Sam Gwilliam
Actor/Voice Actor
Actor/Voice Actor
I was Born in Gloucester on August 9th 2004, I have been raised in the Forest Of Dean and thats where I've been all my life. I've always had an Overactive imagination, I used to make stories for myself with my old toys. My main character I remember having was a stretchy red skeleton who I named 'Skellybones' He was the main hero in all of my stories, He was probably one of the reasons I wanted to become an Actor as weird as that sounds. It was just how one person can play so many different characters, It always fascinated me and that idea always stuck to me as I got older.
One of the earliest performances I remember is when I had to play Frosty The Snowman in a primary school play, I remember being more excited for the rehearsals than my actual lessons. From then I've always had the idea of becoming an Actor, even if I didn't necessarily know it that this time. I also remember my first ever singing solo. It was in a performance about India, I rememeber how afterwards I sang a hymn in front of all of my peers and my mum and dad. This was my first ever song I ever sang in front of an audience. As scary as it was I knew it was what I wanted to do.
Throughout the years I took part in small pieces in drama in school. These were mainly performances about what my year had learnt throughout the week. My next big role was after I moved Schools from St Anthony's School in Cinderford to The Kings School in Gloucester. In my first year of Kings (Year 6), the school put on a production of a show called RATS! Even though it was a small role at the time. It was still the biggest I'd played on stage.
When I was in secondary school I had a break from acting and moved onto backstage work. More specifically being a sound technician. My first job as sound technician was in 'Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat' I performed this in the Guild Hall with my secondary school. This was the beginning of my sound technician phase where I did sound for a wide range of performances, Including shows like Macbeth, The Railway Children and Pirates Of The CurryBean.
email: sam.gwilliam1943@outlook.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samgwilliam.performingarts/