Cast & creator
Sam Trammell
Best known for Bones, House, Dexter
Sam Trammell (born 29 January, 1969) is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for starring as Sam Merlotte in the vampire series "True Blood". He's a graduate from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the Sorbonne, Paris, France, with a Bachelor of Arts in Semiotics.
Also known as: سام ترمل
43
film credits
24
television credits
67
1951–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
Showing 67 of 67 credits
Bones
Ken Thompson
2005
House
Ethan Hartig
2004
Dexter
Matt Chambers
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Gray Vanderhoven
2001
Chicago Med
Walter Macron
2015
This Is Us
Ben
2016
CSI: NY
Charles Wright
2004
Medium
Dr. Brian Seward
2005
Numb3rs
Thomas Gill
2005
Cold Case
Porter Rawley (1981)
2003
True Blood
Sam Merlotte
2008
Strong Medicine
Kiko Ellsworth
2000
Judging Amy
Marty Levine
1999
Childrens Hospital
Denizen Stoop
2008
The Rookie: Feds
SSA Neal Wizaro
2022
The Order
Eric Clarke
2019
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Tim
2007
The Fault in Our Stars
Michael Lancaster
2014
Justice
2006
I See You
Todd
2019
Big George Foreman
Rev. Virdell Stokes
2023
Free Radio
Self
2008
Maximum Bob
Sonny Dupree
1998
Autumn in New York
Simon
2000
I Am Wrath
Det. Gibson
2016
Breakthrough
Dr. Kent Sutterer
2019
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Going to California
Kevin "Space" Lauglin
2001
Imperium
Gerry Conrad
2016
Reckoning
Leo Doyle
2019
Trinity
Liam McCallister
1998
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Sheriff Cowley
2012
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Carson Drew
2019
Blue Eyed Girl
Harrison
2025
3 Generations
Matthew
2016
Cocked
Richard Paxson
2015
The Tiger Rising
Robert Horton Sr.
2022
American Refugee
Winter
2021
3 Days with Dad
Dr. Rabinowitz
2019
Beat
Lee
2000
Organ Trail
Logan
2023
The Details
Chris (uncredited)
2012
Crazy Kind of Love
Jeff
2013
Hospitality
Cam
2018
72 Hours
2024
Anonymous Rex
Vincent Rubio
2004
What If God Were the Sun?
Jeff
2007
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story
Carl Thompson
2025
True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps
Self
2014
After the Fall
Lee
2014
Me
David
2014
Childhood's End
Greg Chute
1996
Say You Will
Dean Hall
2017
The Last Full Measure
2004
ReEntry
Lucas Bello
2024
All Mistakes Buried
Sonny
2015
Pursued
Jack
2023
White Rabbit
Darrell
2013
Undermind
Derrick Hall / Zane Waye
2003
Fear of Fiction
Red / Tom Hopkins
2000
Wrestling with Alligators
Will
1998
The Privileged
Preston Westwood
2013Followers
John Dietrich
2000
It's Time
Coach Billy Brewer
2020
Unsilenced
Daniel Davis
2022
The Big Promise
O'Connor
2018The Track
Scott
2016