Sam Robards (born December 16, 1961, in New York City) is an American actor.
Robards is the son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall.
He began his acting career in 1980 in an off-Broadway production of Album, and made his feature film debut in director Paul Mazursky's 1982 film Tempest.
He married fellow actor Suzy Amis in 1985. The couple divorced in 1993, but produced a son, Jasper. In 1997, he married Danish model Sidsel Jensen, and they have two sons together.
He appeared alongside his father in 1988's Bright Lights, Big City, which starred Michael J. Fox. It was their only collaboration (Robards Sr. died in 2000.) He also costarred with his mother in the 1993 Robert Altman film Prêt-à-Porter.
Robards portrayed Harold Ross, first editor of The New Yorker, in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle in 1994 for writer-director Alan Rudolph.
To date, his film resumé also includes Casualties of War, American Beauty, and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.
He was nominated for Broadway's 2002 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role – Play) for Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck.
His television credits include appearances on Spin City, The West Wing, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Sex and the City.
