Sam Witwer

Sam Witwer is the American actor who portrays Mr. Hyde on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography

Samuel Stewart "Sam" Witwer grew up in Glenview, Illinois,^[3] a small suburb outside of Chicago. He attended Glenbrook South High School,^[3] 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.^[4]

Witwer claims that his first on-screen credit was that of a Chicago Bulls commercial.^[5] He soon found himself in speaking roles on hit television series, such as ER.^[6]

Witwer's first major recurring role came in the form of portraying Lt. Crashdown on Battlestar Galactica,^[6] although he has credited much of his current success to his role as Neil Perry on the Showtime series Dexter.^[6] Witwer also appeared as Wayne Jessup in the movie The Mist.^[6]

From 2008 to 2009, Witwer was cast Season 8 of Smallville as Davis Bloome.^[6] Although uncredited, Witwer also played the full-physical form of the show's version of Zod at the end of the Season 8 finale.^[7] Witwer's performance in Smallville was incredibly well-received, and he has stated that his experience on the show had opened more opportunities for him in the future of acting.

Witwer made a cameo appearance in The Walking Dead as a dead (zombie) soldier in a tank in the Season 1 episode "Days Gone Bye"^[6] which reunited him with director Frank Darabont from The Mist. Witwer then starred in the North American remake of Being Human. He played the role of vampire Aidan Waite.^[6] In July 2018, Witwer joined the cast of the CW's Supergirl as Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty.^[8]

He voiced Ocean Master in the animated film Justice League: Throne of Atlantis^[9] for the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series, replacing fellow Star Wars actor Steven Blum from Justice League: War. He also voiced protagonist Galen Marek/Starkiller in the successful multimedia project Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,^[10] as well as the Son and Darth Maul in Cartoon Network's Star Wars: The Clone Wars.^[11] He voiced Maul again in Star Wars Rebels,^[12] along with Emperor Palpatine.^[11] In 2018, Witwer reprised his portrayal as Darth Maul and performed the voice acting role for the character in the Star Wars anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story.^[13]

Trivia

Sam does video game live streams on Twitch.
For his Star Wars fans, Sam used his Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine voices as influences for his Mr. Hyde voice.^[14]
Stated that he would like to be Robert Carlyle himself.^[15]
Had to read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde after being cast on the show.^[16]
Darth Maul's original voice actor Peter Serafinowicz (who voiced the character in the 1999 film Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) initially recorded Maul's lines for the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, but for continuity reasons, his performance was ultimately cut and Sam was brought in instead, since he was the one who voiced the character on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.^[17]

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season Five
"The Dark Swan":	"The Price":	"Siege Perilous":	"The Broken Kingdom":	"Dreamcatcher":	"The Bear and the Bow":	"Nimue":	"Birth":	"The Bear King":	"Broken Heart":	"Swan Song":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Souls of the Departed":	"Labor of Love":	"Devil's Due":	"The Brothers Jones":	"Our Decay":	"Her Handsome Hero":	"Ruby Slippers":	"Sisters":	"Firebird":	"Last Rites":	"Only You":	"An Untold Story":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Six
"The Savior":	"A Bitter Draught":	"The Other Shoe":	"Strange Case":	"Street Rats":	"Dark Waters":	"Heartless":	"I'll Be Your Mirror":	"Changelings":	"Wish You Were Here":	"Tougher Than the Rest":
Appears	Absent	Appears	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Murder Most Foul":	"Ill-Boding Patterns":	"Page 23":	"A Wondrous Place":	"Mother's Little Helper":	"Awake":	"Where Bluebirds Fly":	"The Black Fairy":	"The Song in Your Heart":	"The Final Battle Part 1":	"The Final Battle Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Specials
"Magic is Coming":	"The Price of Magic":	"Journey to Neverland":	"Wicked is Coming":	"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Secrets of Storybrooke":	"Dark Swan Rises":	"Evil Reigns Once More":	"The Final Battle Begins":
Absent	Absent	Archive	Absent