Sam Trammell

{{Infobox person

| name = Sam Trammell

| image = Sam Trammell by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Trammell at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|29}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| education = Brown University

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1996–present

| children = 2

}}

Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969){{cite web | url = http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/62586|title=Sam Trammell: Performer| publisher=Internet Broadway Database (The Broadway League) |access-date= January 21, 2016| archive-date= January 21, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160121145755/http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/62586 | url-status=live}} 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!

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.{{cite web |url= http://thelabmagazine.com/2012/08/26/sam-trammell/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150617213632/http://thelabmagazine.com/2012/08/26/sam-trammell/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 17, 2015 |title= Sam Trammell |work= TheLabMagazine |access-date= June 10, 2014 }}{{cite web | url= http://www.wetpaint.com/true-blood/sam-trammell |title= Sam Trammel |work= WetPaint |access-date= June 10, 2014}}{{cite web | url= http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/43673/Sam-Trammell |title= Sam Trammell - Broadway Theatre Credits |work= PlayBillVault |access-date= June 10, 2014}}{{cite web | url= http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/838393/sam-trammell-welcomes-twins-sons-to-true-blood-family |title= Sam Trammell welcomes twin sons to True Blood family |work= SheKnows |date= August 11, 2011 |access-date= June 10, 2014}}

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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/08/fault-in-our-stars.html|title = True Blood's Sam Trammell Joins the Fault in Our Stars| date=15 August 2013 }} based on the novel of the same name by John Green.

In 2019, Trammell starred in the Netflix horror-drama series, The Order.{{Cite news|author=Nellie Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/the-order-netflix-horror-drama-series-jake-manley-star-sarah-grey-sam-trammell-cast-max-martini-matt-frewer-1202366448/|title=Netflix Picks Up 'The Order' Horror Drama Series Starring Jake Manley & Sarah Grey|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=February 27, 2019}}

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 was born in New Orleans, Louisiana,{{cite web| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sam-trammell/173683/ | title= Sam Trammell | publisher=TVGuide.com| access-date= January 20, 2016| archive-date=October 10, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010063505/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sam-trammell/173683 | url-status=live}} and was raised in Charleston, West Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/groups/1200706@N22/discuss/72157622703836602/|title = POP !! And up I sprang :)|date = September 11, 2020}} He attended Brown University, graduating in 1991.{{Cite web|title=It's Always a Fight|url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2016-03-18/its-always-a-fight|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.brownalumnimagazine.com|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Myers|first=Marc|date=2020-07-28|title=Sam Trammell Spent His Childhood on the Move. Acting Is Where He Found Home.|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sam-trammell-spent-his-childhood-on-the-move-acting-is-where-he-found-home-11595948456|access-date=2021-04-24|issn=0099-9660}}

Trammell met actress Missy Yager in 2003 while performing theatre in New York City.{{cite news| url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20517353,00.html | title=Sam Trammell Welcomes Twin Sons| work=People | first= Sarah| last= Michaud| date= August 11, 2011|access-date= January 20, 2016|archive-date= September 11, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150911011234/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20517353,00.html |url-status=dead}} The couple's twin sons were born in August 2011.

He has been in a relationship with actress Emmanuelle Chriqui since 2020.{{Cite web|url= https://www.talkhouse.com/three-great-things-emmanuelle-chriqui/|title = Three Great Things: Emmanuelle Chriqui |date = February 14, 2022}}

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.[http://www.spike.com/event/scream2009/page/vote/category/33669 "Scream 2009 Breakout Performance - Male"] Retrieved on 2009-09-04.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Filmography

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|+ Film

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1996

| Childhood's End

| Greg Chute

1997

| The Hotel Manor Inn

| Nolan

1998

| Wrestling with Alligators

| Will

rowspan="4" | 2000

| Beat

| Lee

Fear of Fiction

| Red/Tom Hopkins

Autumn in New York

| Simon

Followers

| John Dietrich

2003

| Undermind

| Derrick Hall/Zane Waye

2004

| {{sortname|The|Last Full Measure|dab=2004 film}}

| {{n/a}}

| Short film

2007

| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

| Tim O'Brien

2008

| Miracle of Phil

| Taylor

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Children of the Spider

| Alex

| Short film

{{sortname|The|Inn Keeper|nolink=1}}

| Jeb

| Short film

2011

| {{sortname|The|Details|dab=film}}

| Chris

| Uncredited

2012

| Guns, Girls and Gambling

| Sheriff Cowley

rowspan="3" | 2013

| Crazy Kind of Love

| Jeff Lucas

The privileged

| Preston Westwood

White Rabbit

| Darrell Mackey

rowspan="3" | 2014

| After the Fall

| Lee

{{sortname|The|Fault in Our Stars|dab=film}}

| Michael Lancaster

| David

rowspan="4" | 2015

| All Mistakes Buried

| Sonny Coles

3 Generations

| Matthew Walker

{{sortname|The|Track|nolink=1}}

| Scott

I Am Wrath

| Detective Gibson

2016

| Imperium

| Gerry Conway

2017

| Say You Will

| Dean Hall

2018

| It's Time

| Coach Billy Brewer

rowspan="3" | 2019

| I See You

| Todd

Breakthrough

| Dr. Kent Sutterer

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

| Carson Drew

rowspan="2" |2021

|Unsilenced

|Daniel Davis

American Refugee

|Winter

2022

|The Tiger Rising

|Rob Horton Sr.

2023

|Big George Foreman

|Reverend Virdell Stokes

TBA

|72 Hours

2023

|Organ Trail

|Logan

|{{cite web |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}}

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|+ Television

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" style="width:27em;"| Notes

1996

| Harvest of Fire

| Simon Troyer

| Television film

1998

| Maximum Bob