Jeffrey D. Sams is an

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known primarily for his

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work. Sams has been a main cast member of several television series, few of which have made it past their first season. These include '' Medicine Ball'', '' Sleepwalkers'', Rob Thomas's ''

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'', '' Wasteland'', and ''

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''. Sams has had recurring roles on television series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' CSI''. He appeared on Broadway in the 1992 musical '' Five Guys Named Moe'', the 1993 motion picture ''Fly By Night'', and in the 1997 motion picture ''

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''. As of 2005, Sams had a recurring role on Rob Thomas's ''

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'' as a

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player named Terrence Cook. His ''Cupid'' co-star Paula Marshall previously had a recurring role on the show, and Thomas has stated that - at some point - he would like to reunite Marshall, Sams, and their ''Cupid'' co-star Jeremy Piven on ''Veronica Mars''. Sams also appeared in the Netflix film ''

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''. Sams appeared as Adam Clayborne in the 1997 Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection movie Rose Hill starring Jennifer Garner as Mary Rose Clayborne.

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* 1968 births Living people American male television actors African-American male actors Male actors from Cincinnati Webster University alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people {{US-tv-actor-1960s-stub