Sam Campbell is an Australian stand-up comedian and actor who performs live stand-up comedy, as well as creating online comedy shows. He made a short comedy series which was broadcast on Comedy Central Australia, and appeared as a guest on ABC TV’s The Checkout. He won the Best Newcomer award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2015, and the Most Outstanding Show award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2018. In 2022, he won the Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, for his show entitled Comedy Show. This same year, he was also a writer and actor on the cult TV show Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. In 2023, Comedy Show was also nominated in the Best Stand-up category at the UK National Comedy Awards. Campbell was confirmed as a contestant on the sixteenth series of long-running Channel 4 comedy gameshow Taskmaster. In February 2024, Campbell was nominated in the Best TV Comic category and Best Breakthrough Act category at the Chortle Awards.[16] He won in the Best Breakthrough Act category and was voted Comedian's Comedian by his peers. British Comedy Guide revealed Campbell is piloting a Channel 4 series called Make That Movie!, in which he will create films based on the dreams of strangers.

Filmography

• 2026Greg Larsen: Where's My Fucken Money? — Thanks
• Make That Movie — Sam, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer, Story
• New Zealand Spy — Pellet
• 2025Chess Ham — Self, Director, Editor, VFX Artist
• 2025Grandmaster-level baddie Sam Campbell being ‘somewhat’ foolish @ Bill Murray comedy club — Self, Director, Writer
• 2025Straight Line
• 2024Alien Love — Armorer
• 2024Beautiful Generations — Self, Writer
• Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee — Self - Assistant, Writer
• 202370% — Andrew, Writer
• 2023Gympie — Jared Meadle
• 2023The 2IC — Candidate
• Don't Hug Me I'm Scared — Green Apple (voice), Red Guy's ID Card (voice), Writer
• 2022Red Flag — Writer
• 2022Sam Campbell: Companion — Writer
• 2022Ultromedia Please — Spiderbite95, Director, Writer, Animation
• Bloods — Darrell
• The Moth Effect — Mitch Daniels
• 2020The Trough @ Lyric Hyperion — The Performer, Writer
• 2019Get Real Dude — Self, Creator, Director, Writer, Compositor, 3D Animator, Editor
• Nippers — Creator
• Stath Lets Flats — Nile
• 2016Red Christmas — Cletus
• 2013Heidi Fires Everyone — Ashley

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2026The Big Fat Quiz of Telly — Self - Panelist
• What Have You Done? With Chi + Lucas — Self
• LOL: Last One Laughing UK — Self
• Sam Pang Tonight — Self - Guest Announcer
• Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee — Self
• Live at the Moth Club — Self - Live Performer
• Blankety Blank — Self - Panellist
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Panellist
• Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains — Self - Guest
• The Hundred with Andy Lee — Self - Panellist
• Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival — Self
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
• Taskmaster NZ — Self (voice)
• House of Games — Self - Panellist
• Taskmaster: Champion of Champions — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• Taskmaster — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Self - Dictionary Corner
• Would I Lie to You? — Self, Self - Panellist
• QI — Self