Sam Carne

Sam Carne arrives in Nampara as Ross Poldark's half-brother, a miner with a Methodist faith that shapes everything he does. Earnest and unworldly, he wants honest work, a chapel full of souls, and to do right by his family. He speaks plainly, prays often, and treats kindness as a discipline rather than a mood.

Tom York plays sincerity without making it soft; Sam's faith is a spine, not a quirk, and the show lets him be genuinely good in a world full of scheming without turning him into a joke. Against Cornwall's feuds and appetites, his steadiness reads as its own quiet, stubborn form of drama.