Sam Jaeger Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Ohio's Otterbein College
• Before moving to Los Angeles, he acted in several theater productions in New York
• Got his first professional acting job, a guest role on "Law & Order," while he was still in college
• Worked in a casting office in New York after graduating from college
• Quote: "Directing is about rising above my insecurities, which I think a lot of first-time filmmakers have to do․"
• Quote: "My friend Jeff Seibenick and I used to make movies in high school and it became a passion of mine and from there I always considered myself a filmmaker․"
• When not acting, he enjoys writing and producing short films as well as directing
• Began his career as a stage performer in New York before relocating to Hollywood in the late 1990s
• When his first baby was born, he took the 4 a․m․ shift and would spend it walking around in the backyard with his son, watching the sun rise
• Stated that though his character's house on "Parenthood" was spotless, his real house teetered between mostly tidy and borderline filthy