Portrait of Sam Karmann

Acting

Sam Karmann

Career

Active from 1985 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sam Karmann Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Spiritual
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 5
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • French Comedy 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • French Cinema 2
  • Meta-Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Chute libre
Chute libre

as Joël

2020s

14 titles · average score 65
Summer '36
Summer '36 (2026)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Henri Pontavice-Caron

Flashback
Flashback (2025)

TV show · as Perroni

Those Who Lived
Those Who Lived (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Père d'Arnaud

Je ne suis pas un héros
Je ne suis pas un héros (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

as Thierry Ifergan

Amis d'enfance
Amis d'enfance (2022)

Director

L’épopée des vignerons
L’épopée des vignerons (2022)

as Narrator (voice)

The Colors of Fire
The Colors of Fire (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

as Le faussaire

En plein cœur
En plein cœur (2021)

as Richard Leprince

On n'efface pas les souvenirs
On n'efface pas les souvenirs (2021)

as Diego

Laetitia
Laetitia (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Gilles Patron

Above the Sky
Above the Sky (2020)

as Père de Dorine

Selfie
Selfie (2020)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dr. Gérard Sanerot

2010s

20 titles · average score 59
Newcomers
Newcomers (2019)

as Jacques

Amours à mort
Amours à mort (2019)

as François Leroy

Abdel et la Comtesse
Abdel et la Comtesse (2018)

as Claude

Le Viol
Le Viol (2017)

as Professeur Minkovsky

C'est la vie!
C'est la vie! (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

as The Friend Who Saves the Dinner

Crimes parfaits
Crimes parfaits (2017)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Roland

Beautiful Loser
Beautiful Loser (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Jean-Pierre

Des lendemains qui chantent
Des lendemains qui chantent (2014)
GoodWatch score 54

as Rabbi Mendelbaum

Jeux dangereux
Jeux dangereux (2012)

as Jean-Baptiste Pirelli

Radiostars
Radiostars (2012)
GoodWatch score 59

as J.R. Jablonski

1788...et demi
1788...et demi (2011)

TV show · as Comte François de Saint-Azur

Titeuf
Titeuf (2011)
GoodWatch score 55

as Papa (voice)

2000s

10 titles · average score 59
Les Bougon
Les Bougon (2008)

TV show · as L'acteur

Vampire Party
Vampire Party (2008)
GoodWatch score 44

as Serge Krinine

Marie-Octobre
Marie-Octobre (2008)

as Raoul de Saint-Maur

True Enough
True Enough (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

as Thomas

Opération Turquoise
Opération Turquoise (2007)

as Colonel

Suzanne
Suzanne (2005)

as Joseph Wiznitzer

Casablanca Driver
Casablanca Driver (2004)
GoodWatch score 44

as John Driver, le père adoptif de Casa

Nickel and Dime
Nickel and Dime (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

Monsieur Batignole
Monsieur Batignole (2002)
GoodWatch score 72

as Max Bernstein

The Taste of Others
The Taste of Others (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

as Le metteur en scène

1990s

12 titles · average score 67
Kennedy et moi
Kennedy et moi (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Robert Janssen

Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère !
Le Ciel, les Oiseaux et... ta mère ! (1999)
GoodWatch score 53

as Le contrôleur du bus

Ça reste entre nous
Ça reste entre nous (1998)

as Patrick

La méthode
La méthode (1998)

as Patrick

La vérité est un vilain défaut
La vérité est un vilain défaut (1997)

as Denis

A lovely summer afternoon
A lovely summer afternoon (1996)

as Maxime

Le rêve d'Esther
Le rêve d'Esther (1996)

as Illian

J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites (1995)

as Christophe

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
GoodWatch score 81

as Disturbing man / Youri / Émile Gravier

Kitchen with Apartment
Kitchen with Apartment (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jacques

Omnibus
Omnibus (1992)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

A Lesson of Hope
A Lesson of Hope (1991)

as M. Lanoselle

1980s

11 titles · average score 54
Chère canaille
Chère canaille (1989)

as Richard

La Rumba
La Rumba (1987)

as Antoine

Under the Cherry Moon
Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
GoodWatch score 40

as Police Inspector

Follow My Gaze
Follow My Gaze (1986)

as Un loubard violeur

Hell Train
Hell Train (1985)

as Duval

Thieves After Dark
Thieves After Dark (1984)
GoodWatch score 55

as Policeman

New Year's Eve At Bob's
New Year's Eve At Bob's (1984)
GoodWatch score 53

as Roby

Le Grand Carnaval
Le Grand Carnaval (1983)
GoodWatch score 55

as Rabinovitch, soldat américain

The Big Pardon
The Big Pardon (1982)
GoodWatch score 60

as William Benamou

La Balance
La Balance (1982)
GoodWatch score 66

as Paulo

Petit déjeuner compris
Petit déjeuner compris (1980)

TV show · as Khabil