Samuel K Haynie

Education:

Athens Middle School: 2005-2007

Athens High School: 2007-2011

Trinity Valley Community College

Associate of Arts in Drama 2011-2013

Columbia College Chicago Bachelor of Arts in Comedy Writing & Performance

            2013-2015           

Work Experience:

Room Escape Adventures, Zombie Performer

2015-2017

United States Air Force

All-source Intelligence Analyst

2018-current

Awards/Board Positions:

AIR FORCE:
Air Achievement Medal
Basic Training Honor Graduate
Camp Simba – Kenya Deployed Monthly
Honor Airman
THEATRE:
Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL)
Poetry Interpretation State Gold Medalist
(2011)
UIL One Act Play State Gold Medalist
Production & Honorable Mention Acting Award (2010)

Extracurricular Activities:

Improviser: comedysportz Austin,
Overtime Theatre, Flash Laughs Productions, Stand-up comedian: tandem, blind tiger
Podcast co-host: then and now and then with Sam and Robin

Hobbies/Interests:

film & television, comedy (improv & standup),
video games, bicycling, running,
lifting, hiking, camping, cooking,
photography, shooting, hunting,
bouldering, swimming, dancing,
rollerskating, exploring, karaoke,
reading, being an uncle, record
collecting, trying new food
short introduction of yourself/family

Biography:

I was born & raised in Athens, TX, in 1993. As the youngest of a family of 8, I have my mother and father, three older brothers, and two older sisters. I grew up in a very fun, loud, passionate family who strived to
Work hard and achieve our passions with a good attitude. I participated in the tennis team, theatre, speech & debate team, student congress, and the key club throughout high school. I received a full-ride scholarship in acting from Trinity Valley Community College (Athens) and gained my associate of arts in drama (2013). I then moved to Chicago, IL, where I attended Columbia College’s comedy studies program, where I received a bachelor of arts in comedy writing and performance (2015). I performed and worked in Chicago for another 2 ½ years. At that time, I studied at Comedysportz improv theater and was a member of the PH Comedy Theatre. I performed in stage productions of Boeing Boeing and Private Lives, all while making money as a server in many restaurants and as a zombie for an escape room. I improvised on countless teams and wrote and co-produced sketch shows with fellow comics. I created a series of unique daily characters on my Instagram page and even created an alter ego with his own YouTube channel. I moved back to Texas in 2017 and enlisted in the Air Force in 2018. my work as an intelligence analyst for the Air Force has allowed me to train and work in San Antonio, west Texas, California, Italy, and Kenya. I decided to transition from active duty to reserve Air Force service in 2022 and have been working at Lackland on orders for the last two years. I perform stand-up and improv comedy all around San Antonio and am an ensemble member of Comedysportz improv theatre in Austin. Two of my brothers live in Houston, and one of my sisters lives in the Baton Rouge area. My mother (who is also a comedian, if you can believe it) and two of my siblings live in San Antonio, and I have four nephews and 4 nieces with whom I adore being an uncle! I have a wonderful girlfriend, Christina, and her dog, Theadora, is a real terror but also a sweetheart. I write often and constantly create videos on my Instagram to express myself!