Sam Huntington
{{short description|American actor}}
{{For|people named Samuel Huntington|Samuel Huntington (disambiguation)}}
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| caption = Huntington in 2011
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|4|1}}
| birth_place = Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1995–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Rachel Klein|2006}}
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| relatives = Ralph Bellamy (great-uncle)
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Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2024-04-01 |title=Famous birthdays list for today, April 1, 2024 includes celebrities Bijou Phillips, Asa Butterfield |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/04/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-april-1-2024-includes-celebrities-method-man-bijou-phillips.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=cleveland |language=en}}) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Josh Levison on the Syfy series Being Human (2011–2014), Mimi-Siku in the Tim Allen vehicle Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) and Jimmy Olsen in the superhero film Superman Returns (2006). He also played the recurring role of Mitchie Mendelson on the Fox series Rosewood (2015–2017). His other notable credits include the feature films Detroit Rock City (1999), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Fanboys (2009), Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011), Veronica Mars (2014), Sully (2016), and The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023).
Early life
Huntington was born on April 1, 1982 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and raised in Hancock. His mother, Christine Stabile, owned and operated the Black Box Theatre, where Huntington started his career.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018853/bio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604013147/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018853/bio|title=Sam Huntington|archive-date=4 June 2011}} Huntington's great-uncle was actor Ralph Bellamy.{{cite web |title=Sam Huntington at MCCC 2011 |url=https://www.johngysbeat.com/2018/02/sam-huntington-at-mccc-2011.html |website=www.johngysbeat.com}}
Career
Huntington's first role role was in the 1995 instructional video "Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide" playing the character "Joystick Johnny", starring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry. Huntington's second role was in the 1996 television movie Harvest of Fire, which starred Lolita Davidovich. He then appeared opposite Tim Allen in Disney's Jungle 2 Jungle the following year. He has appeared in films Detroit Rock City, Not Another Teen Movie, Sleepover, Rolling Kansas, Freshman Orientation, In Enemy Hands and River's End. He has guest starred in CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Law & Order, and Veronica Mars. He was also in the History Channel's documentary The States, when it covered New Hampshire.
Huntington appeared in Bryan Singer's 2006 film Superman Returns as Jimmy Olsen. He starred in the 2009 comedy film Fanboys, and again co-starred with Superman actor Brandon Routh in the live action film adaptation of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37450/dead-night-retitled-something-more-traditional|title=Dead of Night Retitled to Something More Traditional}}
In 2011, he was cast in the Syfy television series Being Human as Josh Levison, a werewolf. The series lasted four 13-episode seasons (a total of 52 episodes), and its final episode aired in April 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2010/06/28/syfy-being-human-sam-witwer|title=Exclusive: 'Smallville' baddie joins Syfy's 'Being Human' remake|author=Ausiello, Michael|website=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 28, 2010}} He also served as a guest on the second season of the reality television game show Face Off.
From autumn 2015 through spring 2017, Huntington appeared as the "special guest star"On-air credits listed Huntington as "Special Guest Star" on each episode in which he appeared. in his recurring role of quirky coroner Mitchie Mendelson on the Fox series Rosewood. The series was cancelled in May 2017 after two seasons.
On December 7, 2017, Huntington appeared briefly in the role of (detective) Sammy in USA Network's telefilm Psych: The Movie.
Personal life
Huntington married actress and producer Rachel Klein in 2006.{{cite web |title=Eleven years married to the most perfect human being on earth. So excited that I get to spend the rest of my life with her |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BXuLz5yl8eA/?taken-by=samhuntington |website=instagram.com}} Together they have two children.{{cite web |title=It was my son's 7th bday today. We visited our good friend Charles Edward Cheese. I was obviously indifferent. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BG8NoW3pGad/?hl=en |website=instagram.com}}{{cite web |title=What The Kid From Jungle 2 Jungle Looks Like Today|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/96115/kid-jungle-2-jungle-looks-like-today/ |website=www.nickiswift.com}}{{cite web |title=Family is everything. 📸by @billyedonya #LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ1UiA5F-n2/?taken-by=samhuntington |website=instagram.com}}
Filmography
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Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from Manchester, New Hampshire
Category:20th-century American male actors