Sam Trammell

Birthplace: Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Birthday: May 15, 1971

An intelligent, highly-capable actor, Sam Trammell made inroads on the New York stage while building an intriguing career in mostly independent features. The Virginia native attended Brown University where he gravitated to acting in his senior year. Trammell made his film debut as an intern at a tabloid TV talk show in the little-seen "The Hotel Manor" (1994) and kept busy with auditioned and day-player roles on daytime serials. He made his primetime debut with a featured role in the 1996 CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation "H…more

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Actor

Going to California
Kevin Space Lauglin
Anonymous Rex
Ernie Watson
True Blood
Sam Merlotte
Trinity
Liam McCallister
What if God Were The Sun?
Jeff

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Career Milestones

2008 to 0000
Cast as bar owner and operator, Sam Merlotte in the HBO vampire series, "True Blood"
2003
Had a starring role in the independent feature, "Undermind"
2001 to 2002
First regular TV role was the Showtime series, "Going to California"
2000
Appeared in dual role of twin brothers in the independent film, "Fear of Fiction"
2000
Co-starred as the title character's male lover in the Off-Broadway play, "Kit Marlowe"