Sam Reid is an Australian actor. He was born on 19 February 1987 in New South Wales, Australia. He relocated to London, England where he graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as the 'star' student in 2010. During his final semester at LAMDA, he was cast in Anonymous (2011). He has worked with some of the biggest names in the British film industry including Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson and Miranda Richardson.
Reid is best known for playing Lestat de Lioncourt in the AMC drama series Interview with the Vampire (2022–2024) and its continuation The Vampire Lestat (2026), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. He received four AACTA Award nominations for his leading roles in The Newsreader (2021–2025) and Lambs of God (2019). Reid also played John Davinier in Belle (2013) and Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt in The Riot Club (2014).
