Angus Sampson

Angus Sampson

Known for
Acting
Born
February 12, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Angus Sampson (born 12 February 1979, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor, director, producer, and writer, active since 1996. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill and at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He made his television debut as co-host of the ABC youth music show Recovery (1996–2000) and his film debut in Dags (1998). His breakthrough came in 2010 as Tucker in Insidious, which he co-developed with Leigh Whannell, and he reprised the role across the franchise through Insidious: The Red Door (2023). He is also best known for The Organic Mechanic in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Bear Gerhardt in season two of Fargo (2015), and Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski in The Lincoln Lawyer (2022–present, 40 episodes). He received AACTA Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Acting in a Comedy. His filmography includes Darkness Falls (2003), Footy Legends (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009, as the Bull suit performer), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010, as Jutt, voice), 100 Bloody Acres (2012), The Mule (2014, as Ray Jenkins — which he also co-wrote and co-directed), Now Add Honey (2015), Winchester (2018), Mortal Kombat (2021, as Goro, voice), Next Goal Wins (2023), and Bump: A Christmas Film (2025). On television he has appeared in Greeks on the Roof (2003), The Secret Life of Us (2004), Underbelly (2008), Shut Eye (2016–2017, 20 episodes), Nightflyers (2018), The Walking Dead (2019), The Stand (2021), Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021, as Hap, voice), Bump (2021–2024, 45 episodes), Our Flag Means Death (2022, as King George), Koala Man (2023, 8 episodes), and Heartbreak High (2024, as Timothy Voss, 8 episodes). His most recent credit is Deep Water (2026, as Dan).

Known For

Filmography

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The Mark

The Mark

Movie · as Len Milton

2026
Deep Water poster

Deep Water

Movie · as Dan

2026
They Will Kill You poster

They Will Kill You

Movie · as The P.I.

2025
The Extraordinary Miss Flower poster

The Extraordinary Miss Flower

Movie · as Self

2025
Bump: A Christmas Film poster

Bump: A Christmas Film

Movie · as Dom Chalmers

2025
Sam Pang Tonight poster

Sam Pang Tonight

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga poster

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Movie · as Organic Mechanic

2023
Insidious: The Red Door poster

Insidious: The Red Door

Movie · as Tucker

2023
Next Goal Wins poster

Next Goal Wins

Movie · as Angus Bendleton

2023
NCIS: Sydney poster

NCIS: Sydney

TV · as Lee Meyers · 1 ep

2022
Our Flag Means Death poster

Our Flag Means Death

TV · as King George · 2 eps

2022
The Lincoln Lawyer poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

TV · as Dennis 'Cisco' Wojciechowski · 40 eps

2022
Heartbreak High poster

Heartbreak High

TV · as Voss · 7 eps

2021
Mortal Kombat poster

Mortal Kombat

Movie · as Goro (voice)

2021
Bump poster

Bump

TV · as Dom Chalmers · 50 eps

2020
The Stand poster

The Stand

TV · as Garvey · 1 ep

2020
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous poster

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous

TV · as Hap (voice) · 3 eps

2019
Les Norton poster

Les Norton

TV · as The Narrator · 10 eps

2018
Winchester poster

Winchester

Movie · as John Hansen

2018
Insidious: The Last Key poster

Insidious: The Last Key

Movie · as Tucker

2018
Benji poster

Benji

Movie · as Titus

2018
Nightflyers poster

Nightflyers

TV · as Rowan · 10 eps

2017
No Activity poster

No Activity

TV · as Chief · 8 eps

2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls poster

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Movie · as Self

2016
Shut Eye poster

Shut Eye

TV · as Fonso Marks · 20 eps

2015
Now Add Honey poster

Now Add Honey

Movie · as Mick Croyston

2015
Insidious: Chapter 3 poster

Insidious: Chapter 3

Movie · as Tucker

2015
Mad Max: Fury Road poster

Mad Max: Fury Road

Movie · as The Organic Mechanic

2014
The Mule poster

The Mule

Movie · as Ray Jenkins

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Bear Gerhardt · 10 eps

2014
Party Tricks poster

Party Tricks

TV · as Wayne Duffy · 6 eps

2013
Insidious: Chapter 2 poster

Insidious: Chapter 2

Movie · as Tucker

2013
Blinder poster

Blinder

Movie · as Franky Tanner

2013
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars poster

Paper Giants: Magazine Wars

TV · as Patrick Bowring · 2 eps

2013
Insidious: Spectral Sightings poster

Insidious: Spectral Sightings

TV · as Tucker · 3 eps

2012
100 Bloody Acres poster

100 Bloody Acres

Movie · as Lindsay Morgan

2012
Beaconsfield poster

Beaconsfield

Movie · as Brett 'Cress' Cresswell

2012
Randling poster

Randling

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2011
Insidious poster

Insidious

Movie · as Tucker

2011
Tender poster

Tender

Movie · as Max

2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Movie · as Jutt (voice)

2010
Summer Coda poster

Summer Coda

Movie · as Franky

2010
I Love You Too poster

I Love You Too

Movie · as Thug

2010
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

TV · as Ozzy · 2 eps

2009
Where the Wild Things Are poster

Where the Wild Things Are

Movie · as The Bull Suit Performer

2009
The Last Supper poster

The Last Supper

Movie · as Judas

2009
Celestial Avenue poster

Celestial Avenue

Movie · as Ah Gong

2009
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation poster

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps

2008
Underbelly poster

Underbelly

TV · as Michael Thorneycroft · 3 eps

2007
The King poster

The King

Movie · as Ugly Dave Gray

2007
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

TV · as Xavier Fisher · 4 eps

2006
Kokoda poster

Kokoda

Movie · as Dan

2006
Footy Legends poster

Footy Legends

Movie · as Lloydy

2006
Thank God You're Here poster

Thank God You're Here

TV · 4 eps

2005
You and Your Stupid Mate poster

You and Your Stupid Mate

Movie · as Jeffrey

2003
Fat Pizza poster

Fat Pizza

Movie · as Junky

2003
Razor Eaters poster

Razor Eaters

Movie

2003
Darkness Falls poster

Darkness Falls

Movie · as Ray

2003
The Referees poster

The Referees

Movie · as Stevo

1999
Smile & Wave

Smile & Wave

Movie · as Ray

1996
Recovery poster

Recovery

TV · as Self · 195 eps