Samuel Edward-Cook

Samuel Edward-Cook (born 14 June 1990) is an English actor, known for his roles as Walter Storey in the BBC drama series Land Girls (2009), as Danny Whizz-Bang in the BBC drama series Peaky Blinders (2013),^[2] as DC Steve Beckton in the ITV drama series Innocent (2018),^[3] and as Jason in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

Samuel Edward-Cook
Born	(1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 35) York, England
Education	York College
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011–present
Television	Land Girls Peaky Blinders Innocent Pure

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Magwitch	Abel Magwitch[4]	Short films
2013	Passenger	Peter
2016	The Merciless Beauty	(voice)
2017	Switch	Driver
2023	Between the Lights	Jay	Feature films
2024	William Tell	Kuoni

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Land Girls	Walter Storey	Series 3; Episodes 1–4
2013	Peaky Blinders	Danny 'Whizz-Bang' Owen	Series 1; Episodes 1, 3 & 6
2014	Doctors	Derek Vern	Series 15; Episodes 193 & 194: "The Moral High Ground" & "The Low Ground"
2016	Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands	Vorhelm	Episode 6
	Brief Encounters	Dougie	Mini-series; 4 episodes
2017	Emmerdale	Jason[5][6][7]	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2018	Casualty	Paul Billington	Series 32; Episode 19
	Innocent	DC Steve Beckton	Series 1; Episodes 1–4
2019	Silent Witness	Mick Knight[8]	Series 22; Episodes 5 & 6: "To Brighton, To Brighton: Parts 1 & 2"
	Pure	Sam	Episodes 2 & 3
2023	Better	Ceri Davies	Episodes 1–5
	The Gallows Pole	Isaac Hartley	Mini-series; Episodes 1–3
2024	The Listeners	Damian	Mini-series; Episodes 2–4[9]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Writer	Director	Venue
2012	Boys	Mack[10]	Ella Hickson	Robert Icke	Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2013	Glory Dazed	Ray[11]	Cat Jones	Elle While	Soho Upstairs, London
	King Lear	Edmund[12][13]	William Shakespeare	Lucy Bailey	Theatre Royal Bath, Bath
2014	Our Big Land	Roman[14][15]	Dan Allum	Amy Hodge	Ovalhouse, London
2015	Titus Andronicus	Demetrius	William Shakespeare	Lucy Bailey	Shakespeare's Globe, London
	Antigone	Haimon[16][17]	Sophocles	Ivo van Hove	King's Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
2017	Persuasion	Commander Frederick Wentworth[18][19]	Jane Austen	Jeff James	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2019	Glory Dazed	Ray[20]	Cat Jones	Adrian Rawlins	East Riding Theatre, Beverley

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	A Clockwork Orange	Alex[21]	Performed live in Hull with the BBC Philharmonic

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Writer	Director	Venue
2012	Boys	Mack[22]	Ella Hickson	Robert Icke	Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2013	Glory Dazed	Ray[23]	Cat Jones	Elle While	Soho Upstairs, London
	King Lear	Edmund[24][25]	William Shakespeare	Lucy Bailey	Theatre Royal Bath, Bath
2014	Our Big Land	Roman[26][27]	Dan Allum	Amy Hodge	Ovalhouse, London
2015	Titus Andronicus	Demetrius	William Shakespeare	Lucy Bailey	Shakespeare's Globe, London
	Antigone	Haimon[28][29]	Sophocles	Ivo van Hove	King's Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
2017	Persuasion	Commander Frederick Wentworth[30][31]	Jane Austen	Jeff James	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2019	Glory Dazed	Ray[32]	Cat Jones	Adrian Rawlins	East Riding Theatre, Beverley