Sam Witwer Biography

Samuel Stewart "Sam" Witwer (born October 20, 1977) is an American actor and musician. He has portrayed Lt. Crashdown in Battlestar Galactica, Davis Bloome in Smallville, and vampire Aidan Waite of the US/Canadian remake of BBC's supernatural drama series Being Human on Syfy in the US and Space in Canada. He also voiced main protagonist Galen Marek/Starkiller in the successful multimedia project Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as well as The Son & Darth Maul for Cartoon Network's Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Early life

Witwer grew up in Glenview, Illinois, a small suburb outside of Chicago. He attended Glenbrook South High School, during which time he was involved in drama and theater classes, as well as being the lead singer of a high school band called "Love Plumber". He attended the Juilliard School for a time before moving to Los Angeles.

Acting

Witwer claims that his first on-screen credit was that of a Chicago Bulls commercial. He soon found himself in speaking roles on hit television series, such as ER.

Witwer's first major recurring role came in the form of portraying Lt. Crashdown on Battlestar Galactica, although he has credited much of his current success to his role as Neil Perry on the Showtime series Dexter. Witwer also appeared as Private Wayne Jessup in the movie The Mist.

From 2008 to 2009, Witwer was cast Season 8 of Smallville as Davis Bloome, a charming paramedic who struggles with a darkness within as he is the human camouflage of Doomsday, a character in the comics best known for being the only villain to have killed Superman. While Witwer played Davis, Doomsday was played by stuntman Dario Delacio. Although uncredited, Witwer also played the full-physical form of the show's version of Zod at the end of the Season 8 finale (while the role would later be played in Season 9 by British actor Callum Blue). Witwer's performance in Smallville was incredibly well-received, and he has stated that his experience on the show had opened more opportunities for him in the future of acting.

Witwer made a cameo appearance in The Walking Dead as a dying soldier in the Season 1 episode "Days Gone Bye" which reunited him with director Frank Darabont from The Mist.

Witwer is now currently starring in the North American remake of Being Human. He plays the role of vampire Aidan Waite.

Roleplaying Games

Sam is an avid player of both electronic games and pen-and-paper roleplaying games. This is a hobby that he has actively pursued for years. He has been a frequent guest on the Podcast Order 66 and has expressed a love for Star Wars Roleplaying games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (by West End Games) to Star Wars Roleplaying Game (by Wizards of the Coast).

Sam appeared in episode 19 of Geek and Sundry's Tabletop playing the Dragon Age roleplaying game.

Star Wars career

A lifelong Star Wars fan, Witwer provided both his voice and likeness for lead character Galen Marek/Starkiller (Darth Vader's secret apprentice) in the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and 2010 sequel Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. He has since received much praise for his contribution to the role. He has also voiced Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine) in both games.

For Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Witwer had also vocally performed the Son in a three episode story arc (known as the Mortis trilogy) in Season 3 as well as the iconic Sith Lord Darth Maul in the Season 4 finale episodes and in four episodes of Season 5. He also lent his voice for Darth Maul in other projects such as the Star Wars: Episode I Brisk commercial as well as the Cartoon Network special Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

Sam attended The Clone Wars Season 5 Red Carpet Premier in Orlando Florida on August 24, 2012 during Celebration VI along with some of his co-stars Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan, Stephen Stanton and Ashley Eckstein as well as Supervising Director Dave Filoni. During Celebration VI, he also had his very own panel called Sam Witwer "The Maul Within" on August 26, 2012. In 2013 he attended for the very first time the annual event, Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida for a three day weekend and fans praised him for his roles in The Force Unleashed games and on The Clone Wars. During the live show "Behind the Force", Sam showed his acting skills by saying one or two lines of the characters that he's played in the Star Wars universe.

Music

Witwer states that his first love is music and he is consequently the lead singer of his own band: "The Crashtones". They released their first CD, entitled "Colorful of the Stereo" in 2006. Witwer has since assembled a live line-up consisting of professional musicians and others, including Glenn Howerton of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia with whom he plays gigs whenever time allows it. Witwer gives regular interviews and is a recurring guest on d20 Radio's Order 66 podcast and Rebel Force Radio. He currently resides in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	ER	Tommy	Episode: "Fear of Commitment"
2001"2003	JAG	Beasley	3 episodes
2001	Arliss	Mourner	Episode: "Of Cabbages and Kings"
2001	Murder in Small Town X	First Mate Moe Zaleski	1 episode
2002	Dark Angel	Marrow	Episode: "Love in Vein"
2002	She Spies	Jason	Episode: "Daddy's Girl"
2003	Angel	John Stoler	Episode: "Shiny Happy People"
2003	'	Bryce Cherot/Chucke Porter	Episode: "Duty to Serve"
2003	Star Trek: Enterprise	Sloth#3	Episode: "The Shipment"
2004	Cold Case	James Creighton	Episode: "The Plan"
2004	NCIS	Staff Sgt. Rafael	Episode: "Split Decision"
2004	Star Trek: New Voyages	Guardian's Voice	Episode: "In Harm's Way"
2004"2005	Battlestar Galactica	Lt. Crashdown	11 episodes
2006	Crank	Shootout Henchmen
2006	Dexter	Neil Perry	3 episodes
2006	Bones	Mitchell Downs	1 episode
2007	'	Private Jessup
2007	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Muscular Man	Episode: "Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead"
2007	Shark	Richard Lee Franco	Episode: "Every Breath You Take"
2007"2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Officer Casella	Episodes: "Go to Hell", "The Theory of Everything" and "Drops Out"
2008"2009	Smallville	Davis Bloome / Doomsday	Davis Bloome/Doomsday " 12 episodes Major Zod " 1 appearance uncredited
2009	Gamer	Social Worker
2010	No God, No Master	Eugenio Ravarini
2010	The Walking Dead	Zombie soldier inside the tank	Episode: "Days Gone Bye"
2010	'	Joe Neiderman
2011"present	Being Human	Aidan Waite	Main Role; Nominated " Gemini Awards (2011 " Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role)
2011"2013	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	The Son & Darth Maul	(9 episodes) Nominated " Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program
2012	Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Darth Maul & Emperor Palpatine
2013	Tabletop	Himself	Episodes: "Dragon Age Part 1" and "Dragon Age Part 2"

Video Games

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2008	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Galen Marek & Darth Sidious	Facial Recognition & Voice
2008	Soulcalibur IV	Starkiller	English Version; Voice
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	Starkiller, Aberrant Clones & Darth Sidious (Endor DLC)	Facial Recognition & Voice