Samuel Roukin

Samuel Roukin (ROO-kin; born 15 August 1980) is an English actor and DJ. He is best known for his role as John Graves Simcoe in the series, Turn: Washington's Spies and Simon "Ghost" Riley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Samuel Roukin
Born	Samuel Roukin (1980-08-15) 15 August 1980 (age 44) Southport, Merseyside, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008-present

Early life and education

Roukin was born in Southport, England, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He displayed an interest in drama from an early age. He completed secondary school at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby where he was involved in many school productions. He goes back to the school to give acting workshops to pupils involved in drama and English. Roukin went on to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2003.

In a 2016 interview, Roukin disclosed that he is both a husband and father.

Career

Roukin starred in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky as the love interest of the main character, Poppy (played by Sally Hawkins).

ITV's two-part drama pilot for the television series DCI Banks had Roukin portraying one half of a serial killing couple.^[1]

Roukin later portrayed a detective in the ITV1 Drama Appropriate Adult, a two-part dramatization exploring the aftermath of the capture of serial killers Fred West and Rosemary West.^[2]

He played Bagot in Richard II, part of the cultural Olympiad of Shakespeare, directed by Rupert Goold and produced by Sam Mendes for BBC2 and NBC.

Roukin also portrayed British Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe, one of the main antagonists of the 2014 AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies, a period drama about American Revolutionary War spies.^[3][4]

In 2022, Roukin revealed on Twitter that he would play the role of Simon "Ghost" Riley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, replacing Jeff Leach.,^[5] and did so again in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note
2008	Love You More	Teacher	Short film
2008	The End	John	Short film
2008	Solomon Kane	Marcus Kane
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Tim
2009	Bright Star	John Reynolds
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Snatcher
2011	The Decoy Bride	2nd Paparazzi
2016	Equity	Ed
2020	A Call to Spy	Christopher

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Note
2009	Seven Jewish Children
2010	The Lieutenant of Inishmore	Mad Padraic

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2008	Housewife, 49	Michael Hockey	Television film
2008	Miss Austen Regrets	Harris Bigg	Television film
2010	DCI Banks	Marcus Payne	2 episodes
2011	Appropriate Adult	Detective Constable Darren Law	Television film
2012	Richard II	Bagot	Television film
2014–2017	Turn: Washington's Spies	John Graves Simcoe	36 episodes
2016	Salem	Beelzebub	8 episodes
2017	The Magicians	Fairy Ambassador	2 episodes
2017	The Librarians	Darrington Dare	Episode: “And the Bleeding Crown”
2018	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Faulnak	2 episodes
2019	Counterpart	Yanek (young)	Episode: “Twin Cities”
2022	Pantheon	Gabe (voice)	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Note
2022	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley
2023	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III