Sam Atwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sam Atwell

Australian actor

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1979

Place of Birth: Nambour, Queensland, Australia

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Sam Atwell

  • Samuel Atwell (born 6 April 1979) is an Australian television and movie actor perhaps best known for his role as Kane Phillips in the soap opera Home and Away.
  • Born in Nambour, Queensland, he and his family lived in Indonesia for 6 years before returning to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane.
  • He has always had a passion for acting and pursued speech and drama courses throughout school.
  • Atwell did some work with Channel 7 at the end of primary school and Children's TV for 'UNICEF', and also completed a short film made for television.
  • In year 11, with the help of teachers and other students, he formed a school-sponsored theatre company that produced plays such as Property of the Clan, All Stops Out and Dags. Atwell was also credited being the first drama captain in his school's history.
  • After high school he attended Queensland University of Technology where he completed a B.A.
  • in acting and then moved to Sydney after finishing at the age of 20.
  • His credits include City Loop, an independent film completed while he was at the university, The Wayne Manifesto, All Saints, and the Hal McElroy film Mr.
  • Reliable.
  • Atwell finished a film called Acting Out with Lara Cox before returning to Home and Away to take up the role of "Kane Phillips".
  • He also played the role of Craig Palmer in another Aussie soap, headLand.
  • In his spare time, Atwell enjoys going to the movies, reading, writing and is trying to produce a short film this year as well as working on his own theatre and film company.
  • He has produced his own plays, including Savage/Love which he co-produced and starred in alongside former Home and Away co-stars Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen and Leah Pappin.Atwell recently starred in a TV Pilot entitled 'Call Back' by Australian Writer Kate Toon.Atwell currently works as a script consultant on the Irish soap Fair City.

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