Sam Hennings
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Sam Hennings is an American actor with German, English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Hennings was born in Macon, Georgia
, United States
and spent most of his youth in Athens, Georgia
. Sam has lived most of his career as an actor and writer in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.
Sam Hennings has appeared in a wide variety of movies, television shows and stage productions including: the lead role in The Work and the Glory, 1,2 and 3; Martin Scorsese
's The Aviator, with Leonardo DiCaprio
; Havoc with Anne Hathaway
; Stolen with Jon Hamm;Ten Tricks with Lea Thompson
; Drop Zone with Wesley Snipes
; Shout with John Travolta
; Seasons of the Heart; CBS Movie of the week; Point Last Seen with Linda Hamilton
; The Hank Gathers Story with George Kennedy
; Gideon Oliver with Lou Gossett; Supernatural as Samuel Colt, The Magnificent Seven, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, ER, King Pin, E-Ring, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and The Event. Sam has also had recurring roles on CBS in JAG; Showtime’s Resurrection Boulevard and Pensacola, Wings of Gold as James Brolin
's brother and Saving Grace as Holly Hunter
's brother. Sam co-starring with Jason Lee
and Alfre Woodard
recently completed the second season of TNT/Smoke House Production’s series, Memphis Beat
. Sam’s writing projects include his recently completed screenplay titled, The Littlest Cowboy.
Macon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and spent most of his youth in Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
. Sam has lived most of his career as an actor and writer in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.
Sam Hennings has appeared in a wide variety of movies, television shows and stage productions including: the lead role in The Work and the Glory, 1,2 and 3; Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
's The Aviator, with Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...
; Havoc with Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway (actress)
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries...
; Stolen with Jon Hamm;Ten Tricks with Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy...
; Drop Zone with Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who has starred in numerous action films, thrillers, and dramatic feature films. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, among various other high profile roles...
; Shout with John Travolta
John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
; Seasons of the Heart; CBS Movie of the week; Point Last Seen with Linda Hamilton
Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy...
; The Hank Gathers Story with George Kennedy
George Kennedy
George Harris Kennedy, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke , airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and...
; Gideon Oliver with Lou Gossett; Supernatural as Samuel Colt, The Magnificent Seven, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, ER, King Pin, E-Ring, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and The Event. Sam has also had recurring roles on CBS in JAG; Showtime’s Resurrection Boulevard and Pensacola, Wings of Gold as James Brolin
James Brolin
James Brolin is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles in soap operas, movies, sitcoms, and television. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin and husband of singer/actress Barbra Streisand.-Early life:...
's brother and Saving Grace as Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter is an American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen...
's brother. Sam co-starring with Jason Lee
Jason Lee (actor)
Jason Michael Lee is an American actor and skateboarder known for his role as the title character on the NBC television series My Name is Earl, his portrayal of Syndrome in the film The Incredibles, his role as Dave Seville in the Alvin and the Chipmunks films, and his work with director Kevin...
and Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss...
recently completed the second season of TNT/Smoke House Production’s series, Memphis Beat
Memphis Beat
Memphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.-Overview:...
. Sam’s writing projects include his recently completed screenplay titled, The Littlest Cowboy.
Credits
- CastleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
(Seth Harris) — 2011 - Memphis BeatMemphis BeatMemphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.-Overview:...
(Charlie 'Whitehead' White) — 2010–2011 - SupernaturalSupernatural (TV series)Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...
(Samuel Colt) — 2011 - The EventThe Event (TV series)The Event is an American television series containing elements of science fiction, action/adventure and political allegory. The show was created by Nick Wauters, and premiered on NBC on September 20, 2010...
(Gen. Addington) — 2010 - CSICSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
(John Rakow) — 2009 - Cold Case (Randall Baxter '86&09') — 2009
- CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
(Max Desalvo) — 2009 - Elevator Girl (Alan Schuster) — 2009
- DollhouseDollhouse (TV series)Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010...
(Senator Boxbaum) — 2009 - Eleventh HourEleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series originally ran on CBS from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009 and aired on Thursdays at 10 pm . The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer...
