Sam Hennings

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sam Hennings
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Dec 17, 1950(1950-12-17)
Age	74
Birthplace	Macon
Country	United States
Birth City	Georgia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Sam Hennings Biography

Sam Hennings is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on December 17, 1950 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Sam Hennings (born December 17 1950) is an American writer and actor.

Hennings was always adamant against being cast as a beautiful, good-looking man or as a supposedly bad guy. In 1994 the producer John Badham cast Hennings as skydiving rogue DEA agent alongside Gary Busey in Paramount Studios film Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes. CBS then made Hennings as an adorable however, dark killer in the western show The Magnificent Seven featuring Robert Vaughn. In the same year, he also was chosen as Linda Hamilton’s love- interest for The CBS MOW: Point Last Seen as well as starring Mary Kay Place. He ended the decade by appearing in recurring roles in the CBS show, Pensacola: Wings of Gold as James Brolin’s hot-headed twin brother and on the popular JAG, a military drama JAG as the Captain of an airship located in the Indian Ocean.

In 2012, director Jon Avnet drafted Hennings as the recurring character, “Col. Harold,” for the YouTube series Lauren, with Jennifer Beals, Troian Bellisario and Raymond Cruz. In 2013, director Wayne Kramer offered Hennings the dark role of “Virgil,” aka the “Devil,” in Pawn Shop Chronicles. The film is an off-the wall anthology of stories involving meth-addicted, white supremacists, a man looking for his kidnapped wife and an Elvis impersonator. Pawn Shop Chronicles starred Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Elijah Wood and Vincent D’Onofrio. Hennings, once again, received rave reviews for his performance in this film. Hennings continued to accept challenging guest starring roles on hit shows some of which include Castle, Criminal Minds and Red Widow, with Radha Mitchell, where Hennings played a hardened, bad-ass drug dealer.

Hennings then returned to his favorite medium, the stage, in plays such as Hanging Alice and Ten Tricks. Ten Tricks was later made into a film co- starring Lea Thompson and Raymond Cruz and Hennings. In 2013, the Lifetime Network cast Hennings as a stern, polygamous husband in the TV movie Escape from Polygamy with Haley Lu Richardson and Mary McCormack. In 2017, Hennings was cast in Hypnotized, playing an egotistical, sex-obsessed, Southern Governor, with Kevin Pollack and Vinnie Jones. 2019 Netflix’s original film Juanita, starring Adam Beach, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Blair Underwood and Hennings’s good friend and co-star from Memphis Beat, Alfre Woodard. Hennings’s latest project is Rodrigo Garcia’s drama Four Good Days, starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis. Hennings plays the role of Dale, a Harden man stressed by years of his daughter’s addiction Mila Kunis and his ex-wife Glenn Close attempts to save her. Hennings’s latest writing project is his recently completed screenplay, The Littlest Cowboy.

The 1990s saw Hennings more significant television roles , and well-deserved recognition. The year 1991 was the year Hennings had his first film in the studio as a tough-nosed, Texas sheriff in the 1960s era movie Shout which starred John Travolta, Heather Graham and Gwyneth Paltrow. Shout received mixed reviews from critics, however regardless, Hennings earned praise for his performance. It opened the way for Hennings to take on the role of Loyola Marymount basketball coach, David Spencer, alongside veteran actor George Kennedy, in an emotionally charged performance on the biographical television drama Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story. Between 1992 and 1993, Hennings was offered his very first regular TV series in the short-lived series Secrets as well as the NBC show Trade Winds. He was later selected as the lead character in the feature film Seasons of the Heart, portraying a tired Civil War-era man living on the harsh, cold plains of Oregon where his children suffer from the disease cholera.

Sam Hennings Net Worth

Sam Hennings is one of the richest Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sam Hennings 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hennings was born in Macon, Georgia with German, English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. In the early 1980s, deciding to make acting a permanent career, Hennings moved to Los Angeles where he took classes at the highly regarded Beverly Hills Playhouse for 20 years under the renowned acting instructor, Milton Katselas. After receiving the encouragement of his teacher, Hennings started his stage career, which was a medium that he discovered a love for and is still a passion whenever he can.

The year 1985 was the time that Hennings began his acting career in his debut on the ABC program Moonlighting (pilot episode) which starred Bruce Willis. In the following years, Hennings worked to perfect his craft through studying as well as stage work. He was also able to secure various TV guest-starring roles such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dallas, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Hunter. in 1989 Hennings was given his debut break after Director Randy Roberts, who had directed Hennings earlier in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, invited Hennings to play a co-star role with Lou Gossett Jr., in the critically acclaimed ABC TV movie Gideon Oliver – The Last Plane from Coramaya. His role as a photojournalist during the wartime in Central America was received with an abundance of praise from critics.

2010 started out well for Hennings. George Clooney and Grant Heslov, co- founders of Smokehouse Productions and whom had known Hennings from his early days at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, cast him as a series regular opposite Jason Lee and Alfre Woodard in Memphis Beat, for TNT. The Hollywood Reporter’s review of Memphis Beat read: “But even as the cop genre seems beyond saturation, along comes TNT’s Memphis Beat, a series with a fresh character in a fresh environment with a fresh look and sound that proves, against all odds, that good actors and agile execution trump format every time.” Memphis Beat aired for two seasons, clearly establishing Hennings as a versatile leading man and character actor. In 2011, while on hiatus from Memphis Beat, Hennings was cast in the popular fantasy cult series, Supernatural, as the legendary gun-maker, Samuel Colt.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Sam Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sam Hennings celebrates birthday on December 17 of every year.