American actor and student, Sam Jules was born in upstate New York and raised on the East Coast. His father Jean-Gerald, a finance manager is mixed race, Haitian and Swedish while his mother Tracie, a writer, is Italian with English and Nordic roots. When he was 12 he asked his mother if he could begin acting, giving up football and he never looked back. Sam has played opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal as her son Josh in the critically acclaimed Sundance and Netflix film, The Kindergarten Teacher. Sam has a B.S. in Kinesiology (spring 2023), he is attending medical school and pursuing his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at UT Southwestern in Dallas (May 2023). Sam is an avid guitarist and singer, he also loves fitness and enjoys Muay Thai when he's not working or in school.