Biography

SAM WITWER (actor; USA)

Guest appearance: Saturday 23. April and Sunday 24. April 2022

Sam Witwer was born and 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.

He is known for playing Crashdown in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, Davis Bloome in SMALLVILLE, Aidan Waite in BEING HUMAN, Mr. Hyde in ONCE UPON A TIME, and Ben Lockwood in SUPERGIRL.

A lifelong Star Wars fan, Witwer provided both his voice and likeness for lead character Galen Marek / Starkiller in video game STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED and STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED II. For STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, Witwer had also vocally performed the Son in season 3 as well as the iconic former Sith Darth Maul in the season 4, season 5, and in season 7. He also lent his voice for Maul in other projects such as STAR WARS: REBELS and SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.

In 2019, he joined the cast of RIVERDALE as Jughead Jones' school teacher Mr. Rupert Chipping.

Witwer voiced protagonist Deacon St. John in the game DAYS GONE released in 2019.

Witwer serves as the front-man for the band The Crashtones.