Sam Trammell

Known for: Acting

Born: 1969-01-29 (age 57)

From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.

Filmography (68)

MOVIE★ 6.1
Blue Eyed Girl
2025
as Harrison
MOVIE★ 8.9
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story
2025
as Carl Thompson
MOVIE★ 5.7
72 Hours
2024
MOVIE
ReEntry
2024
as Lucas Bello
MOVIE★ 7.6
Big George Foreman
2023
as Rev. Virdell Stokes
MOVIE★ 6.1
Organ Trail
2023
as Logan
MOVIE★ 5.8
Pursued
2023
as Jack
TV★ 7.0
The Rookie: Feds
2022
as SSA Neal Wizaro
MOVIE★ 6.3
Unsilenced
2022
as Daniel Davis
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Tiger Rising
2022
as Robert Horton Sr.
MOVIE★ 5.5
American Refugee
2021
as Winter
MOVIE★ 2.7
It's Time
2020
as Coach Billy Brewer
TV★ 6.5
Reckoning
2019
as Leo Doyle
MOVIE★ 5.1
3 Days with Dad
2019
as Dr. Rabinowitz
MOVIE★ 7.0
I See You
2019
as Todd
MOVIE★ 7.6
Breakthrough
2019
as Dr. Kent Sutterer
MOVIE★ 6.4
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
2019
as Carson Drew
TV★ 7.6
The Order
2019
as Eric Clarke
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hospitality
2018
as Cam
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Big Promise
2018
as O'Connor
MOVIE★ 6.2
Say You Will
2017
as Dean Hall
MOVIE★ 6.4
3 Generations
2016
as Matthew
TV★ 8.2
This Is Us
2016
as Ben
MOVIE★ 6.5
Imperium
2016
as Gerry Conrad
MOVIE
The Track
2016
as Scott
MOVIE★ 5.8
I Am Wrath
2016
as Det. Gibson
TV★ 8.3
Chicago Med
2015
as Walter Macron
MOVIE★ 4.3
All Mistakes Buried
2015
as Sonny
TV★ 2.0
Cocked
2015
as Richard Paxson
MOVIE★ 2.5
Me
2014
as David
MOVIE★ 8.5
True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Fault in Our Stars
2014
as Michael Lancaster
MOVIE★ 4.9
After the Fall
2014
as Lee
MOVIE★ 6.1
White Rabbit
2013
as Darrell
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Privileged
2013
as Preston Westwood
MOVIE★ 5.4
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
as Jeff
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Details
2012
as Chris (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.4
Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012
as Sheriff Cowley
TV★ 6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Denizen Stoop
TV★ 7.6
True Blood
2008
as Sam Merlotte
TV
Free Radio
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
as Tim
MOVIE★ 7.0
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Jeff
TV★ 8.2
Dexter
2006
as Matt Chambers
TV★ 7.0
Justice
2006
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as Ken Thompson
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Thomas Gill
TV★ 7.5
Medium
2005
as Dr. Brian Seward
MOVIE★ 4.9
Anonymous Rex
2004
as Vincent Rubio
TV★ 8.6
House
2004
as Ethan Hartig
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Charles Wright
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Full Measure
2004
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Porter Rawley (1981)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Undermind
2003
as Derrick Hall / Zane Waye
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Gray Vanderhoven
TV★ 5.8
Going to California
2001
as Kevin "Space" Lauglin
MOVIE★ 10.0
Followers
2000
as John Dietrich
MOVIE★ 6.1
Autumn in New York
2000
as Simon
TV★ 7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
as Kiko Ellsworth
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fear of Fiction
2000
as Red / Tom Hopkins
MOVIE★ 5.1
Beat
2000
as Lee
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as Marty Levine
TV★ 8.5
Trinity
1998
as Liam McCallister
TV★ 7.3
Maximum Bob
1998
as Sonny Dupree
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wrestling with Alligators
1998
as Will
MOVIE★ 5.2
Childhood's End
1996
as Greg Chute
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
TV
Foster Dade
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as Jim Dade