Early life

Witwer grew up in Glenview, Illinois, a small suburb outside of Chicago. He attended Glenbrook South High School, during which time he was involved in drama and theater classes, as well as being the lead singer of a high school band called "Love Plumber". He attended the Juilliard School for a time before moving to Los Angeles.

Career

Witwer claims that his first on-screen credit was that of a Chicago Bulls commercial. He soon found himself in speaking roles on hit television series, such as ER.

Witwer's first major recurring role came in the form of portraying Lt. Crashdown on Battlestar Galactica, although he has credited much of his current success to his role as Neil Perry on the Showtime series Dexter. Witwer also appeared as Private Wayne Jessup in the movie The Mist.

From 2008 to 2009, Witwer was cast Season 8 of Smallville as Davis Bloome, a charming paramedic who struggles with a darkness within as he is the human camouflage of Doomsday, a character in the comics best known for being the only villain to have killed Superman. While Witwer played Davis, Doomsday was played by stuntman Dario Delacio. Although uncredited, Witwer also played the full-physical form of the show's version of Zod at the end of the Season 8 finale (while the role would later be played in Season 9 by British actor Callum Blue). Witwer's performance in Smallville was incredibly well-received, and he has stated that his experience on the show had opened more opportunities for him in the future of acting.

Witwer made a cameo appearance in The Walking Dead as a dead (zombie) soldier in a tank in the Season 1 episode "Days Gone Bye" which reunited him with director Frank Darabont from The Mist.

Witwer starred in the North American remake of Being Human. He played the role of vampire Aidan Waite.

He voiced Ocean Master in the animated film Justice League: Throne of Atlantis for the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series, replacing fellow Star Wars actor Steven Blum from Justice League: War.

Roleplaying games

Sam is an avid player of both electronic games and pen-and-paper roleplaying games. This is a hobby that he has engaged in for years. He has been a frequent guest on the Podcast Order 66 and has expressed a love for all iterations of Star Wars roleplaying games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (by West End Games) to Star Wars Roleplaying Game (by Wizards of the Coast) and to the current series of cross-compatible Star Wars roleplaying games by Fantasy Flight Games.

Sam appeared in episode 19 of Geek and Sundry's Tabletop playing the Dragon Age roleplaying game.

Star Wars career

A lifelong Star Wars fan, Witwer provided both his voice and likeness for lead character Galen Marek/Starkiller (Darth Vader's secret apprentice) in the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and 2010 sequel Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. He has since received much praise for his contribution to the role. He has also voiced Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine) in both games. He reprised this role for one episode in season 2 of Star Wars Rebels, namely "The Siege of Lothal."

For Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Witwer had also vocally performed the Son in a three episode story arc (known as the Mortis trilogy) in Season 3 as well as the iconic Sith Lord Darth Maul in the Season 4 finale episodes and in four episodes of Season 5. He also lent his voice for Darth Maul in other projects such as the Star Wars: Episode I Brisk commercial as well as the Cartoon Network special Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

Sam attended The Clone Wars Season 5 Red Carpet Premier in Orlando, Florida on August 24, 2012 during Celebration VI along with some of his co-stars Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan, Stephen Stanton and Ashley Eckstein, as well as Supervising Director Dave Filoni. During Celebration VI, he also had his own panel called Sam Witwer "The Maul Within" on August 26, 2012. In 2013, he attended for the first time the annual event, Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida for a three-day weekend and fans praised him for his roles in The Force Unleashed games and on The Clone Wars. During the live show "Behind the Force", Sam showed his acting skills by saying one or two lines of the characters that he's played in the Star Wars universe.

Sam Witwer voiced Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine in the video game Disney Infinity 3.0 and Battlefront. Witwer also voices Emperor Palpatine on the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels.

Sam also guest voiced an alien in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Crank	Shootout Henchmen
2007	Mist, TheThe Mist	Private Jessup
2008	Pathology	Party Boy
2009	Gamer	Social Worker
2010	No God, No Master	Eugenio Ravarini
2010	The Return of Joe Rich	Joe Neiderman
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Orm/Ocean Master	Voice Only
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Alien	Additional Voice
2017	Officer Downe (film)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	ER	Tommy	Episode: "Fear of Commitment"
2001-2003	JAG	Beasley	2 episodes
2001	Arliss	Mourner	Episode: "Of Cabbages and Kings"
2002	Dark Angel	Marrow	Episode: "Love in Vein"
2002	She Spies	Jason	Episode: "Daddy's Girl"
2003	Angel	John Stoler	Episode: "Shiny Happy People"
2003	Lyon's Den, TheThe Lyon's Den	Bryce Cherot/Chucke Porter	Episode: "Duty to Serve"
2003	Star Trek: Enterprise	Sloth #3	Episode: "The Shipment"
2004	Cold Case	James Creighton	Episode: "The Plan"
2004	NCIS	Staff Sgt. Rafael	Episode: "Split Decision"
2004	Star Trek: New Voyages	Guardian's Voice	Episode: "In Harm's Way"
2004-2005	Battlestar Galactica	Lt. Crashdown	11 episodes
2006	Dexter	Neil Perry	3 episodes
2006	Bones	Mitchell Downs	Episode: "The Titan On The Track"
2007	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Muscular Guy in Store	Episode: "Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead"
2007	Shark	Richard Lee Franco	Episode: "Every Breath You Take"
2007-2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Officer Casella	2 episodes
2008-2009	Smallville	Davis Bloome	12 episodes
2010	The Walking Dead	Tank Soldier	Uncredited Episode: "Days Gone Bye"
2011-2014	Being Human	Aidan Waite	52 episodes Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
2011-2013	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	The Son Darth Maul	Voice 9 episodes Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program
2012	Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Darth Maul Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious	Voice TV Movie
2014	Grimm	Max Robbins	Episode: "The Show Must Go On"
2014-Present	Star Wars Rebels	Maul Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious
2016	Once Upon a Time	Mr. Hyde

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Starkiller Emperor Palpatine	Voice
2008	Soulcalibur IV	Starkiller	English Version
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	Starkiller Emperor Palpatine	Voice
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Emperor Palpatine	Voice
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Darth Maul Emperor Palpatine	Voice

[ Source: Wikipedia ]