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Sam Jaeger

Biography

Sam Jaeger is an American actor and screenwriter who began performing while still a student at Otterbein College, where he earned a fine arts degree and took a guest part on Law and Order (1990). Born in Perrysburg, Ohio, he acted on New York theater stages and worked in a casting office before heading to Los Angeles. His film career picked up with Traffic (2000) and Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and he played Captain R. G. Sisk in Hart's War (2002). He wrote, directed and starred in Take Me Home (2011). On television he is known for Joel Graham in the NBC drama Parenthood, and he has appeared as Mark Tuello in The Handmaid's Tale, Richard in When We Rise, Tim Powell in Tell Me a Story and Rob Stanton in Why Women Kill.

49years old

Turns 50 on January 29in 80 days

  • Born Perrysburg
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Samuel Heath Jaeger (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
13
Career span
24 years2001 to 2025

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  1. First role

    While he was a college student, Jaeger took a small guest part on Law & Order, the TV series based in New York, and that is how his acting career got started.

  2. Early training

    Jaeger earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Otterbein College in 1999. After he graduated, he took a job at a casting office located in New York.

Sam Jaeger movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Wolf Man2025 Horroras Grady

    IMDb rating 5.645K votes

  2. The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021 Drama, Historyas Roe Messner

    IMDb rating 6.680K votes

  3. Catch and Release2006as Dennis

    IMDb rating 5.931K votes

  4. Take Me Home2011as Thom

    IMDb rating 6.88.6K votes

  5. Lucky Number Slevin2006as Nick Fisher

    IMDb rating 7.7341K votes

  6. October Kiss2015as Ryan

    IMDb rating 6.63.6K votes

  7. The Truth About Emanuel2013as Thomas

    IMDb rating 6.010K votes

  8. S.W.A.T.: Under Siege2017as Travis Hall

    IMDb rating 4.65.2K votes

Worked with

Sam Jaeger shares two films with Bruce Willis, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Sam Jaeger's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$238 million

8 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 13 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Behind Enemy Lines2001as Red Crown Operator #1
    $92M38.6% of the total
  2. 2
    Lucky Number Slevin2006as Nick Fisher
    $56M23.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Wolf Man2025as Grady
    $37M15.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Hart's War2002as Capt. R.G. Sisk
    $32M13.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Catch and Release2006as Dennis
    $16M6.8% of the total
  6. 6
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021as Roe Messner
    $2.4M1.0% of the total
  7. 7
    $1.8M0.8% of the total
  8. 8
    $4K0.0% of the total