Cameron Cuffe
Born (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31)
Hammersmith, London, England
Citizenship
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Cameron Cuffe (born 5 April 1993)[2] is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Gino in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), William Shannon in the ITV series The Halcyon (2017), and Seg-El in the Syfy series Krypton (2018–2019).

Early life

Cuffe was born in West London to an English mother and an American father of Irish and Italian descent. His Irish paternal family are from Waterford and Tramore.[3] He spent some of his teen years in Boston. At 18 he moved to Ireland and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2014.[4]

Career

Cuffe began his professional career in London , appearing in the Park Theatre production of The Vertical Hour[5] as Dennis Dutton and the Donmar Warehouse production of City of Angels as Peter Kingsley.[6][7]

Cuffe appeared in the 2016 biographical film Florence Foster Jenkins and had a recurring role in the 2017 ITV drama series The Halcyon.[8][9][10][11] After filming an episode of the 2017 ABC drama series Time After Time, Cuffe landed the lead role of Superman's grandfather Seg-El in the Syfy series Krypton, which premiered in March 2018.[12] In 2022 Cuffe portrayed Patrick in Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love for the BBC and Working Title as well as filming the upcoming adventure TV series Nautilus. In 2023 he returned to the stage in Dublin to play Brett in Nancy Harris's new play Somewhere Out There You at the Abbey Theatre.

Acting credits

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Home Made Charity Man Short film [13]
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Gino [13]
2017 The Halcyon William Shannon TV series (4 episodes) [13]
2017 Time After Time Henry Ayers TV series (Episode: "Picture Fades")
2018–2019 Krypton Seg-El TV series (Main role); Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series (2019) [12]
2022 Everything I Know About Love Patrick TV series (Episode: 7)
TBA Nautilus Pitt Upcoming TV series

Video games

Video games
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Steep Zack [13][14]
2017 Need for Speed Payback Voice Talent [13][15]

Stage

Stage
Year Title Role Location
2014 The Vertical Hour Park Theatre, London
City of Angels Peter Kingsley Donmar Warehouse, London
2023 Somewhere Out There You Male Lead - Brett Abbey Theatre, Dublin

References

  1. ^ Chahey, Ellen (9 September 2011). "From Osterville to Dublin, via Transylvania". The Barnstable Patriot. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ Cuffe, Cameron [@thecameroncuffe] (5 April 2021). "Wish this brooding bastard a happy birthday, will ya?" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Ganatra, Shilpa (25 August 2018). "Cameron Cuffe: 'I'd pretend to be Superman'". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Acting Profiles / Alumni 2014: Cameron Cuffe". The Lir. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. ^ "The Vertical Hour - Cast". Park Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ Collins, Stephen (22 December 2014). "Review: City Of Angels, Donmar Warehouse". britishtheatre.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. ^ Shenton, Mark (16 December 2014). "City of Angels, Starring Samantha Barks, Hadley Fraser, Opens at London's Donmar Warehouse". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Episode 4: The Halcyon". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (3 October 2016). "Syfy Casts Lead in Superman Prequel Pilot 'Krypton'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (3 October 2016). "Syfy's 'Krypton' Casts Superman's Grandfather". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  11. ^ Wong, Tony (16 March 2018). "What's it like to play Superman's grandfather? Surreal, says Cameron Cuffe". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  12. ^ a b Wagner, Curt (21 March 2018). "Patience Lands Cameron Cuffe on 'Krypton' After Long Journey". tvshowpatrol.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d e Berman, Nat (1 January 2018). "Five Things You Didn't Know about Cameron Cuffe". tvovermind.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ Ubisoft Annecy (2 December 2016). Steep. Ubisoft. Scene: Closing credits, 2m46s in, Actors/Characters.
  15. ^ Ghost Games (10 November 2017). Need for Speed Payback. Electronic Arts. Scene: Closing credits, 4m55s in, Voice Production, Voice Talent.

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