Sam Witwer facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sam Witwer
Witwer at GalaxyCon San Jose in 2024
Born	(1977-10-20) October 20, 1977 (age 47) Glenview, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, musician
Years active	2001–present

Sam Witwer (born October 20, 1977) is an American actor and voice actor. He is famous for his roles in many TV shows and movies. You might know him as Davis Bloome in Smallville, Aidan Waite in Being Human, or Ben Lockwood in Supergirl.

Sam Witwer is also well-known for his work in the Star Wars universe. He provided the voice and look for Starkiller in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video games. He also famously voiced Darth Maul in TV shows like Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, and even in the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story. He also played Deacon St. John in the video game Days Gone using motion capture.

Sam Witwer's Early Life

Sam Witwer was born on October 20, 1977, and grew up in Glenview, Illinois. As a child, he loved spending his time playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, working on computers, and making music. These hobbies were more exciting to him than school!

He went to Glenbrook South High School, where he enjoyed drama and theater classes. He was also the lead singer of a high high school band called "Love Plumber." After high school, his parents encouraged him to apply to drama schools. He was accepted into the Juilliard School, a very famous performing arts school.

After two years at Juilliard, Sam left because he felt he wasn't taking it seriously enough. He decided to fully pursue acting after getting advice from actor Bruce Campbell online.

Sam Witwer's Acting Career

Sam Witwer at Wizard World Toronto in 2012

Sam Witwer's first acting job was in a commercial for the Chicago Bulls basketball team. Soon after, he started getting speaking roles in popular TV shows, like ER.

One of his first big roles was playing a pilot named 'Crashdown' in Battlestar Galactica. He also credits his role as Neil Perry in the show Dexter for helping his career. Sam also appeared in the movie The Mist.

Famous TV Roles

From 2008 to 2009, Sam Witwer played Davis Bloome in season 8 of Smallville. His character was the human form of the powerful villain Doomsday. Fans really liked his performance in Smallville. He was even offered a chance to play Zod in season 9, but he decided not to, feeling it would be too confusing for the story and audience.

Sam also had a small, uncredited role as a zombie soldier in a tank in the first season of The Walking Dead. This reunited him with director Frank Darabont from The Mist. Interestingly, years later in 2019, Sam played the main character, Deacon St. John, in the video game Days Gone, which is also about a zombie apocalypse.

From 2011 to 2014, Sam starred in the North American version of Being Human. He played Aidan Waite, a lead character who was a vampire. The show was very popular and ran for four seasons.

In 2016, Sam Witwer played Mr. Hyde in the TV show Once Upon a Time. He appeared in several episodes of the sixth season.

In 2018, Sam joined the main cast of Supergirl on The CW. He played the main bad guy for the fourth season, Ben Lockwood / Agent Liberty.

Voice Acting and Games

Sam Witwer is a big fan of both board games and video games. He has been a guest on many podcasts about role-playing games, especially Star Wars ones. He even appeared on the web series Tabletop playing the Dragon Age game.

Star Wars Projects

As a huge Star Wars fan, Sam Witwer has been involved in many projects. He provided the voice and his own look for the main character, Galen Marek (also known as Starkiller), in the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and its 2010 sequel. He also voiced Emperor Palpatine in the first game and other Star Wars games.

For Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Sam voiced the character called the Son in a special three-episode story. He also famously voiced the iconic former Sith Lord, Darth Maul, in several episodes of seasons 4, 5, and 7. He continued to voice Maul in other projects, including Star Wars Rebels and the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Sam has attended many Star Wars fan events, like Star Wars Celebration. Fans love hearing him talk about his characters and even perform lines from them! He also voiced an alien and a First Order stormtrooper in the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

In 2020, Sam Witwer was cast as a dark side character in the online game show Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge.

Star Trek Projects

In 2024, Sam Witwer appeared in a Star Trek concept video called "765874 – Unification". He played the role of James T. Kirk alongside William Shatner, who originally played Kirk. Sam used special "digital prosthetic" technology, where Shatner's facial features were placed over his own. Sam learned a lot about playing Kirk by studying Shatner's acting style, especially how Kirk always leads the scene and takes the audience with him.

Video Games

Sam Witwer has lent his voice and likeness to many video games. In 2019, he played the main character, Deacon St. John, in the game Days Gone, using both his voice and motion capture to bring the character to life. He also voiced characters in games like Soulcalibur IV, Disney Infinity 3.0, and Star Wars Battlefront II. In 2023, he voiced Walter Londra in the Burning Shores downloadable content for Horizon Forbidden West.

Music Career

Sam Witwer is also a musician. He is the lead singer for a band called The Crashtones. Their first album, Colorful of the Stereo, came out in 2006. He released a new album with the band in 2019 called Revenge of the Crashtones.

Filmography

Movies

Television Shows

Video Games

See also

In Spanish: Sam Witwer para niños