Sam Raimi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-10-23 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Sam Raimi

Biography

Samuel Marshall Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1992) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The Quick and the Dead (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), The Gift (2000), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has a...

Acting

1990

Miller's Crossing

as Snickering Gunman

1989

Intruder

as Randy

1993

Body Bags

as Bill - Dead Attendant

1993

Indian Summer

as Stick Coder

1992

Innocent Blood

as Roma Meats Man

1995

Galaxis

as Nervous Official

2007

1988

Maniac Cop

as Parade Reporter

2002

Spider-Man

as Popcorn Thrower (uncredited)

2013

3 Geezers!

as Director

1980

1993

Freaked

as Crooked Cop (uncredited)

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Hudsucker Brainstormer

1981

The Evil Dead

as Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)

2004

Spider-Man 2

as University Student with Bag (uncredited)

2016

The Jungle Book

as Giant Squirrel (voice)

2009

Drag Me to Hell

as Ghost at Seance (uncredited)

1985

Spies Like Us

as Drive-In Security

1994

The Flintstones

as Cliff Look-A-Like

2019

Fanboy

as Sam Raimi

1992

Army of Darkness

as Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited)

1987

Evil Dead II

as Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair

2002

Hatred Of A Minute

as Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)

2002

1978

Acting and Reacting

as Mime at Party

1994

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Ray (uncredited)

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as (archive footage)

2025

The Making Of A Mockumentary

as Himself (archive footage)

1979

It's Murder!

as Uncle Jasper

2013

1990

Maniac Cop 2

as Newscaster

Production

2007

Spider-Man 3

as Director

2004

Spider-Man 2

as Director

1987

Evil Dead II

as Screenplay

1987

Evil Dead II

as Director

2004

The Grudge

as Producer

2000

The Gift

as Director

2007

30 Days of Night

as Producer

1978

Within the Woods

as Director

1978

Within the Woods

as Executive Producer

1998

A Simple Plan

as Director

1985

Crimewave

as Director

1985

Crimewave

as Writer

1995

1994

Timecop

as Producer

2005

Boogeyman

as Producer

1990

Darkman

as Story

1990

Darkman

as Screenplay

2007

The Messengers

as Producer

2009

Drag Me to Hell

as Director

2006

The Grudge 2

as Producer

1996

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die

as Executive Producer

1995

2023

Evil Dead Rise

as Characters

2023

Evil Dead Rise

as Executive Producer

1990

Darkman

as Director

1997

Plaga zombie

as Thanks

1992

Darkman

as Characters

2013

Evil Dead

as Producer

1985

The Sappy Sap

as Director

2009

Drag Me to Hell

as Producer

2014

Murder of a Cat

as Producer

2024

Boy Kills World

as Producer

2026

Send Help

as Producer

2026

Send Help

as Director

2007

Spider-Man 3

as Screenstory

1992

1992

The Nutt House

as Screenplay

2015

Poltergeist

as Producer

2009

-

The Burden

as Producer

1994

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

as Executive Producer

1994

Hercules in the Underworld

as Executive Producer

1994

1994

Hercules and the Amazon Women

as Executive Producer

1994

Hercules and the Circle of Fire

as Executive Producer

1994

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Second Unit Director

2024

Don't Move

as Producer

1994

DeGenerazione

as Thanks

2016

Don't Breathe

as Producer

2025

Locked

as Producer

2007

Spider-Man 3

as Screenplay

1979

2019

1989

The Dead Next Door

as Executive Producer

2019

The Grudge

as Producer

1981

The Evil Dead

as Writer

1993

Hard Target

as Executive Producer

2017

1981

The Evil Dead

as Director

2013

Evil Dead

as Original Film Writer

1994

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Executive Producer

2019

Crawl

as Producer

1989

Easy Wheels

as Executive Producer

1989

Easy Wheels

as Writer

1985

Blood Simple

as Production Consultant

1978

1978

-

Crawl 2

as Producer

2021

The Unholy

as Producer

2021

Don't Breathe 2

as Producer

2002

Spider-Man

as Director

2023

65

as Producer

2021

Nightbooks

as Producer

1994

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Story

2022

Umma

as Producer

2017

1981

The Evil Dead

as Executive Producer

1992

1992

Army of Darkness

as Director

1992

2026

Evil Dead Burn

as Original Film Writer

-

Play Dead

as Producer

1999

1977

1979

It's Murder!

as Director

1979

It's Murder!

as Writer

1979

It's Murder!

as Producer

1979

It's Murder!

as Editor

1979

It's Murder!

as Sound Mixer

2026

Evil Dead Burn

as Producer

2012

The Possession

as Producer

1998

Young Hercules

as Executive Producer

2004

-

-

Portrait of God

as Producer

2013

-

The Procession

as Producer

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