(Sheriff Larsson) — 2008 - The Boy in the BoxStolen (film)Stolen is an 2010 mystery–thriller film directed by Anders Anderson and starring Josh Lucas and Jon Hamm.-Plot:A small-town policeman works to uncover the truth behind two crimes: the disappearance of his son eight years earlier, and a fifty year old homicide of another boy. In the opening...
(Luke Wakefield) — 2008 - Saving GraceSaving Grace (TV series)Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...
(Joe Hanadarko) — 2007 - The Work and the Glory: A House Divided (Ben Steed) — 2006
- 10 Tricks (Keith) — 2006
- E-RingE-RingE-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005...
(Colonel David Lindstrom) — 2006 - Soldiers of God (Gerard de Ridfort) — 2005
- HavocHavoc (film)Havoc is a 2005 American film about the lives of wealthy Los Angeles, California teenagers whose exposure to hip hop culture inspires them to imitate the gangster lifestyle...
(Mr. Rubin) — 2005 - The Work and The Glory: American Zion (Ben Steed) — 2005
- The Aviator (Frank) — 2004
- The Work and the GloryThe Work and the GloryThe Work and the Glory is a nine-part novel series by Gerald N. Lund chronicling the birth and early growth of Mormonism through the lives of the fictional Steed family. The Steeds, throughout the series, meet and come to know well many of the prominent early Church members...
(Ben Steed) — 2004 - ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
(Steve Davidson) — 2003 - The Lone RangerThe Lone RangerThe Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....
(Mr. Hartman) — 2003 - CSICSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
(Pete Banson) — 2002 - JAGJAG (TV series)JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
(Captain Huddleston) — 2001 - Resurrection Blvd.Resurrection Blvd.Resurrection Blvd. is an American dramatic series which aired on Showtime for three seasons from 2000 to 2002.-Plot:In East Los Angeles, California, the Santiago family has had three generations of boxers within the family. They continue their battle to become boxing champions while struggling with...
(Guy) — 2001–02 - Walker, Texas RangerWalker, Texas RangerWalker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...
(J.T. Brody) — 1999 - JAGJAG (TV series)JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
(Colonel Ronald Vickers) — 1998 - The Magnificent Seven (Lucas James) — 1998
- Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
(Webb Prentiss) — 1995 - Drop ZoneDrop zoneA drop zone is a place where parachutists or parachuted supplies land. It can be an area targeted for landing by paratroopers, or a base from which recreational parachutists and skydivers take off in aircraft and land under parachutes...
(Torski) — 1994 - Seasons of The Heart (Jed Richards) — 1993
- ShoutShout (film)Shout is a 1991 film starring John Travolta as a music teacher who introduces rock and roll to a west Texas home for boys in 1955. Travolta was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor....
(Travis Parker) — 1991 - Gideon OliverGideon OliverGideon Oliver is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between February 1989 and May 1989 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie rotation, along with B.L. Stryker, Kojak and Columbo. On the air for only five episodes, the series starred Emmy- and Academy Award-winning...
(Drew Lord) — 1989 - On Our OwnOn Our Own (film)On Our Own is a 1988 family film, from Feature Films for Families, about four children, Mitch, Kate, Travis and Lori. After being abandoned by their father and with the death of their mother they are forced to move into a children's home...
(Uncle Jack) — 1988 - Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
(Ramsey) — 1988 - Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...
(Patrolman) — 1986 - MoonlightingMoonlighting (TV series)Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...
(Jonathan Kaplan) — 1985
External links
- Sam Hennings official website
- Sam Hennings 2011 Demo Reel
- Sam Hennings/'Memphis Beat'
- Film Trailer - The Work and The Glory, III
Youtube
- Clips - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U6gFXYnXZ0
- CSI 2009 Clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TyFW4i-DuE&feature=related
- Memphis Beat' Season One & Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xsieng-1jg&feature=related
- CSI Miami clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsSRs7YibDo&feature=related
- Clip 'King Pin' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsSRs7YibDo&feature=related
- Sam Hennings 2011 Clips - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcGcHLmpxRQ