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Samuel Barnett (born 25 April 1980) is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio, and achieved recognition for his work on the stage and film versions of The History Boys by Alan Bennett. He most recently appeared in the BBC's version of Desperate Romantics playing John Everett Millais. Barnett is from London, but was brought up in Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. He started performing at an early age, and studied acting at LAMDA. Barnett is Jewish on his father's side, with his paternal grandparents having emigrated from Poland; his mother is a Quaker. He... MORE

Samuel Barnett (born 25 April 1980) is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio, and achieved recognition for his work on the stage and film versions of The History Boys by Alan Bennett. He most recently appeared in the BBC's version of Desperate Romantics playing John Everett Millais. Barnett is from London, but was brought up in Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. He started performing at an early age, and studied acting at LAMDA. Barnett is Jewish on his father's side, with his paternal grandparents having emigrated from Poland; his mother is a Quaker. He is one of five children. Barnett appeared in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, as well as in the New York, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and radio and film versions of the play. He had been involved in The History Boys from its very first reading. In 2009 he played John Everett Millais in the BBC series Desperate Romantics, and Joseph Severn in the film Bright Star. He appeared at the National Theatre in Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton which ran from 20 April – 4 July 2010. Barnett was nominated for Evening Standard Award as Most LESS