Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Josh Levison on the Syfy series Being Human (2011–2014), Mimi-Siku in the Tim Allen film Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), and Jimmy Olsen in the superhero film Superman Returns (2006). He also played the recurring role of Mitchie Mendelson on the Fox series Rosewood (2015–2017). His other notable credits include Detroit Rock City (1999), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Fanboys (2009), Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011), Veronica Mars (2014), Sully (2016), Good Girls (2018), and The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023).
Early life Huntington was born on April 1, 1982 to David Sherwood Huntington Jr. and Christine Stabile in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and raised in Hancock. His mother owned and operated the Black Box Theatre, where Huntington started his career. Huntington's great-uncle was actor Ralph Bellamy.
Career Huntington's first role was in the 1995 instructional video "Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide" playing the character "Joystick Johnny", starring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry. Huntington's second role was in the 1996 television film Harvest of Fire, which starred Lolita Davidovich. He then appeared opposite Tim Allen in Disney's Jungle 2 Jungle the following year. He has appeared in many feature films such as Detroit Rock City, Not Another Teen Movie, Sleepover, Rolling Kansas, Freshman Orientation, In Enemy Hands and River's End. He has also guest starred in television series such as CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Law & Order, and Veronica Mars. He was also in the History Channel's documentary The States, when it covered New Hampshire.
Huntington appeared in Bryan Singer's 2006 film Superman Returns as Jimmy Olsen. He starred in the 2009 comedy film Fanboys, and again co-starred with Superman actor Brandon Routh in the live action film adaptation of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.
In 2011, he was cast in the Syfy television series Being Human as Josh Levison, a werewolf. The series lasted four 13-episode seasons (a total of 52 episodes), and its final episode aired in April 2014. He also served as a guest on the second season of the reality television game show Face Off.
From autumn 2015 through spring 2017, Huntington appeared as the "special guest star"On-air credits listed Huntington as "Special Guest Star" on each episode in which he appeared. in his recurring role of quirky coroner Mitchie Mendelson on the Fox series Rosewood. The series was cancelled in May 2017 after two seasons.
On December 7, 2017, Huntington appeared briefly in the role of detective Sammy in USA Network's telefilm Psych: The Movie.
Personal life Huntington married actress and producer Rachel Klein in 2006. Together they have two children.
Filmography Year Production Role Notes 1995 Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide Joystick Johnny Instructional video 1996 Harvest of Fire Nathan Hostetler Television film; uncredited1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Mimi-Siku Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor Law & Order Terry Lawlor 1 episode 1999 Detroit Rock City Jam 2001 Not Another Teen Movie Ox 2003 Rolling Kansas Dinkadoo Murphy 2004 Freshman Orientation Clay In Enemy Hands Virgil Wright Raising Genius Bic Sleepover Ren CSI: Miami Justin Gillespie 1 episode 2004–2005 Veronica Mars Luke Haldeman Episodes: "You Think You Know Somebody" and "A Trip to the Dentist"2005 River's End Clay Watkins CSI: NY Connor Mulcahy 1 episode2006 Superman Returns Jimmy Olsen Superman Returns: The Video Game Video game; voice role2007 Two Dreadful Children Television film; voice role It's a Mall World Dean Miniseries 2007–2008 Cavemen Andy Claybrook 8 episodes 2008 Looking Up Dresses Jade Williams Short film 2009 Fanboys Eric 2010 Human Target John Gray 1 episode Tug Glenn Martin, DDS 1 episode; voice role 2011 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Marcus 2011–2014 Being Human Josh Levison Main role 2012 Warehouse 13 Ethan Recurring role 2013 Three Night Stand Carl 2014 Veronica Mars Luke Haldeman The Throwaways Drew Reynolds 2015–2017 Rosewood Mitchie Mendelson Recurring role2016 Finding Sofia Alex The Gender Card Flip Bret Johnson Sully Jeff Kolodjay 2017 The Expanse Solomon Epstein 1 episode Psych: The Movie Sammy Television film2018 iZombie Allan Fox 1 episode Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Paul 2019 Good Girls Noah Recurring role The Resident Taylor Emigh 1 episode 2023 The Last Stop in Yuma County David 2025 Bride Hard Ryan Out of Order Paul A Man on the Inside Max Griffin 6 episodes
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