Samuel Bottomley

Personal context

Summary

Samuel Bottomley is an English actor from Bradford whose work includes Tyrannosaur, Ackley Bridge, Ladhood, Somewhere Boy and How to Have Sex. His roles range from comic and coming-of-age parts to troubled young characters, often in Northern English settings. He founded the West Yorkshire Workshop to make acting opportunities more accessible to working-class actors in the North, and has spoken about barriers linked to class and regional accents. He has also discussed toxic masculinity and the importance of portraying sexual consent responsibly; no public party-political or wider activist affiliations are on record.