Sam Poon
NYC based actor / musician
Sam (he/they) is a twenty something performer and artist who has amassed many stage and film credits since the young age of nine.
He was most recently seen as Ikaika in the world premiere of This Is Not A Drill at the York Theatre off Broadway, as well as Warren in the world premiere of Empire Records at the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey, based off the '90s cult classic film of the same name featuring a score by Zoe Sarnak. Over the years Sam has played principal roles in a range of shows onstage and on camera, including Macbeth, The King and I, and Sing Street on Broadway. Off-Broadway: Runaways, Sing Street, This Is Not A Drill. National Tours: Les Misérables, Billy Elliot. Regional: Syncopated Avenue, Empire Records, Oliver, Soldier Songs. Select Film & TV: FBI, Boychoir, Crazy Famous, Portraits in Dramatic Time, Generation Wrecks, “NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” and “The Today Show.”
Sam has a B.A. in Music Production & Engineering from Berklee College of Music.
Representation
Carson-Adler Agency, Inc. (NY)
(212) 307-1882
Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Theatrical
Innovative Artists - NY Young Talent (NY)
(212) 253-6900
SAG-AFTRA, Commercial, Print
HG 5 Entertainment (CA)
(818) 847-7571
SAG-AFTRA, Film/TV
Reviews
"The plot introduces high jinks in the form of a slippery shoplifter who calls himself Warren Beatty (Sam Poon, who tempers his character’s insouciance with genuine wit)." -Theater Mania
"Even younger and smaller than Billy is his flamboyant pal Michael, a role written to be a scene-stealer. That is exactly what Sam Poon did Tuesday night, particularly on the duet with Parets, 'Expressing Yourself.'" - Palm Beach Arts
"A boy (Sam Poon) delivers a class report on current events in which the grimmest of the day’s headlines bleed into synoptic accounts of a violent home life. " - New York Times
