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Sam Edwards
Sam Edwards (1915-2004), American character actor; voice of adult Thumper in Bambi, Dexter Franklin on radio's Meet Corliss Archer, and banker Bill Anderson on Little House on the Prairie.
Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott (Samuel Pack Elliott), American actor born 1944 in Sacramento, California, known for his deep voice, horseshoe moustache, and Western roles in Tombstone, The Big Lebowski, 1883, and Oscar-nominated A Star Is Born.
Sam Hazeldine
Sam Hazeldine (Samuel Hazeldine, born 1972, Hammersmith, London) is a British actor and composer, ex-RADA and singer of band Mover, known as Adar in The Rings of Power and for Slow Horses, Peaky Blinders and Masters of the Air.
Sam Heughan
Sam Heughan (born 1980, Dumfries and Galloway) is a Scottish actor known for Jamie Fraser in Outlander (2014-2026, 101 episodes) and founder of the fitness-charity community My Peak Challenge.
Sam Hoare (actor)
Sam Hoare (born 1981), British actor, writer and director; known for Bert & Dickie, Having You (which he wrote and directed), Grace, Outlander, and writing on The English Game and Rivals.
Sam Huntington
Sam Huntington (born 1982) is an American actor from Peterborough, New Hampshire, known for Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns, Josh in Syfy's Being Human, Jungle 2 Jungle, Detroit Rock City, and The Expanse's Solomon Epstein.
Sam J. Jones
Sam J. Jones (born 1954, Chicago) is the American actor who played Flash Gordon in the 1980 cult film; also known for Code Red, Stargate SG-1, and self-cameos in Ted and Ted 2. Distinct from the composer, musician, filmmaker, and photographer namesakes.
Sam Jaeger
Sam Jaeger (Samuel Heath Jaeger, born 1977, Perrysburg, Ohio) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Joel Graham on Parenthood and Mark Tuello on The Handmaid's Tale, and for writing, directing, and starring in Take Me Home (2011).
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe (Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984) was an American character actor, not the producer or journalist of the same name, known for Gunga Din, Lost Horizon, The Asphalt Jungle, and Dr. Zorba on Ben Casey.
Sam Jones III
Sam Jones III, born Samuel L. Jones III in 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American actor best known as Pete Ross on Smallville, also appearing in Glory Road.
Sam Kelly
Sam Kelly (Roger Michael Kelly, 1943–2014), English character actor known for Bunny Warren in Porridge and Captain Hans Geering in 'Allo 'Allo!, also a Mike Leigh collaborator and Croydon Warehouse co-founder.
Sam Lerner
Sam Lerner (born 1992) is an American actor, son of Ken Lerner, best known as Geoff Schwartz on ABC's The Goldbergs (2013–2023) and as the voice of Chowder in Monster House; also Envy, Project Almanac, Truth, or Dare.
Sam Lloyd
Sam Lloyd (1963–2020), also Samuel Lloyd Jr., American character actor and musician; played lawyer Ted Buckland in 95 episodes of Scrubs, Dr. Albert Goldfine on Desperate Housewives, nephew of Christopher Lloyd, singer with The Blanks.
Sam McMurray
Sam McMurray (born 1952, New York City) is an American character actor known for Glen in Raising Arizona, The Tracey Ullman Show, voicing Roy on Dinosaurs, and Supervisor O'Boyle on The King of Queens.
Sam Neill
Sam Neill, born Nigel John Dermot Neill, was a New Zealand actor known for playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993) across five decades of film.
Sam Nivola
Sam Nivola (Samuel John Nivola), born 2003 in London, is a British-American actor, son of Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola, known for White Noise, Maestro, The Perfect Couple, and Lochlan Ratliff in The White Lotus season 3.
Sam Palladio
Sam Palladio (born 1986, Pembury, Kent) is an English actor-musician who played Gunnar Scott on ABC's Nashville (2012–2018), starred in Netflix's Princess Switch trilogy, and records as a solo country-folk artist.
Sam Reid (actor)
Sam Reid (born 1987, New South Wales) is an Australian actor, LAMDA graduate, known for Belle, '71, The Newsreader's Dale Jennings, and as Lestat de Lioncourt in AMC's Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat (2026).
Sam Richardson (actor)
Sam Richardson (Samuel Richardson), American actor-comedian born 1984 in Detroit; Veep's Richard Splett, co-creator of Detroiters with Tim Robinson, and 2023 Emmy winner as Edwin Akufo in Ted Lasso.
Sam Riley
Sam Riley (born 1980, Leeds) is a British actor and former singer of the band 10,000 Things, known for his award-winning debut as Ian Curtis in Control (2007), On the Road, the Maleficent films, and Islands (2025); distinct from a photographer and a camera technician of the same name.
Sam Robards
Sam Prideaux Robards (born 1961) is an American actor, son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, known for American Beauty, A.I., The West Wing, and his 2002 Tony-nominated Broadway turn in The Man Who Had All the Luck.
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell, born 1968, in Daly City, California, is an American character actor and Oscar winner for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Emmy-nominated for Fosse/Verdon and The White Lotus, and Tony-nominated for American Buffalo.
Sam Sarpong
Sam Sarpong (Samuel Osei Sarpong, Jr., 1975–2015), London-born model, actor, and MTV presenter; face of Tommy Hilfiger for six years and co-host of Yo Momma; brother of June Sarpong; died in Pasadena in 2015.
Sam Sorbo
Sam Sorbo (Sandra Jenkins, born 1964 or 1966, Pittsburgh) is an American actress, producer, author, and radio host of The Sam Sorbo Show, known for Hercules, Chicago Hope, Let There Be Light, and homeschooling advocacy.
Sam Trammell
Sam Trammell (born 1969, New Orleans) is an American actor, Tony nominee for Ah, Wilderness!, best known as shapeshifter Sam Merlotte on HBO's True Blood (2008–2014), later in The Fault in Our Stars, Homeland, and Euphoria season 3.
Sam Troughton
Sam (Sam John) Troughton, born 1977 in Hampstead, London, is an English actor, son of David Troughton and grandson of Second Doctor Who Patrick Troughton. RSC regular (Romeo, Brutus, Edmund); known for Much in Robin Hood, Akimov in Chernobyl, Mank, Napoleon.
Sam Underwood
Sam Lewis Underwood (born 1987, Woking, England) is an English actor known for twin killers Mark and Luke Gray in The Following, Jake Otto in Fear the Walking Dead, and Adam Carrington in Dynasty, plus New York theatre work.
Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston (born November 15, 1940, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American stage, film, and television actor, also credited as Samuel Atkinson Waterston, known for Jack McCoy on Law & Order (1994–2024, 405 episodes), the Oscar-nominated The Killing Fields, and Shakespeare stage work.
Sam Witwer
Sam Witwer (Samuel Stewart Witwer, born 1977) is an American actor and musician, the voice of Darth Maul since 2012 and of Starkiller in The Force Unleashed, also known for Being Human, Smallville, and Battlestar Galactica.
Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington (born 1976) is an Australian actor, NIDA graduate, and star of Jake Sully in James Cameron's Avatar franchise, plus Terminator Salvation and Clash of the Titans.