Sam Campbell

Sam Campbell

Known for
Acting
Born
September 19, 1991 (age 35)
Birthplace
Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Sam Campbell is an Australian stand-up comedian and actor who performs live stand-up comedy, as well as creating online comedy shows. He made a short comedy series which was broadcast on Comedy Central Australia, and appeared as a guest on ABC TV’s The Checkout. He won the Best Newcomer award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2015, and the Most Outstanding Show award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2018. In 2022, he won the Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, for his show entitled Comedy Show. This same year, he was also a writer and actor on the cult TV show Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. In 2023, Comedy Show was also nominated in the Best Stand-up category at the UK National Comedy Awards. Campbell was confirmed as a contestant on the sixteenth series of long-running Channel 4 comedy gameshow Taskmaster. In February 2024, Campbell was nominated in the Best TV Comic category and Best Breakthrough Act category at the Chortle Awards.[16] He won in the Best Breakthrough Act category and was voted Comedian's Comedian by his peers. British Comedy Guide revealed Campbell is piloting a Channel 4 series called Make That Movie!, in which he will create films based on the dreams of strangers.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly poster

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

Movie · as Self - Panelist

2026
Make That Movie poster

Make That Movie

TV · as Sam · 6 eps

2026
What Have You Done? With Chi + Lucas

What Have You Done? With Chi + Lucas

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
New Zealand Spy poster

New Zealand Spy

TV · as Pellet · 3 eps

2025
Grandmaster-level baddie Sam Campbell being ‘somewhat’ foolish @ Bill Murray comedy club poster

Grandmaster-level baddie Sam Campbell being ‘somewhat’ foolish @ Bill Murray comedy club

Movie · as Self

2025
Chess Ham poster

Chess Ham

Movie · as Self

2025
Straight Line poster

Straight Line

Movie

2025
Sam Pang Tonight poster

Sam Pang Tonight

TV · as Self - Guest Announcer · 1 ep

2025
LOL: Last One Laughing UK poster

LOL: Last One Laughing UK

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2024
Beautiful Generations poster

Beautiful Generations

Movie · as Self

2024
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

TV · as Self - Assistant · 10 eps

2023
The 2IC poster

The 2IC

Movie · as Candidate

2023
70% poster

70%

Movie · as Andrew

2023
Gympie

Gympie

Movie · as Jared Meadle

2023
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Ultromedia Please poster

Ultromedia Please

Movie · as Spiderbite95

2022
Sam Campbell: Companion poster

Sam Campbell: Companion

Movie

2022
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared poster

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

TV · as Green Apple (voice), Red Guy's ID Card (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Live at the Moth Club poster

Live at the Moth Club

TV · as Self - Live Performer · 1 ep

2021
The Hundred with Andy Lee poster

The Hundred with Andy Lee

TV · as Self - Panellist · 2 eps

2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self - Panellist · 2 eps

2021
Bloods poster

Bloods

TV · as Darrell · 16 eps

2021
The Moth Effect poster

The Moth Effect

TV · as Mitch Daniels · 1 ep

2021
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2020
The Trough @ Lyric Hyperion poster

The Trough @ Lyric Hyperion

Movie · as The Performer

2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

TV · as Self - Expert · 1 ep

2020
Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival poster

Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Taskmaster NZ poster

Taskmaster NZ

TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep

2019
Get Real Dude poster

Get Real Dude

Movie · as Self

2018
Stath Lets Flats poster

Stath Lets Flats

TV · as Nile · 1 ep

2017
The Russell Howard Hour poster

The Russell Howard Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Panellist · 5 eps

2017
Taskmaster: Champion of Champions poster

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Red Christmas poster

Red Christmas

Movie · as Cletus

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2013
Heidi Fires Everyone poster

Heidi Fires Everyone

Movie · as Ashley

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self - Dictionary Corner · 2 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self, Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 1 ep