Angus Sampson
Biography
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Angus Sampson (born 12 February 1979, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor, director, producer, and writer, active since 1996. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill and at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He made his television debut as co-host of the ABC youth music show Recovery (1996–2000) and his film debut in Dags (1998). His breakthrough came in 2010 as Tucker in Insidious, which he co-developed with Leigh Whannell, and he reprised the role across the franchise through Insidious: The Red Door (2023). He is also best known for The Organic Mechanic in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Bear Gerhardt in season two of Fargo (2015), and Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski in The Lincoln Lawyer (2022–present, 40 episodes). He received AACTA Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Acting in a Comedy.
His filmography includes Darkness Falls (2003), Footy Legends (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009, as the Bull suit performer), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010, as Jutt, voice), 100 Bloody Acres (2012), The Mule (2014, as Ray Jenkins — which he also co-wrote and co-directed), Now Add Honey (2015), Winchester (2018), Mortal Kombat (2021, as Goro, voice), Next Goal Wins (2023), and Bump: A Christmas Film (2025). On television he has appeared in Greeks on the Roof (2003), The Secret Life of Us (2004), Underbelly (2008), Shut Eye (2016–2017, 20 episodes), Nightflyers (2018), The Walking Dead (2019), The Stand (2021), Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021, as Hap, voice), Bump (2021–2024, 45 episodes), Our Flag Means Death (2022, as King George), Koala Man (2023, 8 episodes), and Heartbreak High (2024, as Timothy Voss, 8 episodes). His most recent credit is Deep Water (2026, as Dan).
Known for
The Walking Dead
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Fargo
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.
Mad Max: Fury Road
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
Underbelly
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.
NCIS: Sydney
The brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
Insidious
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Mortal Kombat
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
No Activity
Set against the backdrop of a major drug cartel bust, the series follows two low-level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together, two criminals who are largely kept in the dark, two dispatch workers who haven't really clicked and two Mexican tunnelers who are in way too small a space considering they've only just met.
Deep Water
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.
Our Flag Means Death
After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.
Insidious: The Last Key
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
Insidious: Chapter 2
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.