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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 Kinison
Sam Kinison (Samuel Burl Kinison, 1953–1992), American stand-up comedian and former Pentecostal preacher, pioneer of screaming "rage comedy," Grammy-nominated for Louder Than Hell, killed in a 1992 car crash near Needles, California.
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 Levinson
Sam Levinson (Samuel Levinson, born 1985), American screenwriter-director, son of Barry Levinson; creator/showrunner of HBO's Euphoria and The Idol, writer-director of Another Happy Day, Assassination Nation, and Malcolm & Marie.
Sam Levy (cinematographer)
Sam Levy is an American cinematographer of Wendy and Lucy, Frances Ha, and Lady Bird, trained under Harris Savides and Eric Rohmer, known for naturalistic, character-driven indie cinematography and a 2021 Raindance Award for Mayday.
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 Malone
Sam "Mayday" Malone is the fictional former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher and recovering alcoholic who owns the bar in NBC's Cheers (1982–1993), played by Ted Danson; he reappeared on Frasier in 1995.
Sam McCurdy
Sam McCurdy, ASC, BSC, is a British cinematographer known for The Descent, Doomsday, and Dog Soldiers, and for shooting five episodes of FX's Shōgun (2024), winning the 2024 Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series for "Crimson Sky".
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 Mendes
Sam Mendes (born 1965) is a British stage and film director, Oscar winner for American Beauty, former Donmar Warehouse artistic director, director of Skyfall, Spectre, 1917, and the four-film Beatles biopic project.
Sam Milby
Sam Milby (Samuel Lloyd Lacia Milby, born 1984, Troy, Ohio) is a Filipino-American actor and singer who rose to fame on Pinoy Big Brother (2005), starred in Maging Sino Ka Man and The Gifted, earned a Gawad Urian Best Actor nomination for Third World Happy, and has released four solo albums.
Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)
Sam Mitchell (Samantha Mitchell, formerly Butcher and Hunter) is a fictional EastEnders character, Peggy Mitchell's daughter and Phil and Grant's sister, played by Danniella Westbrook then Kim Medcalf, appearing 1990–2026.
Sam Morelos
Sam Morelos (Samantha Morelos), Filipino-American actor, plays Nikki Velasco in Netflix's That '90s Show and stars as Abby Flores in Hulu's Summer of 69, their 2025 feature debut.
Sam Morril
Sam Morril (born 1986, Chelsea, Manhattan) is a New York stand-up comedian with seven specials including Same Time Tomorrow (Netflix, 2022) and You've Changed (2024), co-host of the podcast We Might Be Drunk with Mark Normand, and a cameo player in Joker (2019).
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 Pang
Sam Pang (born 1973, Melbourne) is an Australian comedian and TV and radio presenter, Eurovision co-host 2009-2017, Logies host 2023-2025, host of Sam Pang Tonight on Network 10, and 2026 Gold Logie winner.
Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah (David Samuel Peckinpah, 1925-1984), American film director from Fresno, California, maker of The Wild Bunch and five other Westerns, known for slow-motion violence, multi-camera action, and battles with studios over re-edited films.
Sam Pepper
Sam Pepper (Samuel Nicholas Pepper, born 1989, Ashford, Kent) is an English internet personality and Big Brother 11 UK contestant known for prank videos, the 2014 Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank controversy, the 2015 Killing Best Friend Prank, and his 2025 Kick ban after a Delhi fireworks injury.
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi (born 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan) is the American director of the Evil Dead films, the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy, Darkman, Drag Me to Hell, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Sam Reich
Sam Reich (born 1984, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and CEO of Dropout, formerly CollegeHumor, which he bought from IAC for $0 in 2020; he hosts Game Changer and Make Some Noise.
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 Riegel
Sam Riegel (born 1976) is an American voice actor, Emmy-winning voice director, and Critical Role cast member; voices Scanlan Shorthalt, Phoenix Wright, Donatello, and Teddie.
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 Seaborn
Sam Seaborn is a fictional Deputy White House Communications Director on NBC's The West Wing (1999–2006), played by Rob Lowe, originally the show's intended lead character and widely read as modeled on George Stephanopoulos.