{{Short description|English actor}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Sam Woolf (actor) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Sam Woolf at 'The Crown' Premiere | birth_name = Alexander Samuel Woolf | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|6|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Alexander Samuel Woolf''' (born 20 June 1992) is an English actor known for his roles on ''Call the Midwife'', ''Humans'', ''The Crown'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-09 |title=The Crown Season 5 cast, alongside their real-life royal counterparts |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/the-crown-season-5-cast-alongside-their-real-life-royal-counterparts |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Tatler |language=en-GB}}</ref> and ''The Witcher''. He starred as Joey King's love interest in Hulu's World War II drama ''We Were the Lucky Ones''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2022-12-15 |title='We Were The Lucky Ones' Adds Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Moran Rosenblatt, Sam Woolf & Michael Aloni To Hulu Limited Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/we-were-the-lucky-ones-adds-henry-lloyd-hughes-moran-rosenblatt-sam-woolf-hulu-limited-series-1235199616/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=We Were the Lucky Ones |url=https://press.hulu.com/shows/we-were-the-lucky-ones/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Hulu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Angie |date=2024-03-25 |title='We Were the Lucky Ones' Review: Joey King and Logan Lerman in Hulu's Stirring Holocaust Survival Drama |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/we-were-the-lucky-ones-review-joey-king-logan-lerman-1235857470/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2025, he made his feature film debut as Bernardo in ''Hamnet''.<ref>{{IMDb name|id=nm8140982|name=Sam Woolf}}</ref>
== Personal life == Woolf was born in 1991 and grew up in London and Radlett. His brother is the journalist and podcaster Nicky Woolf. Woolf is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frick |first=Evelyn |date=2024-03-15 |title=18 Things to Know About Jewish Actor Sam Woolf |url=https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-jewish-actor-sam-woolf/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Hey Alma |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == Woolf has appeared in numerous theatre productions including Cheek By Jowl's 'The Winter's Tale' at the Barbican Theatre, the National Theatre's 'Anthony and Cleopatra' alongside Ralph Fiennes, and The Bridge Theatre's 'Alys Always' with Joanne Froggatt.
He began his television career with roles in Humans and Call the Midwife, before taking on larger roles in Netflix's The Crown playing Prince Edward<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the Cast of Netflix's The Crown Season 5 |url=https://people.com/royals/netflix-the-crown-season-5-cast/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> and The Witcher playing the villain Rience taking over from actor Chris Fulton for Series 3.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Dhruv |date=2023-06-30 |title=Why Rience Was Recast In The Witcher Season 3 (& Who His New Actor Is) |url=https://screenrant.com/why-rience-was-recast-in-the-witcher-season-3/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Poisuo |first=Pauli |date=2023-06-29 |title=The Witcher S3: Who Plays Rience And Why Wasn't He In The Games? |url=https://www.looper.com/1324284/the-witcher-s3-who-plays-rience-why-wasnt-he-in-games/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ettenhofer |first=Valerie |date=2023-08-06 |title=Rience's Final Witcher Season 3 Scene Looked A Lot Sillier Behind The Scenes |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1358708/the-witcher-season-3-rience-death-behind-the-scenes/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2023 Woolf was cast alongside Joey King to play Adam Eichenwald in the TV adaptation of Georgia Hunter's novel 'We Were The Lucky ones' airing on Hulu and Disney in 2024.<ref>{{Citation |last=Access |title=Joey King Shares How 'We Were The Lucky Ones' Cast Supported Each Other Amid Emotional Times On Set {{!}} Access |date=2024-03-25 |url=https://www.accessonline.com/videos/joey-king-shares-how-we-were-the-lucky-ones-cast-supported-each-other-amid-emotional-times-on-set |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=en}}</ref>
== Acting credits ==
=== Audiobooks, Audio Entertainment, and Podcasts === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes !<abbr>Ref(s)</abbr> |- !2018 |Doctor Who: The Early Adventures |Kim |Season 5, Episode 3 "Entanglement" | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes !<abbr>Ref(s)</abbr> |- !2016 |Humans |Artie |Season 2, Episode 1 | |- !2020 |Call The Midwife |Dr. Benedict Walters |Season 9, Episode 4 | |- ! rowspan="3" |2022 |Strike |Roy Phipps (1970s) |2 episodes - "Troubled Blood" (Part 1 & 2) | |- |The Crown |Prince Edward |5 episodes in season 5 | |- |Theodosia |Vincent Carruthers |2 episodes | |- ! rowspan="2" |2023 |The Power |Posh Boy | | |- |The Witcher |Rience |4 episodes in season 3 |<ref name=":0" /> |- !2024 |We Were the Lucky Ones |Adam Eichenwald |Main role | |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !<abbr>Ref(s)</abbr> |- !2025 |''Hamnet'' |Bernardo |<ref>{{IMDb name|id=nm8140982|name=Sam Woolf}}</ref> |}
=== Video Games === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes !<abbr>Ref(s)</abbr> |- !2020 |Assassin's Creed: Valhalla |Birstan | | |- !2023 |Call of Dragons |Velyn | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Woolf {{!}} Actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8140982/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> |- !2024 |Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |Voice role unknown |English version | |}
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