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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" (2025), Elliot Campbell in "Dead Whisper" (2024), Rick in "Rick and Ruby" (2019), and Ryan Heide on CBS's "Blue Bloods" (2020).

Other recent work includes a recurring role on season 5 of "For All Mankind" (Apple+), another leading turn in feature thriller "Coaled Blood" (2026), feature comedy "Americano" (2025), feature thriller "Maternity Leave" (2025), miniseries "Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War" (Netflix, 2024), season 5 of the "The Equalizer" (2024), and feature drama "Garbage Bag of Broken Bottles" (2026). 

Most recently he has been touring festivals with "Canoe Dig It?" (2025), a comedy mockumentary written, directed and starring Sam, which had its world premiere at Cinequest in March and is continuing its festival run into the fall. 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 trained at Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop's Tuesday Master Class in New York City. 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 both coasts.