Sam Trammell
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Trammell at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012
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| Born |
January 29, 1969 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Partner(s) | Missy Yager |
| Children | 2 |
Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Sam Merlotte on the HBO vampire series True Blood, and has appeared in numerous films, television shows and TV-movies.
Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Trammell has worked in theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television. He is an accomplished New York stage actor whose credits include a Tony 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, where he received outstanding reviews.
Trammell's big break came when he landed the role of Sam Merlotte on the HBO series True Blood. In 2013, Trammell played Darrell Mackey in the drama film White Rabbit. Trammell played Hazel's (Shailene Woodley) father, Michael Lancaster, in the 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars, based on the novel of the same name by John Green.
Trammell and actress Missy Yager met in 2003 while performing theater in New York City. The couple had twin boys ,called Gus and Winston, on August 9, 2011.
For his work on HBO's True Blood, Trammell was nominated for:
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