Samuel Atwell was born on the 6th April, 1979 in Nambour, and went to Indonesia for 6 years. His family headed back to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane. He has always had a passion for acting & pursued speech & drama courses throughout school. He actually did some work with Channel 7 at the end of primary school, Children's TV for 'Unicef' & he also completed a short film made for television. In Grade 11, with the help of teachers & other students he formed a theatre company through the school. The theatre company produced plays such as 'Property of the Clan', 'All Stops out' and 'Dags'. Atwell was also credited being the first drama captain in his school's history. After high school he attended Queensland University of Technology where he completed a BA in acting & then moved to Sydney after finishing at the age of 20! His credits include 'City Loop' an independent film completed while at Uni, 'The Wayne Manifesto', 'All Saints' & the Hal McElroy film 'Mr Reliable'. Atwell finished a film called 'Acting Out' with Lara Cox before returning to Home & Away to take up the role of "Kane Phillips". In his spare time, Atwell loves going to the movies, reading, writing and is trying to produce a short film this year (2004-05) as well as working on his own Theatre & Film Company. He has produced his own plays including 'Savage/Love' which he co-produced & starred in alongside former Home & Awayer Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen & Leah Pappin.
