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

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2014True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps — Self
• Free Radio — Self