Sam Callis


Samuel Charles Callis is an English actor and director, best known for his role as Callum Stone in The Bill and Adam Benjamin in London's Burning.

Biography

Callis grew up in Haslemere, Surrey and attended Camelsdale Primary School, Midhurst Intermediate School and Midhurst Grammar School. Callis trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has had roles in London's Burning where he played Adam Benjamin and in Ultimate Force as Captain Patrick Fleming. He played Doctor Mike Banner in The Royal until he left in 2007 to join the cast of The Bill. He has made appearances in Holby City, Casualty and Doctor Who.
Before joining The Bill as a regular, he had previously guest starred in the show in 2004 as an alcoholic priest, Karl Radford.
Callis has also acted in some films. In Kidulthood he played a security guard, in Spanish TV Movie Trance he played Nick, in Capital Punishment he played Russell Blake and he starred in Shrink as Max.
He has acted in theatre which has taken him to New York and on a UK no1 Tour for Arms and The Man.
After The Bill was cancelled in 2010, Callis directed a short film called Inside Run. The short film starred his former The Bill co-star Andrew Lancel as a prison officer and was shown at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2010. More recently he directed another short film, Viking also starring Andrew Lancel.
Callis played the role of Stensgard in the UK premiere of Henrik Ibsen's The League of Youth at Nottingham Playhouse in May 2011. In 2012 he appeared in the Noël Coward play Hay Fever at the Noël Coward Theatre and as Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest at Nottingham Playhouse.
In 2015 he produced Whisper, a ten-minute short film set in Sheppey.

Personal life

He met his wife Osmin during his time on London's Burning and the couple reside in London. In December 2008, he became a father for the first time with the birth of his daughter. He also has a son. His brother, Ben Callis, is a film director.

Filmography

Television

YearProductionRoleNotes !
2021The Lost Pirate KingdomBenjamin HornigoldNetflix series, 6 episodes.
2020The OutpostJaaris'Dying Is Painful", Go Ahead and Run"
2019CasualtyAlbert "Big Al" LayneTV series
2018Father BrownAlec FrobisherEpisode: "The Devil You Know"
2012Midsomer MurdersWill GideonEpisode: "Murder of Innocence"
2011Game of ThronesGoldcloak'What Is Dead May Never Die"
"The Night Lands"
2011Holby CitySean FosterEpisode: "Damage Control"
2007–2010The BillSgt. Callum StoneTV series
2007The RoyalDr Mike BannerTV series, 8 episodes
2006Ultimate ForceCaptain Patrick FlemingTV series
2005Holby CityDave StainfordEpisode: "Pleasant Surprises"
2005Doctor WhoSecurity GuardEpisode: "Bad Wolf"
2004The BillKarl RadfordTV series
2001–2002London's BurningAdam BenjaminTV series
2001Beginner's LuckJackson-
2001Holby CityTrevor LakeEpisode: "Men Are From Mars"
1996The BillMark CravenSeries 12, episode 124 "Out of the Past"

Released films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2000ShrinkActorPlayed Max
2001TranceActorPlayed Nick
2003Capital PunishmentActorPlayed Russell Blake
2006KidulthoodActorPlayed Security Guard
2010Inside RunDirector
2015WhisperProducer