Sam Reid (actor)

Sam Reid
Sam Reid in a black top with sparkling gemstones, on stage at San Diego Comic Con 2025
Reid in 2025
Born (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987
New South Wales, Australia
EducationLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (2010)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
PartnerPhilippa Northeast (2018–present)
RelativesRupert Reid (brother)

Sam Reid (born 19 February 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Lestat de Lioncourt in the AMC drama series Interview with the Vampire (2022–present), 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).