▁ ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : B rit ish ▁male ▁television ▁actors ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁British ▁male ▁actors ▁Category : 1 9 9 2 ▁birth s <0x0A> </s> ▁Sam ▁Craig ie ▁( born ▁ 2 9 ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 3 ) ▁is ▁an ▁English ▁professional ▁s no oker ▁player ▁from ▁New castle . ▁He ▁enjoyed ▁a ▁successful ▁junior ▁career ▁before ▁turning ▁professional ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁Craig ie ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 / 2 0 1 2 ▁Main ▁Tour ▁after ▁winning ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁I BS F ▁World ▁Under ▁ 2 1 ▁Championships . ▁He ▁defeated ▁his ▁brother ▁Stephen ▁ 7 – 6 ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁before ▁be ating ▁Li ▁H ang ▁ 9 – 8 ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁to ▁secure ▁the ▁title . ▁▁ 2 0 1 1 / 2 0 1 2 ▁season ▁In ▁his ▁debut ▁season ▁on ▁the ▁s no oker ▁tour ▁he ▁was ▁un rank ed ▁and ▁therefore ▁needed ▁to ▁win ▁four ▁qual ifying ▁matches ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁main ▁draw s ▁of ▁the ▁ranking ▁events . ▁He ▁won ▁two ▁matches ▁in ▁attempts ▁to ▁reach ▁both ▁the ▁Australian ▁Gold fields ▁Open ▁and ▁German ▁Masters ▁respectively ▁and ▁had ▁his ▁best ▁set ▁of ▁results ▁in ▁qual ifying ▁for ▁the ▁China ▁Open , ▁where ▁he ▁beat ▁Adam ▁W iche ard , ▁Li u ▁Song ▁and ▁Ger ard ▁Gre ene , ▁before ▁losing ▁to ▁R icky ▁Wal den