Athlone actor enjoy's high-profile Fair City stint

Athlone actor, Peter (Sam) Corry, who recently joined the cast of RTÉ 1"s flagship soap opera, "Fair City", is to return to the series for some further storylines later this summer. Peter was brought in to play the character, Robert, for a story on "Fair City" about six weeks ago. The character is a physiotherapist, who apparently has Asperger syndrome, and who basically finds social situations difficult. He was introduced as the cousin of the doctor character, Brendan, who is now facing a murder charge. Brendan"s situation wasn"t helped by the over honesty of Peter"s character, Robert, who has a firm moral streak. Robert has also had a lot of screen time with Cleo, the girl who works in the bistro, and who is played by Jenny Kavanagh. Last week Peter and Jenny, were interviewed about their character"s burgeoning relationship in a cover story feature of the RTÉ Guide. Because there is another Irish actor named Peter Corry, the Athlone lad decided early on in his career to call himself Sam Corry - and as Sam Corry, he has enjoyed a wide-ranging acting career. Athlone"s Peter, who is a native of Garnafailagh, fell into acting by accident, while studying psychology at NUI, Galway, when he decided to go for an audition with the college"s DramSoc production of the musical, "Blood Brothers". 'I played Sammy, the third brother, and many thought I was so good at playing that part, that they continued calling me Sam long after the production ended,' said Peter laughing. 'That probably helped me decide later to choose the name Sam as my career name because I was used to being called Sam anyway.' Peter is the son of Tony and Triona Corry, Garnafailagh, Athlone, and he has two sisters, Rachel and Fiona and one brother, Brian. He is also a past pupil of Marist College, Athlone. He was in the original cast of RTÉ"s medical drama series, "The Clinic", playing Alex, and stayed on board with the series for its first three seasons, before leaving to pursue further training abroad. He has recently completed two feature films, "Situations Vacant" and "Ghost Machine", both of which will be released later this year. Peter will be back filming "Fair City" next week, and his new storyline will be aired later this summer. When asked about what the new storyline will entail, Peter said he is left in the dark about future plots, but that it may include further shenanigans between Robert and Cleo. 'I"m having a ball working on the programme - they are a really great crew to work with', said Peter.