In 2009, Sam appeared in and co-directed the short film Crime Report for ITV Fixers.
In 2012, Barnard co-directed the music video for Rocky and the Natives' single "Oyster Girl".
[3] In the same year he starred in ITV's feature-length film drama The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane, performing alongside Paddy Considine and Olivia Colman.
Barnard was a member of the expert panel for The Undateables Masterclass at the 2013 Guardian International Television Festival in Edinburgh.
[7] Sam became the first actor with Down's Syndrome to star in a professional Pantomime as the Giant's Henchman in Jack and the Beanstalk at the RCC Theatre, Rye in 2017 [8]