Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Sam moved across the country before settling in Portland, OR in 1979. A professional actor and director for the last 24 years, Sam has produced dozens of independent productions on stage. Founder and director of the Heart Theater (notable productions include, The White Devil and The Trial) and The Shakespeare Martyr Complex, (Christmas Carol, Satan’s Fall, The Yellow Wallpaper). Some representative stage roles from over 100 options, Henry Higgins My Fair Lady, Lennie in Of Mice and Men, Macbeth, Edward II, James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God, Clark in Short Eyes, Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Andrew Wyke in Sleuth, Daniel Webster in The Devil and Daniel Webster, Dr. Astrov in Uncle Vanya, Shere Kahn in Jungle Book, Dr. Stockman in An Enemy of the People and Richard in The Lion in Winter.

A much sought after voice over actor, Sam has represented such companies as: Parker Furniture, The Discovery Channel, OMSI, Adidas, Nike, GI Joe’s, The Steinbeck Center and Thomason Auto Group. Sam is very excited to be voicing the titular character in Dry Smoke and Whispers Holodio theater’s new series on XM Radio, Shadow Man. Sam is also the Voice for the Horned Avenger a faith based creativity super hero series on DVD. He recently played Caliban in The Tempest for Speak-The-Speech.com, an internet audio project that will eventually provide new versions of all Shakespeare’s plays free of charge over the world wide web.
Personally, Sam is married to teacher, Director and playwright Cynthia McGean with whom he has collaborated on numerous occasions. His son Atticus Welles Mowry is attending college locally as he pursues a wide variety of interests. Sam is represented by Stacey Stahl and Tara Strong at IN BOTH EARS

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