Sam Underwood


Sam Lewis Underwood is an English actor who portrayed the twins Luke and Mark Gray in the Fox thriller drama The Following, and Jake Otto in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead.

Early life and education

Underwood was born in Woking, Surrey and attended the Winston Churchill School. He trained at the Karen Clarke Theatre Group, was taught by vocal coach Phil Wisdom and attended Songtime Theatre Arts.
He moved to the United States in October 2006 where he studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He graduated in February 2008.
He co-founded the Fundamental Theater Project in New York with Nicola Murphy in April 2010.

Career

While appearing as Marchbanks in George Bernard Shaw's Candida at the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, in April 2010, Underwood was asked to play the part of Alan Strang in a production of Equus at the John Drew Theatre, East Hampton, co-starring alongside Alec Baldwin.
In 2013, Underwood was cast in the eighth season of television series Dexter in the recurring role of Zach Hamilton, Dexter Morgan's "protégé". He subsequently joined the third season of Homeland as Leo Carras.
Beginning in February 2014, Underwood took on the dual roles of twins Mark and Luke Gray in the second season of the Fox murder mystery The Following. But after the death of Luke, he was left playing Mark - who had split identities - in its third and final season.
As of 2017, Underwood joined the cast of the hit AMC thriller series Fear the Walking Dead in its third season as Jake Otto, the enigmatic son of the colony leader.
In 2019, Underwood was cast as Adam Carrington in The CW television series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the same name.

Personal life

Underwood married actress Valorie Curry in July 2016.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre