Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982[2]) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Josh Levison on the Syfy series Being Human (2011–2014), and for his portrayal of Jimmy Olsen in the superhero film Superman Returns (2006). He also played the recurring role of Mitchie Mendelson on the Fox series Rosewood (2015–2017). His other notable credits include the feature films Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Detroit Rock City (1999), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Fanboys (2009), Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011), Veronica Mars (2014), Sully (2016), and The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023).

Sam Huntington
Huntington in 2011
Born (1982-04-01) April 1, 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Rachel Klein
(m. 2006)
Children2[1]

Early life

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Huntington was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and raised in Hancock. His mother, Christine Stabile, owned and operated the Black Box Theatre, where Huntington started his career.[3] Huntington's great-uncle was actor Ralph Bellamy.[citation needed]

Career

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Huntington's first role was in the 1996 television movie Harvest of Fire, which starred Lolita Davidovich. He then appeared opposite Tim Allen in Disney's Jungle 2 Jungle the following year. He has appeared in films Detroit Rock City, Not Another Teen Movie, Sleepover, Rolling Kansas, Freshman Orientation, In Enemy Hands and River's End. He has guest starred in CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Law & Order, and Veronica Mars. He was also in the History Channel's documentary The States, when it covered New Hampshire.[3]

Huntington appeared in Bryan Singer's 2006 film Superman Returns as Jimmy Olsen. He starred in the 2009 comedy film Fanboys, and again co-starred with Superman actor Brandon Routh in the live action film adaptation of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.[4]

In 2011, he was cast in the Syfy television series Being Human as Josh Levison, a werewolf. The series lasted four 13-episode seasons (a total of 52 episodes), and its final episode aired in April 2014.[5] He also served as a guest on the second season of the reality television game show Face Off.

From autumn 2015 through spring 2017, Huntington appeared as the "special guest star"[6] in his recurring role of quirky coroner Mitchie Mendelson on the Fox series Rosewood. The series was cancelled in May 2017 after two seasons.

On December 7, 2017, Huntington appeared briefly in the role of (detective) Sammy in USA Network's telefilm Psych: The Movie.

Personal life

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Huntington married actress and producer Rachel Klein in 2006.[7][3] They have two children.[8][9][10]

Filmography

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Year Production Role Notes
1996 Harvest of Fire Nathan Hostetler TV movie; Uncredited
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Mimi-Siku Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor - Nom[11]
1997 Law & Order Terry Lawlor 1 Episode
1999 Detroit Rock City Jam
2001 Not Another Teen Movie Ox
2003 Rolling Kansas Dinkadoo Murphy
2004 Freshman Orientation Clay
2004 In Enemy Hands Virgil Wright
2004 Raising Genius Bic
2004 Sleepover Ren
2004 CSI: Miami Justin Gillespie 1 Episode
2005 River's End Clay Watkins
2004–05 Veronica Mars Luke[12] 2 Episodes
  1. "You Think You Know Somebody"
  2. "A Trip to the Dentist"
2005 CSI: NY Connor Mulcahy 1 Episode
2006 Superman Returns Jimmy Olsen
2006 Superman Returns: The Video Game video game; voice role
2007 Two Dreadful Children TV movie; voice role
2007 It's a Mall World Dean TV mini-series
2008 Looking Up Dresses Jade Williams short
2007–08 Cavemen Andy Claybrook 8 Episodes
2009 Fanboys Eric[13]
2010 Human Target John Gray 1 Episode
2010 Tug
2010 Glen Martin DDS 1 Episode; voice
2011 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Marcus
2011–14 Being Human Josh Levison[14][15] Starring role
2012 Warehouse 13 Ethan
2013 Three Night Stand Carl Lead role
2014 Veronica Mars Luke Haldeman
2014 The Throwaways Drew Reynolds
2016 Finding Sofia Alex Starring role
2016 The Gender Card Flip Bret Johnson
2016 Sully Jeff Kolodjay[16][17][18]
2015–17 Rosewood Mitchie Mendelson "Special Guest Star" (main cast)
2017 The Expanse Solomon Epstein 1 Episode
2017 Psych: The Movie Sammy (detective) Minor role
2018 iZombie Allan Fox 1 Episode
2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Paul
2019 Good Girls Noah Major role in Season 2
2019 The Resident Taylor Emigh 1 Episode
TBA Bride Hard Post-production

References

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  1. ^ "Verified #fbf - lucky man". instagram.com.
  2. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (2024-04-01). "Famous birthdays list for today, April 1, 2024 includes celebrities Bijou Phillips, Asa Butterfield". cleveland. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  3. ^ a b c "Sam Huntington". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Dead of Night Retitled to Something More Traditional".
  5. ^ Ausiello, Michael (June 28, 2010). "Exclusive: 'Smallville' baddie joins Syfy's 'Being Human' remake". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ^ On-air credits listed Huntington as "Special Guest Star" on each episode in which he appeared.
  7. ^ "Eleven years married to the most perfect human being on earth. So excited that I get to spend the rest of my life with her". instagram.com.
  8. ^ "It was my son's 7th bday today. We visited our good friend Charles Edward Cheese. I was obviously indifferent". instagram.com.
  9. ^ "What The Kid From Jungle 2 Jungle Looks Like Today". www.nickiswift.com.
  10. ^ "Family is everything. 📸by @billyedonya #LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE". instagram.com.
  11. ^ "SAM HUNTINGTON ACTOR/ACTRESS". mn2s.com.
  12. ^ "Sam Huntington Talks BEING HUMAN, Ending the Show in the Right Way, Finding out That Season 4 Was Their Final Season & His Concern over Losing the Audience". collider.com.
  13. ^ "'Fanboys' stars Sam Huntington, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell". www.chicagotribune.com.
  14. ^ "Exclusive Interview: BEING HUMAN stars Sam Huntington and Kristen Hager are werewolves in love". www.assignmentx.com.
  15. ^ "Sam Huntington interview for Being Human". youtube.com.
  16. ^ "He plays Jeff Kolodjay, one of the passengers on Flight 1549. It's #Sully star". twitter.com.
  17. ^ "For golfers aboard flight that crashed into Hudson, new movie is chance to relive their life's most surreal moment". www.golfdigest.com.
  18. ^ "He plays Jeff Kolodjay, one of the passengers on Flight 1549. It's #Sully star @samhuntington". instagram.com.
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