Early life

Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Career

Trammell has worked in theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television. He is an accomplished New York stage actor whose credits include a Tony nominated performance in Ah, Wilderness! at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway, he starred in Dealer's Choice, My Night with Reg, If Memory Serves, and Ancestral Voices, as well as in Kit Marlowe at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, where he received outstanding reviews.

Trammell's big break came when he landed the role of Sam Merlotte on the HBO series True Blood. In 2013, Trammell played Darrell Mackey in the drama film White Rabbit. Trammell played Hazel's (Shailene Woodley) father, Michael Lancaster, in the 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars, based on the novel of the same name by John Green.

Personal life

Trammell and actress Missy Yager met in 2003 while performing theater in new York City. The couple had twin boys on August 9, 2011.

Awards

For his work on HBO's True Blood, Trammell was nominated for:

• Breakout Performance - Male at the 2009 Scream Awards
• Best Supporting Actor at the 2010 Scream Awards.
• Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Harvest of Fire	Simon Troyer	Television film
1996	Childhood's End	Greg Chute
1997	Hotel Manor Inn, TheThe Hotel Manor Inn	Nolan
1998	Wrestling with Alligators	Will
2000	Beat	Lee
2000	Fear of Fiction	Red/Tom Hopkins
2000	Autumn in New York	Simon
2000	Followers	John Dietrich
2003	Undermind	Derrick Hall/Zane Waye
2004	Last Full Measure, TheThe Last Full Measure	N/A	Short film
2004	Anonymous Rex	Vincent Rubio	Television film
2007	What If God Were the Sun?	Jeff	Television film
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	Tim
2008	Miracle of Phil	Taylor	Short film
2010	Children of the Spider	Alex	Short film
2010	Inn Keeper, TheThe Inn Keeper	Jeb	Short film
2011	Details, TheThe Details	Chris	Uncredited
2012	Guns, Girls and Gambling	Sheriff Cowley
2013	Crazy Kind of Love	Jeff Lucas
2013	Deadweight	Preston Westwood
2013	White Rabbit	Darrell Mackey
2014	After the Fall	Lee
2014	Fault in Our Stars, TheThe Fault in Our Stars	Michael Lancaster
2014	Me	David
2015	All Mistakes Buried	Sonny Coles
2015	About Ray	Matthew	In post-production
2015	Track, TheThe Track	Scott	In post-production
2016	I Am Wrath	Detective Gibson	Filming
2016	Imperium	Gerry Conrad	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Maximum Bob	Sonny Dupree	2 episodes
1998	Trinity	Liam McCallister	3 episodes
2001-02	Going to California	Kevin "Space" Lauglin	Main role; 20 episodes
2004	House	Ethan Hartig	Episode: "Maternity"
2005	Strong Medicine	Kiko Ellsworth	Episode: "First Response"
2005	Judging Amy	Marty Levine	3 episodes
2005	Bones	Ken Thompson	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	CSI: NY	Charles Wright	Episode: "Heroes"
2006	Numbers	Thomas Gill	Episode: "Hot Shot"
2006	Justice	Kevin O'Neil	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Dexter	Matt Chambers	Episode: "Crocodile"
2007	Cold Case	Porter Rawley (1981)	Episode: "Blood on the Tracks"
2008-14	True Blood	Sam Merlotte	Main role; 79 episodes
2009	Medium	Dr. Brian Seward	Episode: "Things to Do in Phoenix When You're Dead"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Gray Vanderhoven	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2013	Filthy Sexy Teen$	Tom Saxson	Television special
2013	Childrens Hospital	Denizen Stoop	Episode: "My Friend Falcon"
2015-present	Cocked	Richard Paxson	Main role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Paul the Male Matchmaker	Stu	Episode: "Know When You Are Too Old"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]