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Sam Spruell

Sam Spruell

Actor · Born October 9, 1977 (49) · Southwark, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sam Spruell is a British actor. His film credits include Defiance (2008), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), London to Brighton (2006), To Kill a King (2003) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). His television roles include the recurring cameo of Jason Belling in Spooks (2007 in Episode 6.9 and 2004 in Project Friendly Fire) and the recurring role of Wilkes in P.O.W (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Spruell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 9, 1977 (49)
From
Southwark, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
53 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27

What are Sam Spruell's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
19%
Self
19%
Morality
18%
Bonds
16%
Power
14%
Society
10%
Ideas
3%
Identity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Threshold guardian: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Threshold guardian
2 of 5
Shadow
1 of 5
Herald
1 of 5
Ally
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Dread
9
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
6
Absurd
3
Other
14

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sam Spruell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sam Spruell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

85 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Dog Stars(2026)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Insidious: Out of the Further(2026)

    as Cyrus Lam

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Dear England(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · as Mike Webster

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • My Darling Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as William

  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · as Prince Maekar Targaryen

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • H Is for Hawk(2025)

    as Stuart

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Acts of Kindness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Nick

  • The Thing with Feathers(2025)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Up the Catalogue(2024)

    as Jim Kelly

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Dune: Prophecy(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as Horace

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Cul-de-sac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer · as George

  • The Settlers(2023)

    as Colonel Martin

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Gold(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Charlie Miller

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Spinning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Producer

  • The Fishing Net (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • The Hanging Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Aaron

  • Scale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • O, GLORY! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Thewlis

  • The Amazing Mr Blunden(2021)

    as Bertie

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The North Water(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · as Cavendish

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Locked Down(2021)

    as Martin

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Small Axe(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as PC Pulley

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Sudden Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as John

  • Oats & Barley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Callum

  • My Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Daniel

  • The Informer(2019)

    as Slewitt

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • I Am...(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Barry

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Outlaw King(2018)

    as Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The World Is Yours(2018)

    as Bruce

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Liar(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Oliver Graham

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)

    as General Okto Bar

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Cowboy Dave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Cowboy Dave

  • Sand Castle(2017)

    as 1st LT Anthony

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Instruments of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Seyton

  • The Lady in the Van(2015)

    as Another Young Man

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Martian(2015)

    as NASA Psychologist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Bastard Executioner(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Toran Prichard

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Legend(2015)

    as Jack 'The Hat' McVitie

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Child 44(2015)

    as Doctor Tyapkin

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Catastrophe(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Taken 3(2014)

    as Oleg Malankov

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Good People(2014)

    as Jack Witkowski

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Last Ship(2014)

    Show 11 episodes · as Dr. Quincy Tophet

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · as Ole Munch

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Give (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Jason

  • Starred Up(2013)

    as Deputy Governor Haynes

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Voices(2014)

    as Dave

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Counselor(2013)

    as Wireman

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Sixteen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Liam

  • Mayday(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · as Steve Docker

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Company of Heroes(2013)

    as Sgt. Matherson

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Snow White and the Huntsman(2012)

    as Finn

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Eternal Law(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Hello Carter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Jake

  • Six Degrees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Drug Dealer

  • The Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 5 episodes · as Jim Harvey

  • Luther(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Owen Lynch

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll(2010)

    as Kilburns' Drummer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Jubilee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Phil Walker

  • Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Nigel

  • Defiance(2008)

    as Arkady Lubczanski

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Hurt Locker(2008)

    as Contractor Charlie

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Fixer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Connor O'Dricoll

  • Ashes to Ashes(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Trevor Riley

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • City of Vice(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lord Newcastle

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)

    as Torturer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Cherries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Headmaster

  • Holby Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Clive Bolland

  • Tick Tock Lullaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Steve

  • London to Brighton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Stuart Allen

  • Venus(2006)

    as Hospital Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Ghost Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 5 episodes · as Swarm

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Everything in This Country Must (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Stevie

  • P.O.W. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Rosemary & Thyme(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Jerome Daniels

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • To Kill a King(2003)

    as King's Guard

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Foyle's War(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Tommy Duggan

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • K-19: The Widowmaker(2002)

    as Dmitri

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jason Belling

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Silent Witness(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Robbie Sharpe

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Oddly Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Thoby

  • The Narrows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Stoker

  • Tidepools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Yuri

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 85 titles, 82 of them dated from 1996 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

Taken 3 (2014)

$326M worldwide

Highest rated

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19962026

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 85: 83 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thDirecting1 of 85: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 85: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s23 · acting2010s35 · acting2020s23 · 22 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 30 roles
02121722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Sam Spruell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 53 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 53 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Up the Catalogue (2024)

81st percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Fargo (2014)

Midcredits 99th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sam Spruell's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles67–92 · median 85 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles18–70 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles64–85 · median 74 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles35–60 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles54–71 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sam Spruell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sam Spruell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ridley Scott shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles