Sam Jaeger

Short Biography

The son of Charles and LeAnne Jaeger grew up in Perrysburg, where he graduated from the college in 1995. Then he enrolled at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio one where he gained his BA in Fine Arts in 1999.

Jaeger began for Hollywood ratios therefore relatively late with the acting, and was in 1999, at the age of 22 years already with Diana Ross and Brandy Norwood in the television movie Double Platinum for the first time on camera. Jaeger's first major film was produced in 2001 action film Behind Enemy Lines - Alone against all with Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson in the lead roles. A year later he was starring Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell in the Tribunal before the camera.

Also Jaeger stood in television series such as Scrubs - The Beginners (2003) and Welcome, Mrs. President (2006 ) before the camera. From 2008 to 2009 Jaeger was one of the actors in the legal drama Eli Stone.

2003 Jaeger wrote the screenplay for the film comedy Advantage Hart, which he also produced and in which he played the lead role opposite Kate Bosworth and Matt Czuchry. For 2009, already is his directorial debut, the film drama Take Me Home, announced.

Filmography (selection)

• 2001: Behind Enemy Lines - One Against All ( Behind Enemy Lines )
• 2002: The Tribunal ( Hart's War)
• 2004: The Riverman
• 2006: Catch and Release ( Catch and Release)
• 2006: Lucky Number Slevin
• 2008-2009: Eli Stone (TV series, 26 episodes )
• Since 2010: Parenthood ( TV series)