Sam Huntington is a dynamic young actor born on April 1, 1982, in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His father is a cabinet maker and owns his own business, while his mother, Christen Stabile, is an actress, teacher, and writer.
Sam started acting at the age of nine under the direction of his mother as part of her children's theater, The Black Box. He also performed at Andy's Summer Playhouse in Wilton for three summers and at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge. His professional acting career began at the Peterborough Players in Peterborough, where he was cast in four seasons from 1991 to 1994.
Although Sam wanted to start screen acting immediately, his mother encouraged him to gain more experience. In 1995, Sam signed with the JM Bloom Agency in New York City. He and his mother moved to an apartment there for a year, and Sam attended 7th grade at The Professional Children's School, where he became friends with Macaulay Culkin.
During this year, Sam was cast in three television commercials, a voice-over for The Magic School Bus, an instructional video for the Windows 95 computer operating system, the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Harvest of Fire, and in the Winona Ryder film Boys, but his scenes were edited out. Sam also signed a three-movie contract with the Walt Disney Company, which included the hit comedy Jungle 2 Jungle, starring Tim Allen and Martin Short.
Sam's scenes in the film were filmed entirely on location in New York City, Pound Ridge, NY, and Canaima National Park in Venezuela. During this time, Sam was accompanied by his mother and often his father and sister, and had a tutor who kept him up on his 8th-grade studies. Sam also had a guest appearance on the award-winning television show Law & Order in December 1997.
Sam starred as 'Ox' in Columbia Pictures' ensemble comedy Not Another Teen Movie, the teen movie Sleepover, and the anticipated smash Superman Returns. He appeared in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns for Warner Bros., playing Jimmy Olsen, the Daily Planet reporter who works alongside Lois Lane and Clark Kent.
