Samantha Mathis
Date of birth: 1970-05-12
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Σαμάνθα Μάθις, سامانتا ماتیس
Biography
Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President of SAG-AFTRA. Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Thing Called Love (1993), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012).
Movie Credits
12 Desperate Hours
2023-02-25
It centers on Val who finds herself and her young children held hostage by Denny when he forces his
American Psycho
2000-04-13
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-wor
Local Color
2008-11-14
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A tale
Jack & Sarah
1995-06-02
Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on
Pump Up the Volume
1990-08-22
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pira
The Punisher
2004-04-15
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' --
How to Make an American Quilt
1995-10-06
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheatin
The American President
1995-11-17
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he w
Buried
2010-09-24
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find h
Little Women
1994-12-21
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Super Mario Bros.
1993-05-28
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dino
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992-04-10
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical f
The Thing Called Love
1993-08-27
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
Order of Chaos
2010-02-12
Almost rich, almost thirty, he never lies or cheats, even when his beautiful fiancé orders him aroun
This Is My Life
1992-02-21
Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian.
To My Daughter
1990-11-26
A mother is haunted by the death of one of her children which has an effect on the surviving sibling
The New Daughter
2009-12-18
John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an is
Museum of Love
1996-10-06
Dumped by his girlfriend, a young unemployed actor decides to transform his house into a "museum" of
Good Day for It
2011-04-08
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old scor
Lebanon, Pa.
2011-04-29
Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently decease
The Music of Chance
1993-06-23
Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
Believe in Me
2006-09-07
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a sc
Attraction
2001-04-22
A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then
Fathers and Sons
2005-06-02
Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of
A Stranger's Heart
2007-05-05
Man and woman (Peter Dobson and Samantha Mathis) fall in love in a heart transplant facility. They a
Touched
2005-11-01
A devoted nurse falls in love with a formerly comatose patient who has lost his sense of touch.
Unanswered Prayers
2010-11-29
After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family buildi
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990-11-04
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.
Mermaid
2000-05-21
Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023-09-23
In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister s
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012-10-12
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a
Sweet Jane
1998-02-01
Jane, an HIV-positive heroin addict, meets Tony, a young AIDS victim with no family, and the two for
Forbidden Sun
1988-07-01
Olympic gymnastics coach Francine Lake and her twelve gorgeous students train on the Island of Crete
Freak City
1999-01-16
After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon be
Absolution
2006-09-11
For 10 years, a journalist has avoided visiting her small hometown. When news spreads about a comato
The Simian Line
2001-11-16
The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine throws a party
Extreme Close-Up
1990-10-22
Innovative drama mixing film and video, with a teenager obsessed with watching his late mother, kill
Camilla Dickinson
2012-05-20
Fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson leads a sheltered life in New York City until her parents' marria
Affluenza
2014-07-11
An aspiring young photographer finds himself caught up in a heady world of money, sex, and privilege
Isle Child
2025-04-25
When a Korean-American adoptee discovers his birthmother is terminally ill, he must decide whether t
American Pastoral
2016-10-20
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new po
Ray Meets Helen
2018-05-04
Two lonely strangers who are struggling in life cross paths with each other under unusual circumstan
Being Frank
2019-06-14
A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family
Cold Sassy Tree
1989-10-16
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to we
Boarding School
2018-08-30
When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst
The Clovehitch Killer
2018-11-16
A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father'
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007-12-09
While back in his hometown, a suicidal former baseball player encounters the spirit of his deceased
All That We Destroy
2019-05-03
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an
The Exorcism
2024-05-30
A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film, leading his estranged
Kids in America
2005-10-21
Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principa
Searching for Debra Winger
2002-07-13
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the en
By Design
2026-02-13
A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.
Broken Arrow
1996-02-09
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, th
Waiting for Woody Allen
1998-04-01
An unlucky actor named Josh Silver regains hope when his agent gets him an audition with his idol Wo