website birth_place othername nationality birth_date yearsactive article_title occupation
www , spotlight.com/1813-2228-1438 banbury , england douglas samuel waters english/american 17 june 1957 1984 -- present sam douglas
 actor
sam douglas

sam douglas -lrb- born 17 june 1957 -rrb- is an english-american actor best known for his role as private detective scott shelby in the playstation 3 video game `` heavy rain '' , as king herod in `` the bible '' miniseries for the history channel , and as rosebud in the movie `` snatch '' .
he has had several other roles in films and on stage .
his film appearances include `` batman '' , `` fight and revenge '' , `` the fifth element '' , `` eyes wide shut '' , `` derailed '' , `` perfume : the story of a murderer '' and `` columbiana '' .
-lrb- sam douglas -rrb- sam douglas was a member of the actors space in new york city under alan langdon -lrb- circle in the square , ny -rrb- .
he has a bfa in acting / directing from simpson college , iowa and the university of oklahoma drama school , usa .
sam has completed around 100 films and television .
many theatre productions for the uk and the usa and around the globe .
theatre credits include desire under the elms with colin firth at the greenwich theatre -lrb- london -rrb- , 5 productions at the royal national theatre including a streetcar named desire directed by trevor nunn , johnny on a spot and sweet bird of youth directed by richard eyre , the darker face of the earth , and raisin in the sun .
productions in the west end include richard eyre 's production of edmund by david mamet at the royal court theatre , trevor nunn 's production of porgy and bess at the savoy theatre -lrb- london -rrb- and stephen berkhoff 's production of on the water front .
over 30 television productions which includes the bible : series for the history channel , the dirty dozen : next mission , the painted lady , kavanagh qc , goodnight sweetheart , unnatural pursuits , jeeves and wooster , dr. finlay , adrian mole : the capuccino years , hiroshima , the edward r murrow story , codename : wolverine , the tenth kingdom , highlander , lexx , the equalizer , to be the best , magic moments , dirty dozen : deadly mission and last days of patton .
sam douglas , real name is douglas samuel waters is also a theatre director from the actors space in new york and runs professional method acting workshops in london and oxford , based on the stanislavski system under alan langdon at the the circle-in-the-square theatre in new york city .
he received a bachelor of fine arts in acting from simpson college , iowa , and in directing from the oklahoma city university school of drama .
at both places of study he was under the tutorship of alan langdon .
douglas was also a member of the actors space in new york city .
