page_title: List of Heroes characters
section_title: Samson Gray
hierarchical_section_title: List of Heroes characters / Other characters with special abilities / Introduced in Season Three / Samson Gray
caption_attribution_description: English: The actor John Glover in the 2009 Italiano: L'attore John Glover nel 2009
context_page_description: This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Heroes, the Heroes graphic novels, and the Heroes webisodes.
context_section_description: Samson Gray, portrayed by John Glover, is the biological father of Sylar (Gabriel Gray). Like his son, he possesses the ability of intuitive aptitude, allowing him to steal the abilities of other super-powered humans. He is responsible for the death of Gabriel's mother back in 1980. Appearing in "Shades of Gray', he is old and dying of terminal cancer, hiding from Nathan's agents in an old trailer in the woods of Newark, New Jersey.
caption: John Glover (2009)
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