Samuel S. Franklin

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Samuel S. Franklin

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Samuel S. Franklin is an African-American drama actor and singer born in the city of Mobile, Alabama to parents Calvin & Alyce Franklin and based in Berlin, Germany. Samuel is known for his supporting role as Roger Collins in the 6-part TV/Streaming Series, " Almost Fly," which is now streaming on Netflix. He is also known for his most recent role as singer John Davis in the much anticipated Milli Vanilli biopic entitled, "Girl You Know It's True."

American
Place of residence Berlin (DE)
Year of birth1979 (45 years)
Place of birthAlabama
Housing optionsLas Vegas (US), Düsseldorf (DE), Berlin (DE)
ProfessionActor, Comedian, Model, Musical actor, Singer
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorBlack
Height (cm)175
Weight (in kg)75
Statureathletic / training
LanguagesEnglish(native-language)German
DialectsAfrican-English(native dialect)American-Southern States(native dialect)American-Standard(native dialect)New Jersey accent
AccentsAfricanAmericanEnglish
InstrumentsDrums
SportBasketballAmerican footballBaseballBilliardsBowlingBoxingMiniature golfBeach volleyballDartsArcheryCrossbow shootingHorse ridingTable tennis
PitchTenor
SingingA cappellaChoirGospelHip HopMusicalRapSoul/RnBOpera
Special skillsStunt
Training
Other professional training
2018 – 2020
Technique & Improvisation (Speiser & Sturges Acting Studio, Los Angeles)
Awards
2022
Jupiter Awards Nominierung für die beste TV-Serie - Almost Fly
2019
WCOPA Silver Medal Winner/Best Original Song
2019
WCOPA Gold Medal Winner/Drama Acting
2019
WCOPA Gold Medal Winner/Comedy Acting
2019
WCOPA Gold Medal Winner/TV Acting
Film
2022
Girl You Know It’s True (Cinema film)
Supporting role
Simon Verhoeven Leonine Studios
2020
Dating Santa (Webfilm) (Short film)
Leading role
Jeanne Jaeger Jeanne Jaeger Produktion [de]
2020
Instabella (Short film)
Leading role
Jeanne Jaeger Jeanne Jaeger Produktion [de]
2019
The Coffee-House (Short film)
Leading role
Jonas Haldemann Jeanne Jaeger Produktion [de]
Television
2022
The Voice of Germany (TV show)
Jay Schmidt Bildergarten Entertainment GmbH ProSieben [de], SAT.1
2021
Almost Fly (TV series)
Supporting role
Florian Gaag W&B Television GmbH Sky [de], Warner TV Serie [de], [TNT Serie] [de]
Audio
2021
Ein Hauch von Amerika (Dubbing)
Dror Zahavi FFP New Media GmbH ARD [de], Degeto [de], NDR [de], SWR [de], WDR [de]
2016
McDonald's - Stars of America (Dubbing)
Pascal Heiduk soup.filmproduktion GmbH
Other
2022
Franz Matthews - The Question (feat. Jonathan Lehmann) (Music video)
No name (LR)
Adrian Nehm Locolor Filmproduktion
Commercial
2022
Deutsche Bahn - Bahncard Herbst 2022 (Commercial)
Businessesman (LR)
Jan-Hauke Hilberg Czar [de]
2021
Colgate - Smile Masterclass (Webfilme) (Image movie)
No name
Laurent Cayet WPP Red Fuse
2019
Tchibo - Weihnachten (Commercial)
Leading role
Nico Beyer BLMFilm GmbH
2017
Mercedes Benz - Hi Mercedes. The User Experience Revolution (Commercial)
Leading role
Sylvia Borges 5ter Stock Medienproduktion GmbH
2016
McDonald's - Stars of America (Commercial)
Supporting role
Pascal Heiduk soup.filmproduktion GmbH