Claim: Joe Manganiello has worked with a director.
Evidence: He played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi 's Spider-Man trilogy and had various recurring roles in television on ER , How I Met Your Mother , and One Tree Hill , before landing his breakout role as werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the HBO television series True Blood.
Samuel M `` Sam '' Raimi -LRB- -LSB- ˈreɪmi -RSB- born October 23 , 1959 -RRB- is an American film director , producer , screenwriter and actor , famous for creating the cult horror Evil Dead series , as well as directing the original Spider-Man trilogy -LRB- 2002 -- 07 -RRB- and the 1990 superhero film Darkman.