Angus Sampson is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances as Tucker in the Insidious film series, Ray Jenkins in The Mule (2014), the Organic Mechanic in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Bear Gerhardt in the second season of Fargo, Dom Chalmers in Bump (2021-present) and Cisco in The Lincoln Lawyer (2022-present).

Early life Sampson was born in Sydney, and was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill and at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He graduated from the AWARD School in 2002.

Career Acting Sampson's acting career launched in 1996 with the role as Dylan Lewis's sidekick on Recovery, an ABC youth music show. Later television jobs include roles on The Secret Life of Us, The 10:30 Slot, and Greeks on the Roof. and as Ali in an episode of Stingers. He has appeared as a performer on the improvised show Thank God You're Here. In 2007, Sampson portrayed television personality Ugly Dave Gray in the television film The King which examines the life of Australian TV legend Graham Kennedy. In the same year, he also appeared in Wilfred. The following year he played Leonardo da Vinci in the children's television series Time Trackers and Michael Thorneycroft in the three final episodes of Underbelly.

In 2010, Sampson helped his friend and fellow former Recovery presenter Leigh Whannell develop a horror film called Insidious. The film was released in September 2010, with Whannell and Sampson playing "comical low-tech paranormal investigators" Specs and Tucker, roles they have reprised in the film's three follow-ups. Sampson was a special guest juror at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival, and host of the 2010 IF Awards, broadcast on SBS TV.

Sampson has since played a diverse array of film roles. In the same year as Insidious, he was the suit actor for the role of Bull in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are.

In 2015, Sampson starred on the second season of the FX show Fargo, playing the character Bear Gerhardt. He starred as "Ozzy" in The Walking Dead.

Since 2022, Sampson has played the lead role of investigator Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski in the Netflix drama series The Lincoln Lawyer, based on the novel of the same name and written by Michael Connelly.

Radio Sampson was an occasional co-host of Australian radio show Get This with Tony Martin on Triple M. Sampson was a founding member of The Forbidden Fruit, an experimental troupe whose only performance was a risque interpretation of Mad Max 2 they performed on late night radio, in which Angus played The Lord Humongous, who turned out to be quite proficient with the jazz flute. Sampson has also been a presenter on RRR's Breakfasters program. In addition, Sampson was also the un-credited host of the cult classic late-night radio show The Lonely Hearts Club, a deadpan comedy series which ran on ABC Radio National in early 2011 in which Sampson appeared under the pseudonym Richard Silk.Australian Tumbleweeds

Filmography Film Year Title Role NotesRef. 1998 Dags Prozac 1999 Smile & Wave Ray Short film2003 Stevo Short film Darkness Falls Raymond "Ray" Winchester Razor Eaters Syksey 2005 You and Your Stupid Mate Jeffrey 2006 Kokoda Dan Footy Legends Lloydy 2007 Feeling Lonely? Rob Short film Rats and Cats Robber 2009 Judas Short film Jonathan Short film Celestial Avenue Ah Gong Short film Where the Wild Things Are The Bull Suit Performer 2010 I Love You Too Thug Pop Man Short film Summer Coda Franky Tanner Insidious Tucker Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Jutt (voice) Animated feature film2011 It's him... Terry Lim! Director Short documentary film There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake Father Short film Post Apocalyptic Man Barfly Tender Max Teddy Jim Attack Soldier 2012 100 Bloody Acres Lindsay Morgan 2013 Blinder Franky Insidious: Chapter 2 Tucker 2014 The Mule Ray Jenkins Also co-writer, co-director and producer2015 Now Add Honey Mick Croyston Mad Max: Fury Road Organic Mechanic Insidious: Chapter 3Tucker 2018 Insidious: The Last Key Benji Titus Weld Winchester John Hansen 2021 Mortal Kombat Goro (voice) 2022Thor: Love and ThunderScene deleted2023 Insidious: The Red Door Tucker Next Goal Wins Angus Bendleton 2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Organic Mechanic 2025Bump: A Christmas FilmDom Chalmers2026Deep Water DanThey Will Kill You The P.I.

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 1996–2000 Recovery Co-Host Various episodes 2001, 2002 Blue Heelers Glenn Rossiter / Tony Costa 2 episodes 2002 Short Cuts DJ Episode: "What a Feeling"2003 Stingers Ali Episode: "Cul-De-Sac" Greeks on the Roof Dimi 11 episodes 2004, 2005 The Secret Life of Us Video Shop Guy / Tyrone 2 episodes 2006–2009 Thank God You're Here Himself 11 episodes2007 Wilfred Cyros Episode: "Dog Eat Dog" The King Ugly Dave Gray TV film Chandon Pictures Bevan 2 episodes2008 Underbelly Michael Thorneycroft 3 episodes Time Trackers Leonardo da Vinci Episode: "Da Vinci" 2010 The Librarians Xavier Fisher 4 episodes 2010–2011 Spirited Zach Hannigan 15 episodes2012 Beaconsfield Brett 'Cress' Cresswell TV film Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Allan Johnston 2 episodes Beaconsfield Brett 'Cress' Cresswell TV film 2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Patrick Bowring TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2014 Party Tricks Wayne Duffy 6 episodes 2015 Fargo Bear Gerhardt 9 episodes 2016–2017 Shut Eye Fonso Marks 20 episodes2018 Nightflyers Rowan Main role Voltron: Legendary Defender Ranveig (voice) Episode: "Kral Zera" Drunk History Hughes Episode: "Death"2019 The Walking Dead Ozzy 2 episodes No Activity Chief 6 episodes2021 The Stand Garvey Episode: "The House of the Dead" Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Hap (voice) 3 episodes 2021–24 Bump Dom Chalmers 45 episodes 2022–present The Lincoln Lawyer Dennis 'Cisco' Wojciechowski 40 episodes2022 Our Flag Means Death King George 3 episodes Reservation Dogs Chemist Episode: "This is Where the Plot Thickens" 2023 Koala Man General Peckmeister, Wizened Garbage Man and various characters 8 episodes 2024 Heartbreak High Timothy Voss 8 episodes 2026 NCIS: Sydney Lee Meyers 3 episodes

Stage Year Title Role NotesRef. 1996 Theatresports – The Best of 1996 Show The Comedy Store, Petersham 2003 Mojo The Store Room, Melbourne 2004 Happy New The Store Room, Melbourne 2005 Playing the Victim Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne

Accolades Year Award Category Film ResultRef.2014 AACTA Award Best Supporting Actor100 Bloody Acres AFCA Awards Best Supporting Actor Best Actor The Mule

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Angus Sampson Creative Representation CV