
Sam Trammell
Biography
Sam Trammell (born 29 January, 1969) is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for starring as Sam Merlotte in the vampire series "True Blood". He's a graduate from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the Sorbonne, Paris, France, with a Bachelor of Arts in Semiotics.
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Acting History
2025
Blue Eyed Girl as Harrison
2025The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story as Carl Thompson
202472 Hours
2024ReEntry as Lucas Bello
2023Big George Foreman as Rev. Virdell Stokes
2023Organ Trail as Logan
2023Pursued as Jack
2022The Rookie: Feds as SSA Neal Wizaro
2022Unsilenced as Daniel Davis
2022The Tiger Rising as Robert Horton Sr.
2021American Refugee as Winter
2020It's Time as Coach Billy Brewer
2019Reckoning as Leo Doyle
20193 Days with Dad as Dr. Rabinowitz
2019I See You as Todd
2019Breakthrough as Dr. Kent Sutterer
2019Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Carson Drew
2019The Order as Eric Clarke
2018Hospitality as Cam
2018The Big Promise as O'Connor
2017Say You Will as Dean Hall
20163 Generations as Matthew
2016This Is Us as Ben
2016Imperium as Gerry Conrad
2016The Track as Scott
2016I Am Wrath as Det. Gibson
2015Chicago Med as Walter Macron
2015All Mistakes Buried as Sonny
2015Cocked as Richard Paxson
2014Me as David
2014True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps as Self
2014The Fault in Our Stars as Michael Lancaster
2014After the Fall as Lee
2013White Rabbit as Darrell
2013The Privileged as Preston Westwood
2013Crazy Kind of Love as Jeff
2012The Details as Chris (uncredited)
2012Guns, Girls and Gambling as Sheriff Cowley
2008Childrens Hospital as Denizen Stoop
2008True Blood as Sam Merlotte
2008Free Radio as Self
2007Aliens vs Predator: Requiem as Tim
2007What If God Were the Sun? as Jeff
2006Dexter as Matt Chambers
2006Justice
2005Bones as Ken Thompson
2005Numb3rs as Thomas Gill
2005Medium as Dr. Brian Seward
2004Anonymous Rex as Vincent Rubio
2004House as Ethan Hartig
2004CSI: NY as Charles Wright
2004The Last Full Measure
2003Cold Case as Porter Rawley (1981)
2003Undermind as Derrick Hall / Zane Waye
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Gray Vanderhoven
2001Going to California as Kevin "Space" Lauglin
2000Followers as John Dietrich
2000Autumn in New York as Simon
2000Strong Medicine as Kiko Ellsworth
2000Fear of Fiction as Red / Tom Hopkins
2000Beat as Lee
1999Judging Amy as Marty Levine
1998Trinity as Liam McCallister
1998Maximum Bob as Sonny Dupree
1998Wrestling with Alligators as Will
1996Childhood's End as Greg Chute
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame









