Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in the HBO vampire series, True Blood, which saw him nominated for a 2009 Scream Award for "Breakout Performance - Male." He was part of the initial starring cast and remains a starring cast member for the fifth season.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 True Blood Accolades 3 Notes 4 Filmography 5 Image Gallery

Early lifeEdit

Sam Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was a child, his family moved to Charleston, West Virginia. Trammell graduated from George Washington High School. He furthered his studies at Brown University and the University of Paris.

CareerEdit

Sam Trammell has worked in theater, on-Broadway, off-Broadway, film and television. He is an accomplished New York stage actor whose credits include a Tony nominated performance in "Ah, Wilderness!" at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway, he starred in "Dealer's Choice (play)", "My Night With Reg", "If Memory Serves", "Ancestral Voices", and most recently, "Kit Marlowe" at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, where he received outstanding reviews. Trammell's big break came when he landed the role of "Sam Merlotte" on HBO series True Blood.

True Blood AccoladesEdit

• Nominated for the Scream Award for Breakout Performance – Male (season 1)
• Nominated for the Scream Award for Best Supporting Actor (season 2)

NotesEdit

• Sam's Twitter: @SamTrammell

FilmographyEdit

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	The Hotel Manor Inn	Nolan
	Childhood's End	Greg Chute
1998	Wrestling with Alligators	Will
2000	Beat	Lee
	Fear of Fiction	Red/Tom Hopkins
	Autumn in New York	Simon
	Followers	John Dietrich
2003	Undermind	Derrick Hall/Zane Waye
2004	The Last Full Measure	Unknown role
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	Tim
2008	Miracle of Phil	Taylor
2010	The Details	Unknown role
	Shrinking Charlotte	Jeff Bicknell
2011	Unshakable	Kane
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Harvest of Fire	Simon Troyer	TV movie
1998	Maximum Bob	Sonny Dupree	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Once Bitten..."
	Trinity	Liam McCallister	Episode #1.1 Episode: "In a Yellow Wood" Episode: "No Secrets"
2001-2002	Going to California	Kevin 'Space' Lauglin	20 episodes
2004	Anonymous Rex	Vincent Rubio	TV movie
	House M.D.	Ethan Hartig	Episode: "Maternity"
2005	Strong Medicine	Kiko Ellsworth	Episode: "First Response"
	Judging Amy	Marty Levine	Episode: "The Paper War" Episode: "Revolutions Per Minute" Episode: "My Name Is Amy Gray..."
	Bones	Ken Thompson	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	CSI: NY	Charles Wright	Episode: "Heroes"
	Numb3rs	Thomas Gill	Episode: "Hot Shot"
	Justice	Kevin O'Neil	Episode: "Pilot"
	Dexter	Matt Chambers	Episode: "Crocodile"
2007	Cold Case	Porter Rawley	Episode: "Blood on the Tracks"
	What If God Were the Sun?	Jeff	TV movie
2009	Medium	Dr. Brian Seward	Episode: "Things to Do in Phoenix When You're Dead"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Gray Vanderhoven	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2008-present	True Blood	Sam Merlotte	Regular

Image GalleryEdit

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