walliams, Paloma Faith join BBC comedy 'Blandings'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
12. "1963: brought back to life!". Dr Who Magazine (Panini Comics) (458). 7 April 2013.
13. "Sam Hoare". Wigwam Films. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
14. "Mark Nutkins". marknutkinsdop.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
15. "Underperforming: Interview with writer/director Sam Hoare". Finite Funnies. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
16. Walker, Tim (24 July 2014). "Romola Garai 'secretly' weds Sam Hoare". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 23 January 2015.