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Sam is an award-winning Actor, Filmmaker, and Model based out of New York City and Los Angeles.

He is best known for his roles as Tim Travers in "Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox" (currently in festivals, 2024), Rick in "Rick and Ruby" (2019), and Ryan Heide on CBS's "Blue Bloods" (2020).

Most recently Sam has begun touring festivals with "Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox" (Winner of "Best Comedy" at Cinequest, 2024) as the lead, starring alongside Joel McHale, Danny Trejo, Keith David, and Felicia Day, based off of the award-winning short film of the same name. Other recent work includes a leading turn Conor Soucy's "Dead Whisper" (recently acquired by Vertical for distro in 2024 and winner of "Best Thriller" at Cinequest 2024), feature comedy "Americano" (2024-5), feature thriller "Maternity Leave" (2025), miniseries "Cowboy War" (Netflix, 2024), feature drama "Garbage Bag of Broken Bottles" (2024), short horror/thriller "Still Life" (2024), short thriller "Volition" (2024), and short "Radio Caesium" (2024). 

He is also in postproduction on his feature film "Canoe Dig It?", a comedy mockumentary which he wrote, directed, and performed in, aiming for a festival premiere in early 2025. This follows the feature "The Ones You Didn't Burn" (Chattanooga Film Festival, Frightfest, FilmQuest, Soho Intl. Film Festival to name a few) which he co-directed/AD'd and performed in as well (earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at Nevermore Film Festival 2023) and his own short horror comedy "Rick and Ruby" (2019) which won multiple awards on its festival run (Sitges, Screamfest, Landshut, Dead by Dawn, and more), written, produced, and performed by Sam.

Sam has trained extensively at Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop in New York City, quickly advancing to their Master Class. Before that he graduated NYU: Tisch School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Film Production and Direction.

Sam has and continues to work as a print and runway model for fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren, Billy Reid, Stetson, and more. 

Originally hailing from Brunswick, Maine, Sam now splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles.