Hello, I’m Samuel Lee Roberts.

I am an actor/producer working and living in New York City.

In 2019, I retired from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater after a decade of traveling and performing across the globe. I have had the great fortune to have a career in concert dance that has spanned two decades! Now, it is time for me to focus on my first love: acting.

I attended The Juilliard School and in 1999 I became a founding member of the Battleworks Dance Company, where I worked closely with Robert Battle until 2009.

While working with Mr. Battle, I had the great fortune of having the solo “In/Side” created on me. “In/Side” would go on to be the greatest vehicle in my dance career, largely responsible for everything that would come next…

In 2009, I auditioned for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and to my great delight received a contract. I am forever indebted to Ms. Judith Jamison for hiring me. As luck would have it, Mr. Battle became the artistic director of Ailey several years later. Over the next seven years, I got to work alongside Mr. Battle and travel the globe as a “United States Cultural Ambassador to the World.”

During the pandemic, I had the incredible opportunity to star in and executive produce the Award Winning “Forgotten Song” https://www.forgottensongfilm.com/ , a short film. I eagerly anticipate the next twenty year journey as an actor/producer. I hope to work with many of you.