Sam Pancake

Sam Pancake is an American actor, improviser, writer and comedian.

Education[]

Pancake graduated from Hampshire High School in West Virginia and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from West Virginia University. He was 26 when he acted in his first TV show Wings in 1990.^[1]

Career[]

Pancake has appeared as "Alfie Copper" in Where The Bears Are and James Alan Spangler in Arrested Development (between 2003-2004). He hosts his own show, Monday Afternoon Movie.^[2]

His work[]

Since Pancake's first on-screen credit in Wings, he has continued to appear in many commercials and television shows, including:

Filmography[]

Year	Title	Role
1990	Wings	Deliveryman
1991	Pizza Man	The Kid
1991	True Colors	Howard
1995	Cagney & Lacey: Together Again	Roy Osmond
1995	Fast Company	Mr. Ashton
1996	Scream, Teen, Scream	Henry
1997	Interruptions	Brian
1997	Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders	Vernon Breen
1998	The Thin Pink Line	Randy Nephews
	God	Margaret's Husband
	Gia	Francesco Stylist
	The Hughleys	The Salesman
1999	Can't Stop Dancing	Commercial Casting Agent
	G vs E	Oliver
	Angel	Manager
2000	Color Me Gay	Lisping Office Homo
	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	Mackey's Secretary
	Cover Me	Jerome
	Any Day Now	Hollis
2001	Spyder Games	Motel Clerk
2001	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Michael Halbreich
2002	The King of Queens	Desk Clerk
	Yes, Dear	Waiter
	Friends	The Waiter
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Kevin
	Girls Will Be Girls	Brad
	The West Wing	Stu Winkle
	Charmed	Skreek
2004	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Hotel Clerk
	Straight-Jacket	Tour Guide
	Good Morning, Miami	Jordy
	NYPD Blue	James Westphal
	Will & Grace	Jimmy
	Arrested Development	James Alan Spangler
	Life with Bonnie	Constance / Chance / Juggler
2005		Tracy Neustadt
	A Lot like Love	Hipster at Party
	All of Us	Paul the Wedding Planner
	Fat Actress	Man in Car
	Kitchen Confidential	Cameron
2006	A-List	Bruce
	Without a Trace	Michael Mills
	American Dad!	Waiter
	Lovespring International	Burke Kristopher
2007	Cook Off!	David Lord
2008	Ready? OK!	Mable
	Over Her Dead Body	Bill
	Just Ask Mike	Jay
	Untitled Victoria Pile Project	Medical Examiner
	Chocolate News	Father Wayne Stephens
2009	Falling Up	Ray
2009	Pushing Daisies	Denny Downs
2010	Barry Munday	D.J.
	Gaysharktank.com
	'Til Death	Stewart
	$#! My Dad Says*	Lawrence
2010-12	Pretty the Series	Michael Champagne
2011	Qwerty	Chase
	Half-Share	Michael No
	Holiday Engagement	Julian
	Svetlana	Jared
2012	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!	Frederick
	Living Will	Nurse Sam
	Something Real
	The Penis Files	Sam Smithhoff Hopeful
	Waffle Hut	Del Handle
	Parenthood	Adam's Makeup Artist
	She's Living for This
2013	Out West	Travis Lennon
	Paragon School for Girls	Mrs. Copperpenny
	Jessie	Simon Sneed
2014	Space Station 76	Saul
	The Hungover Games	Tracey
	Growing Up Fisher	Kevin
	From Here on OUT	Richard
	Hit the Floor	Wendall
	Los Feliz, 90027	Sal Malone
	Where the Bears Are	Alfie Cooper
2015	You're Killing Me	Dr. Strauss
	Cougar Town	Mr. Danner
	Truth Be Told	Stephen
	Not Looking	Homeless Nathan
2016	The Family Lamp	Sam
	Transparent	Drag Blair
	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Pyotr
	Documentary Now!	Ed Brulay
	Major Crimes	George Greenwood
	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Donald
	Last Will and Testicle	Doctor
	Neil Patrick and Harris	Clarke
2017	Linda from HR	Oren Ferver
	Losing It	Kevin
	The Mick	Oliver Fishburn
	His Wives and Daughters	Nathan Markham
	Pilot Season	Sam
2018	Dumplin'	Dale
2018	The Untitled Lucy Davis & Kimberly Aboltin Project	Frank
2018–present	A Million Little Things	Carter French
2019	Abby's	Richard
2020	Equal	Dick Leitsch
2020-2021	Search Party	Patrick

Personal life[]

Pancake is openly gay and claims that he most often portrays gay characters in films and television series.^[2] Pancake is single and had at least one previous relationship which was unknown to the media. Also, he has no children.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "The Hardest Working Homo in Hollywood". www.advocate.com. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ ^a ^b "About". Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ "Sam Pancake - Actor - A Million Little Things, Dumplin', Friends | Speak L.A." Pete Goldfinger. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

External links[]

Sam Pancake at IMDb

[:0-1] "The Hardest Working Homo in Hollywood". www.advocate.com. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[:1-2] "About". Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[:2-3] "Sam Pancake - Actor - A Million Little Things, Dumplin', Friends | Speak L.A." Pete Goldfinger. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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