Emmerdale's Samson Dingle, played by Sam Hall, is the son of Sam (James Hooton) and Alice Dingle (Ursula Holden-Gill).
Samson Dingle has been played by four actors, with Sam Hall taking over the role of Samson Dingle back in 2009 when he was just five years old, making him the longest actor to have held the role.
The character has also been played by other actors in the past, one being Ben Shooter, who was controversially sacked in 2008 for 'crying on set'.
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The youngster's mother slammed soap producer Anita Turner, claiming that he was treated like a 'prop' and that he had to film 'horrifying' scenes.
Samson has been involved in several major storylines throughout his time most notably when he became a father at the age of sixteen recently after Amelia Spencer gave birth to his daughter Esther following a one-night stand earlier in the year.
The character's behaviour has caused quite a stir of late after he's refused to have any involvement with the baby. Recent scenes saw Samson tell baby Esther that he is only there because he was forced to and he doesn’t want to be her dad so he won’t let her ruin his life, which caused outrage amongst viewers.
Thankfully, actor Sam Hall's life away from the camera's is less problematic. Here is everything we know about the soap star's life away from Emmerdale.
Sam Hall's surprising age
On-screen Samson Dingle is 16-years-old, the youngster arrived into the world on 12 January 2006.
In real life actor Sam is two years older than his Emmerdale persona and celebrated turning 18 this year.
He is familiar with Emmerdale’s iconic Yorkshire accent, as he is originally from Bradford in West Yorkshire.
Who else has played the role of Samson Dingle?
In total there have been four actors to play Samson Dingle, the role was originally held by Bradley Milnes originating in 2006.
Both he and Ben Shooter switched between the character in 2007 and 2008, the role was later held by Charlie Pell between 2008 and 2009.
There wasn’t a permanent actor holding the role of Samson Dingle until Sam Hall took over in 2009 and he has remained in the part ever since, making him the longest actor to have held the position.
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