Sammy Horowitz

About Sammy Horowitz

Sammy Horowitz is an action-actor, playwright, and screenwriter from Chicago. Before moving to Hollywood, Sammy was a member of a predominantly Latino street gang and spent 8 years, 7 months, and 15 days in prison. Sammy then went on to be a bouncer and doorman at local nightclubs, a stick up artist, a drug addict, an M.M.A. fighter, and eventually a full-time professional boxer who competed in prize fights all over the country.

Sammy has been recognized for his plays both by Austin Film Festival and Screencraft. He is also an accomplished screenwriter who (along with his writing partner Adam Pasen) has been a semifinalist for Bluecat, and a finalist for the Warner Bros. Writers' Workshop in 2020.  Sammy and Adam are now Executive Story Editors on the hit show, Power Book IV: Force

Sammy's play, Musket and the Rat had it's AEA world premiere January 3rd, 2020 at The Arena Stage at Theatre of Arts in Hollywood.