Sam Jaeger

Samuel Heath Jaeger was born January 29, 1977, in Perrysburg, Ohio, USA. He is the son of LeAnne and Charles Jaeger. He is an American actor and screenwriter. Jaeger graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1995 and in 1999, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Otterbein College. He married Amber Marie Mellott on August 25, 2007, who is now an actress. Jaeger started his acting career while still in college, with a small guest role in New York-based TV series Law & Order (1990). He also acted on several theater stages in New York before moving to Los Angeles and Hollywood to act in full length movies. His career gained speed when he managed to get roles in well known feature films as Traffic (2000) and Behind Enemy Lines (2001). After that he played a lead character against Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell in Hart's War (2002). He currently plays Joel Graham in the American television series Parenthood.