Sam Raimi

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthday

1959-10-23

Place of birth

Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Sam Raimi

Biography

Samuel Marshall Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1992) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The Quick and the Dead (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), The Gift (2000), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1997), its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001), and Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) starring longtime friend and collaborator Bruce Campbell, reprising his role in the Evil Dead franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Raimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

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2025

The Making Of A Mockumentary

Himself (archive footage)

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

(archive footage)

2019

Fanboy

Sam Raimi

2019

The Chef Show

Self - Guest

2016

The Jungle Book

Giant Squirrel (voice)

2013

3 Geezers!

Director

2009

Drag Me to Hell

Ghost at Seance (uncredited)

2007

Suck My Geek!

Self

2004

Spider-Man 2

University Student with Bag (uncredited)

2002

Spider-Man

Popcorn Thrower (uncredited)

2002

Hatred Of A Minute

Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)

2002

Spider-Mania

Self

1997

The Shining

Gas Station Howie

1995

Galaxis

Nervous Official

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

Hudsucker Brainstormer

1994

The Flintstones

Cliff Look-A-Like

1994

M.A.N.T.I.S.

Ray (uncredited)

1994

The Stand

Bobby Terry

1993

Body Bags

Bill - Dead Attendant

1993

Indian Summer

Stick Coder

1993

Freaked

Crooked Cop (uncredited)

1992

Innocent Blood

Roma Meats Man

1992

Army of Darkness

Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited)

1990

Miller's Crossing

Snickering Gunman

1990

Maniac Cop 2

Newscaster

1989

Intruder

Randy

1988

Maniac Cop

Parade Reporter

1987

Evil Dead II

Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair

1985

Spies Like Us

Drive-In Security

1981

The Evil Dead

Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)

1978

Acting and Reacting

Mime at Party

1978

It's Murder!

Uncle Jasper