Sam Hennings

Sam Hennings is the actor who portrayed in the first season episode .
Hennings was born in Macon, Georgia and started working as an actor in television, film, and on stage in the 1980s. Prior to his work on The Next Generation he appeared in episodes of (1985, with Robert Ellenstein and Brian Thompson), (1985, with regulars Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, and Ricardo Montalban), (1986, with Susan Howard, John Beck, Barry Jenner, and Morgan Woodward), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986, with Bruce Gray and Nana Visitor), (1986, starring Kate Jackson, with Rick Fitts, Richard Herd, and Georgann Johnson), and Houston Knights (1988, with Anthony De Longis).
Early film projects include (1986, with Barbara Williams and Mike Genovese), (1988), and the war drama Private War (1988).
In the 1990s, Hennings had guest roles in several television series such as (1991, with James Cromwell, Gregory Itzin, Dierk Torsek, Mark L. Taylor, and Margaret Reed), The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1991, with Georgann Johnson, Lisa Banes, Victor Bevine, Karen Austin, and Meg Foster), (1995, with Lisa Banes, Louis Giambalvo, and Allan Miller), (1996, with Michael Cavanaugh, Dennis Christopher, and Tim de Zarn), The Magnificent Seven (1998, with Andrew Kavovit, Ron Perlman, Rick Worthy, Jerry Hardin, and Karen Hensel), (1999, with Melinda Clarke and Art Chudabala), (1999, starring Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and Noble Willingham, with Stephen McHattie, Clayton Landey, and Michael Kagan), and (1998 & 2000, with Kristanna Loken, Tucker Smallwood, and Connor Trinneer in the first episode). Between 1998 and 2001 Hennings worked on four episodes of , portraying two different characters. In these episodes he worked with fellow Trek performers Stephen Macht, Larissa Laskin, Georgann Johnson, Billy Mayo, Scott Lawrence, David Lee Smith, James Black, Art Chudabala, Jim Fitzpatrick, Kerrie Keane, Sam Anderson, and James G. MacDonald.
Further television work includes episodes of (2001), Whoopi Goldberg's (2001, starring Jenifer Lewis, with Christopher Neiman), (2003, with Tim Kelleher), (2006 & 2007, with Jack Kehler and J. Downing), (2007, starring Holly Hunter and Leon Rippy, with Roger Aaron Brown, Steve Rankin, René Auberjonois, and Robin Gammell), (2009), and (2009, with Sherman Augustus and Lauren Mary Kim).
Hennings was featured in Mission Manila (1990), (1993), (1994), (1998), the television special Hunter: Return to Justice (2002, with Mike Gomez), (2004, with Adam Scott, Brent Spiner, Kenneth Welsh, Joe Chrest, Keith Campbell, Chase Hoyt, Scott Sahadi, and Elizabeth DeCicco), and (2009, with Joanna Cassidy, Jimmy Bennett, Andy Milder, Jude Ciccolella, Ray Proscia, and Bart McCarthy).
In 2010 he joined fellow Trek actress Alfre Woodard as Charlie "Whitehead" White in , featuring recurring guest actor Daniel Hugh Kelly and reunited Hennings with Next Generation assistant director Babu Subramaniam. Other projects are the family movie Elevator Girl (2010, with Sean McGowan, Jeanette Miller, and Devin Williamson), (2010, with Robert Curtis Brown and Boris Krutonog), and guest roles in (2010, with Lisa Vidal, Bill Smitrovich, and Clifton Collins, Jr.) and (2011, with Jim Beaver).
== Further Trek connections ==
* (1989, starring Charles Hallahan, with Christopher Carroll and Tim de Zarn)
* (1989, starring Kate Mulgrew and Gail Strickland, with Bibi Besch)
* (1989, with Joel Polis and George D. Wallace)
* Night Angel (1990), with Leslie McCasky
* Shout (1991), with Michelle Johnston, James Avery, Lee Arnone-Briggs, Roger Aaron Brown, and Alex Daniels
* Secrets (1992), tv mini series, with David Birney and Michael Durrell
* Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story (1992), with John Mahon
* (1992, with Bernard Kates, Cole S. McKay, Don Pike, and Gary Pike)
* Trade Winds (1993), tv mini series, with John Beck, Ned Vaughn, Allan Dean Moore, Kim Hamilton, L.L. Ginter, Scott Lawrence, and Rick Avery
* Indecent Behavior III (1995), with Charles Lucia
* Race (1996), with Allen Robinson
* The Beneficiary (1997), with April Grace, Dan Woren, and Michele Marsh
* Playing Patti (1998), with Richard Beymer, Brad Dourif, Raymond Cruz, and Lindsay Ridgeway
* Killing Off (1999), short film, make up by Margie Latinopoulos
* Squint (2001), with Daniel Roebuck and James Harper
* Resurrection Blvd. (2001), episode "El Mejor Amigo Del Hombre", with Daniel Zacapa, Dayo Ade, and Tony Plana
* Resurrection Blvd. (2001), episode "La Nina Perdida", with Daniel Zacapa and Tony Plana
* The Court (2002), episode "Back in the Bottle", with Bob Gunton, Brenda Strong, and Barry Wiggins
* Jumping for Joy (2002), with Heidi Swedberg
* (2002), with key hair stylist Lee Ann Brittenham
* The Lone Ranger (2003, with Jeffrey Nordling, Martha Hackett, Lin Oeding, Rick Sawaya, and Ben Scott
* Homeland Security (2004), with Leland Orser, Megan Gallagher, Tracy Scoggins, Glenn Morshower, Andrew Robinson, Spencer Garrett, Terrence Beasor
* The Work and the Glory (2004), with Edward Laurence Albert, Brenda Strong, Wayne Grace, and Kevin Stillwell
* Long Dark Kiss (2005), with Joel Brooks and Chester E. Tripp III
* (2005, with Jennifer Hetrick and Rick Worthy)
* Havoc (2005), with Raymond Cruz and Angela Meryl
* Soldier of God (2005), with Chien Funan, W. Morgan Sheppard, and T.J. Storm
* The Work and the Glory II: American Zion (2005), with Brenda Strong and Raphael Sbarge
* 10 Tricks (2006), with Albie Selznick, Raymond Cruz, and Molly Brink
* The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided (2006), with Brenda Strong and Raphael Sbarge
* (2008, with Daniel Roebuck)
* (2009), with Susan Diol
* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010), starring Paul Guilfoyle, Wallace Langham, Liz Vassey, Scott Workman, and special effects makeup artist Clinton Wayne
== External links ==
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