In 1997, he was having lunch with his mother at a New York City
restaurant when Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York of the British royal
family, stopped by his table to congratulate him on his work in
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997).
Signed a three-movie contract with the Walt Disney Company, but has
only made Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) under that contract.
His great-uncle was Ralph Bellamy, who won an Academy Award for lifetime achievement. When he died, Sam was given the Oscar. Ralph's wife Alice Murphy was the sister of Sam's maternal grandmother Clara Murphy.
He is the writer, director and star of a 35-minute suspense thriller
entitled Sprint, filmed entirely in New Hampshire.
He was awarded the Showbiz Kids' New Young Actor of the Year award for
1997.
Appeared alongside Aaron Ashmore in an episode of Veronica Mars ("You Think You Know Somebody", 2004). Later he played the role of Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns(2006) while Ashmore played Olsen in Smallville, the TV series.
He is of Italian (from his maternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish, and French-Canadian descent.
Born on April Fools day.
He was honored with the WAVM Youth Achievement Award for 1997.