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Samuel Greco is an American actor and Actors' Equity Association member based in London, England.1 A former Division-1 college quarterback from Topeka, Kansas,2 he trained at LAMDA and the Actors Studio Drama School before building a transatlantic stage and screen career. He appeared in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) as one of the Firefighters (1904) in the film's opening historical flashback sequence.3
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Greco grew up in Topeka, Kansas, where he played American football at a high level, going on to compete as a Division-1 quarterback.2 He earned a BS in Life Sciences from Kansas State University before pivoting to a career in the performing arts.1
His formal actor training spans both sides of the Atlantic. He completed an MFA in Acting at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City, an MA in Classical Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and an MA in Filmmaking at the University for the Creative Arts in England.1 That combination of American conservatory and British classical training, unusual for a late-career entrant coming from collegiate athletics, grounded him in both the New York naturalist tradition and the London classical canon.
Greco's stage work includes classical productions in London theatre, among them roles in Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Henry VI, as well as contemporary pieces.1 Off-Broadway, he appeared at 3LD in productions including The Author's Voice and The Slave.1
On screen, he is a series regular in the web series Someone New, a performance that earned him a Best Actor nomination at the 2019 Austin Revolution Film Festival.1 His television credits include a co-starring role as Officer Quincy in Black Cake (Hulu, 2023)3 and an appearance in Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies, & Scandal (Netflix, 2024).3 At the time of writing he has wrapped a recurring role on an Apple TV+ series and a role on a Paramount+ series, though those projects have not yet been publicly identified. His film work includes lead roles in The Ryan Allen Incident, Another Round, and Bitter Motives, supporting roles in Bookends and Immaterial, and his studio feature appearance in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.3
Greco holds a U.K. work visa and maintains local hire eligibility in New York City.1 He is represented by Mondi Associates Ltd.1
Greco appears in the film's opening sequence, set in mid-July 1904.4 He plays one of the firefighters from Hook and Ladder Company 8 who respond to an emergency at the Manhattan Adventurers Society in New York City.4 Entering a frozen ballroom, the crew discovers an armored woman, Dadi, the last living descendant of the Fire Masters, who has just resealed the ancient entity Garraka inside the Orb of Garraka.4 The sequence functions as the film's historical prologue, establishing how Garraka was first captured and laying the groundwork for the main plot. The fire captain in the same sequence is played by Stephen Whitfield.4
The Fire Masters were an ancient order of roving spirit catchers who, thousands of years earlier, first shattered the Death Chill and imprisoned Garraka inside the orb using fire and brass;4 the 1904 scene shows the aftermath of one such resealing before the orb is lost to history.
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Samuel Greco, professional resume. Actors Access (accessed June 13, 2026). https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/SAMUELGRECO ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8
KSNT 27 News, "Samuel Greco shares his story on acting from Topeka to London." https://www.ksnt.com/fox-43/samuel-greco-shares-his-story-on-acting-from-topeka-to-london/ (accessed June 13, 2026). ↩ ↩2
"Samuel Greco," IMDb (accessed June 13, 2026). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12276392/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), directed by Gil Kenan. Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5