Samuel Bottomley

Acting

Samuel Bottomley

Born 2001-06-14 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Samuel Bottomley is an English actor, born 14 June 2001 in Bradford. He made s professional debut in the 2011 film Tyrannosaur at the age of 9. His TV work includes Rocket's Island, Ackley Bridge and Somewhere Boy, the latter earning him a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Acting credits

How to Have Sex poster
6.2

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

How to Have Sex

2023

Anemone poster
5.9

Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that was forever altered by shattering events decades earlier.

Anemone

2025

Ghost Stories poster
6.4

Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

Ghost Stories

2018

Sundown poster
6.2

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.

Sundown

2022

Tyrannosaur poster
7.2

The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.

Tyrannosaur

2011

The Last Rifleman poster
6.7

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

The Last Rifleman

2023

Everybody's Talking About Jamie poster
6.2

Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021

Get Duked! poster
6.2

An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.

Get Duked!

2019

Running Naked poster
4.9

The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.

Running Naked

2020

Private Peaceful poster
6.6

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

Private Peaceful

2012

The Last Right poster
6.0

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

The Last Right

2019

No Faces poster
NR

After his father’s death, an already destructive Leo spirals into grief, pulling Iris down with him. Lost and yearning for connection, she falls into self-destructive patterns—forcing her to confront the truth about their relationship. Set in Stockport, this raw and lyrical drama sees Iris and Leo struggling to navigate love, addiction, and loss.

No Faces

The State of Us poster
NR

Tearaway Frankie breaks out his best friend Taylor for one final night out. Over a riotous few hours filled with laughter, heartbreak and some home truths, the boys will face the ultimate test.

The State of Us

2026

California Schemin' poster
5.9

In the late 1990s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers. The duo re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the Cali scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and an appearance on MTV... until it all came crashing down.

California Schemin'

2026

Two Minutes poster
10.0

Two brothers rob a corner shop only to be interrupted by their Nan.

Two Minutes

2024

Break Clause poster
1.0

This is a classic love story - proper Jane Austen, boy-meets-girl stuff. Except boy and girl break up the day they move in together and are stuck in a six-month contract...

Break Clause

2024