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Sam Trammell

American actor (born 1969)

Field	Value
name	Sam Trammell
image	Sam Trammell by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Trammell at San Diego Comic-Con in 2012
birth_date
birth_place	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
education	Brown University
occupation	Actor
years_active	1996–present
children	2
partner	Missy Yager (2003–unknown)

Emmanuelle Chriqui (2020–present)

Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte on the HBO fantasy drama series True Blood. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Miller in Ah, Wilderness!

Early life and education

Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1991.

Career

Trammell has worked in theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television. His stage credits include a Tony Award-nominated performance in Ah, Wilderness! at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway, he starred in Dealer's Choice, My Night with Reg, If Memory Serves, and Ancestral Voices, as well as in Kit Marlowe at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.

Trammell's big break came when he landed the role of Sam Merlotte on the HBO series True Blood. In 2013, he played Darrell Mackey in the drama film White Rabbit. He played Hazel (Shailene Woodley)'s father, Michael Lancaster, in the 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars, based on the novel of the same name by John Green.

In 2019, Trammell starred in the Netflix horror-drama series, The Order.

He played Vice-president Benjamin Hayes in the final season of Homeland who is signed in as Commander-in-chief after the sitting President is killed.

Personal life

Trammell met actress Missy Yager in 2003 while performing theatre in New York City. The couple's twin sons were born in August 2011. The couple later parted ways at an unknown time.

He has been in a relationship with actress Emmanuelle Chriqui since 2020.

Awards

For his work on HBO's True Blood, Trammell was nominated for:

Breakout Performance – Male at the 2009 Scream Awards
Best Supporting Actor at the 2010 Scream Awards.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Childhood's End	Greg Chute
1997	The Hotel Manor Inn	Nolan
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	**		Short film
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	Tim O'Brien
2008	Miracle of Phil	Taylor	Short film
2010	Children of the Spider	Alex	Short film
**	Jeb	Short film
2011	**	Chris	Uncredited
2012	Guns, Girls and Gambling	Sheriff Cowley
2013	Crazy Kind of Love	Jeff Lucas
The privileged	Preston Westwood
White Rabbit	Darrell Mackey
2014	After the Fall	Lee
**	Michael Lancaster
Me	David
2015	All Mistakes Buried	Sonny Coles
3 Generations	Matthew Walker
**	Scott
I Am Wrath	Detective Gibson
2016	Imperium	Gerry Conway
2017	Say You Will	Dean Hall
2018	It's Time	Coach Billy Brewer
2019	I See You	Todd
Breakthrough	Dr. Kent Sutterer
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	Carson Drew
2021	Unsilenced	Daniel Davis
American Refugee	Winter
2022	The Tiger Rising	Rob Horton Sr.
2023	Big George Foreman	Reverend Virdell Stokes
2023	Organ Trail	Logan	url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/organ-trail-michael-patrick-jann-to-direct-paramount-western-horror-film-1234980338/#!	title=Michael Patrick Jann To Direct Western Horror Film 'Organ Trail' For Paramount Pictures; Zoé De Grand Maison, Olivia Applegate, Clé Bennett, Sam Trammell & More To Star	author=Matt Grobar	date=16 March 2022	website=Deadline Hollywood	publisher=Deadline	access-date=9 January 2024}}
2024	72 Hours

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Harvest of Fire	Simon Troyer	Television film
1998	Maximum Bob	Sonny Dupree	2 episodes
1998	Trinity	Liam McCallister	3 episodes
2001–02	Going to California	Kevin "Space" Lauglin	Main role; 20 episodes
2004	House	Ethan Hartig	Episode: "Maternity"
Anonymous Rex	Vincent Rubio	Television film
2005	Strong Medicine	Kiko Ellsworth	Episode: "First Response"
Judging Amy	Marty Levine	3 episodes
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	What If God Were the Sun?	Jeff	Television film
Cold Case	Porter Rawley (1981)	Episode: "Blood on the Tracks"
2008–14	True Blood	Sam Merlotte	Main role; 81 episodes
2009	Medium	Dr. Brian Seward	Episode: "Things to Do in Phoenix When You're Dead"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Gray Vanderhoven	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2013	Filthy Sexy Teen$	Tom Saxson	Television special
Childrens Hospital	Denizen Stoop	Episode: "My Friend Falcon"
2015	Cocked	Richard Paxson	Main role
2017	Training Day	Emmet Rourke	Episode: "Blurred Lines"
2016–17	This Is Us	Ben	4 episodes
2019–20	The Order	Eric Clarke	Main role (Season 1); Guest role (Season 2)
2019	Reckoning	Leo Doyle	Main role; Mini-series (10 episodes)
2020	Homeland	VP Benjamin Hayes	Recurring role
2023	The Rookie: Feds	Neal Wizaro	Episode: "Red One"

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Paul the Male Matchmaker	Stu	Episode: "Know When You Are Too Old"

References

"Sam Trammell: Performer". [[Internet Broadway Database]] ([[The Broadway League]]).
"Sam Trammell". [[TV Guide.
(September 11, 2020). "POP !! And up I sprang :)".
"It's Always a Fight".
Myers, Marc. (2020-07-28). "Sam Trammell Spent His Childhood on the Move. Acting Is Where He Found Home.". Wall Street Journal.
"Sam Trammell". TheLabMagazine.
"Sam Trammel". WetPaint.
"Sam Trammell - Broadway Theatre Credits". PlayBillVault.
(August 11, 2011). "Sam Trammell welcomes twin sons to True Blood family". SheKnows.
(15 August 2013). "True Blood's Sam Trammell Joins the Fault in Our Stars".
Nellie Andreeva. (April 16, 2018). "Netflix Picks Up 'The Order' Horror Drama Series Starring Jake Manley & Sarah Grey". Deadline Hollywood.
Michaud, Sarah. (August 11, 2011). "Sam Trammell Welcomes Twin Sons". [[People (magazine).
(2025-10-09). "Inside Emmanuelle Chriqui's romance with famous actor boyfriend, who she feels 'so lucky' to have met".
(February 14, 2022). "Three Great Things: Emmanuelle Chriqui".
[http://www.spike.com/event/scream2009/page/vote/category/33669 "Scream 2009 Breakout Performance - Male"] Retrieved on 2009-09-04.
Matt Grobar. (16 March 2022). "Michael Patrick Jann To Direct Western Horror Film 'Organ Trail' For Paramount Pictures; Zoé De Grand Maison, Olivia Applegate, Clé Bennett, Sam Trammell & More To Star". [[Deadline Hollywood.

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