Sam Murphy(II)
- Actor
- Director
Sam grew up dancing with The Boston Ballet and continued his ballet
training at North Carolina School of the Arts. After high school he
moved from Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Brooklyn and attended David Mamet and William H. Macy's Atlantic Theater Conservatory. After playing two
different characters on the same sitcom and working with Barry Levinson
on a pilot in NYC he moved to LA. He was the first character cast for a
Laura Ziskin pilot that went on to series called Three Moons Over Milford (2006). Despite the shows mixed reviews, Sam received mentions in both
The Hollywood Reporter and Variety for giving a charming and stand out
performance as the young man of the house. A lead role in the play
"Dead End" at the Ahmanson Theater gained him recognition within the
industry and led to a recurring role on Chad Hodge's CW series Runaway (2006),
as well as the pilot Suspect (2007) with director Guy Ritchie. His performance
on ER (1994) opposite Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza as the volatile blue
collared son of a construction worker showed that he could play a tough
guy while still maintaining a strong level of vulnerability. Because of
these opportunities he has continued to work in varied roles in
television and film throughout the last 5 years.
