Sam Underwood

Sam Underwood (born 4 August 1987) is a British actor who portrayed the twins Luke and Mark Gray in the Fox thriller drama The Following. As of 2017, he portrays Jake Otto in the hit AMC series Fear the Walking Dead. 2Early life and education Underwood was born in Woking, Surrey and attended the Winston Churchill School. He trained at the Karen Clarke Theatre Group (now Summerscales Performing Arts), 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. 2Career 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 Carra