Tony Award-nominee Sam Trammell, a native of Louisiana and West Virginia, graduated from Brown University and the Sorbonne with a Bachelor of Arts in Semiotics. He is a theater veteran, earning the Clarence Derwent and Theater World Awards, as well as a Tony nomination, for his role in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" at Lincoln Center.
He has had an extensive career in television, starring in HBO's AFI award-winning series True Blood (2008) as "Sam Merlotte", which set ratings records for the network over its seven year run. He also co-starred in the feature film Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019),Breakthrough (2019),and The Order (2019). He appeared on Homeland (2011) as Vice-President Benjamin Hayes, and starred in Sony Television's Reckoning (2019).
In film, Trammell has appeared in I Am Wrath (2016) with John Travolta, Imperium (2016) opposite Toni Collette, 3 Generations (2015),with Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, and Elle Fanning. He co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in the indie film All Mistakes Buried (2015). He completed production on the indie films Hospitality (2018) opposite Emmanuelle Chriqui, and La Gran Promesa (2017) by Mexican filmmaker Jorge Ramírez Suárez.
Trammell's additional credits include The Fault in Our Stars (2014),based on the best-selling novel, with Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern, and Maximum Bob (1998),Trinity (1998),and Going to California (2001). He is an advocate for clean oceans and beaches and works with the non-profit organization Oceana. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his family.
