If you're a '90s kid, admit it: the kid who played Tim Allen's son in Jungle 2 Jungle
was probably one of your first crushes, but where is Sam Huntington today?
Jungle 2 Jungle wasn't exactly beloved by critics when it came out in 1997.
In a particularly scathing review, Roger Ebert wrote,
"No one is allowed to think in this movie."
But it still managed to become a staple in every '90s kid's movie diet, thus encouraging
Sam Huntington to buckle down on his acting dreams.
During the late '90s and early 2000s, he continued to work steadily.
He appeared in the hit series Veronica Mars and landed on the big screen in Home of Phobia
and Sleepover.
He also delved further into comedy in the likes of Detroit Rock City, Not Another Teen
Movie, and Fanboys.
"I'm William Shatner, I can score anything.”
"Okay, how about Jeri Ryan's panties?"
Huntington's biggest blockbuster role to date was in Bryan Singer's highly anticipated Superman
Returns in 2006.
Portraying Clark Kent's best friend, Daily Planet reporter Jimmy Olsen, the actor was
in good company as the DC flick boasted an impressive cast.
Brandon Routh played Superman, while Kate Bosworth was Lois Lane, and Kevin Spacey played
Lex Luthor.
Unfortunately, the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct that have emerged against
both Singer and Spacey have most likely cast a dark shadow over the movie for many fans.
However, working on the project was a true career highlight for Huntington.
As he told the Huffington Post in 2017,
"If I could have done anything when I was seven years old and dreamed of coming to Hollywood,
Jimmy Olsen is the role I would want to play."
On August 13, 2006, a 24-year-old Huntington married 26-year-old actress/producer Rachel
Klein in his hometown of Peterborough, New Hampshire.
The happy couple met while working on the set of Rolling Kansas in 2003, with the two
actually playing boyfriend and girlfriend in the film.
They began dating shortly after filming wrapped, moved to Los Angeles together, and the rest
is history.
Huntington and Klein welcomed their son Charlie in 2009 and their daughter Audrey in 2012.
While maintaining a busy work schedule in showbiz, the proud papa and doting husband
often takes to social media to share his family's sweetest moments and fun adventures.
Huntington is perhaps now best known for his starring role as werewolf Josh Levison on
the American version of Being Human.
It was a coveted part, but it turns out that transforming into a werewolf was brutal.
"It kills me every time.
It’s by far and away the hardest job I’ve ever had in my life.
Physically, I mean, I’m so spent after a night in the woods.”
Despite all that pain, being at the center of the hit supernatural series was an experience
Huntington looks back on fondly, as he told Huffington Post in 2017 that he and his castmates
are like family.
“Rebecca?”
"Good doggie!
Heel!"
After Being Human went off the air, Huntington took on a recurring role on Fox's crime drama
Rosewood in 2016.
He played Mitchie Mendelson, a new-to-town private pathologist.
The actor went on to appear in 24 of the series' 44 episodes.
While Rosewood maintained steady ratings throughout its two-season run, it suffered from negative
reviews, and unfortunately faced cancellation in 2017.
In 2016, Huntington was tapped to work opposite Tom Hanks as an airplane passenger in director
Clint Eastwood's Sully.
The movie portrayed the real-life heroism of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a
pilot who famously saved the lives of everyone on board a disabled plane by landing in the
Hudson River in 2009.
While working alongside true film legends, Huntington understandably experienced some
pure fanboy moments.
He posted a photo with Eastwood taken on set, and he even got to meet the real Sully himself
at the film's premiere.
And the cherry on top was that Sully was a bona fide hit, grossing $240.8 million worldwide
and earning a score of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Huntington not only starred in the 2016 indie flick Finding Sofia, he also served as one
of the producers.
In the film, he plays Alex, a young filmmaker who is worried about his artistic integrity
when his friend pressures him into signing a contract with a yogurt company.
He then unwittingly goes on a journey of self-acceptance after impulsively purchasing a plane ticket
to Argentina to meet Sofia, a girl that he's started an online relationship with.
At the 2016 Austin Film Festival, Huntington called Finding Sofia his "favorite film,"
noting that he got to play a "three-dimensional, really interesting character."
Here's to many more years of Huntington continuing to stretch his legs both in front of and behind
the camera!