Sam Reid (actor)

Sam Reid
Reid at TIFF 2013
Born (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987
New South Wales, Australia
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (2010)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–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 three 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).