
Acting
Feb 7, 1978
Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Samuel Johnson
Acting
Biography
Samuel Joseph Johnson OAM (born 1978) is an award winning Australian actor, radio presenter, voiceover artist and philanthropist. He is best known for his roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us (AFI award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role TV), Rush, After the Deluge and the miniseries Molly (AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama). He also won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on TV in 2017 and set a world record for the longest unicycle journey (raising $1.5m for charity) in 2014.
Feature Films (13)

Gary Kelp (Samuel Johnson) is losing the plot. As he edits a medical journal called The Illustrated Family Doctor, his life and his body seem to be falling apart. A black comedy about coping with the modern world, based on the novel by David Snell.
The Illustrated Family Doctor

When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club a prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.
Crackerjack

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Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his own age, all three must come to terms with their father's mental state. Cliff, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is reliving his disturbing memories of the war and his first love, as a part of his experiences of the present . Through all four stories, we uncover a families troubled past, and their struggle towards a reconciled future.
After the Deluge

A princess, a prince, and some foul mouthed animals, all come together for 'The Tea Party'.
The Tea Party

The hilarious tale of one young woman's quest to lose her virginity. She is a sexually curious, romantically frustrated bookstore clerk on a mission. Taking the advice of her friends she goes from one person to the next in her vain attempts to be deflowered. In between encounters with other people, she returns to the one person she can trust and truly relate to, her gay friend Jimmy, whose faith in love is being shake by the revelation that his boyfriend has been unfaithful.
Strange Fits of Passion

What do you do when you have reached the top of your profession? For Andrew Gordon, the answer is don't look down. An urban tale of an accountant caught in a world where the bottom line is a matter of life and death.
The Inner Sanctuary

Geoff Brewster has retreated to the family’s isolated, coastal shack to die in peace. He is also going blind. Geoff spends his days walking on the beach and leaving tape-recorded confessions to his estranged wife, Sally. But Geoff’s solitude is interrupted when his Porsche driving nephew, Josh, turns up and decides to stay. Tension fills the shack as Josh’s strange behaviour sets Geoff on edge and when Sally arrives for her weekly cleaning, the shack is ready to explode. Sally encourages Geoff to audition for an amateur production of Hamlet and Geoff takes to Hamlet like Olivier. But Geoff goes totally blind. The arrival of two strangers bearing the ashes of one of Geoff’s lovers sets Geoff and Josh on a collision course that threatens to destroy the both of them. Blind Company was adapted from Austin Pendleton's stage production Uncle Bob, that was set in New York. Quite the difference in location from Tasmania.
Blind Company

Auditioning Fanny follows an eventful week in the life of Fanny Love. A naive woman with stars in her eyes for an old Hollywood world long gone, and a dream of a love story lost in modern society. With the innocence of a child and the temper of a psychopath, she is thrilled when auditions for a new musical film starring heart throb Jack Baron are announced. With a spring in her step and a song in her heart, Fanny knows this is the big break she's been waiting for, and as long as nobody stands in her path, everything should work out just dandy.
Auditioning Fanny

Based on a true story, One Way Ticket is about a criminal named Webb. He has been arrested for murder and looks like he will be spending the rest of his days behind bars before he has an affair with a female guard. She helps him escape and they spend the next few days on the run. Can they make it?
One Way Ticket

The story of how, from the early 1970s, Australia's eccentric Ian 'Molly' Meldrum became a loved and respected rock music guru as host of the TV show Countdown.
Molly

After an eerie premonition a young man finds himself searching the internet for clues - which lead him to a strange website and a mysterious girl who seems trapped.
ICQ
Television & Series (22)

The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama series about the lives of 20-30 somethings living in the early 2000s.
The Secret Life of Us

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.
Blue Heelers

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
The Bill

A high-stakes Aussie police drama following the lives of Melbourne’s finest girls and boys in blue – members of a prestigious Tactical Response team.
Rush

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.







