Sam Esmail is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter. Sam Esmail is the husband of Emmy Rossum an American actress and singer.
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After dating for two years, Esmail proposed to his wife Emmy Rossum in August 2015. On May 28, 2017, the couple married at a Reform synagogue in New York City.
Emmy Rossum gave birth to their daughter on May 24, 2021. They welcomed their son on April 5, 2023. Sam Esmail directed his wife in his first feature, Comet.
Sam Esmail is best known as the creator, writer, and director of the award-winning USA Network television series Mr Robot (2015-2019), starring Rami Malek. He also wrote and directed the feature film Comet (2014).
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He directed and produced the acclaimed Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller Homecoming (2018-2020), starring Julia Roberts and Janelle Monáe, as well as USA’s Briarpatch (2020), Starz’s Gaslit (2022), and Peacock’s Angelyne (2022) and The Resort (2022).
As of 2023, Esmail is attached to a number of upcoming television series and films, including Metropolis (a miniseries adaptation of the 1927 silent film), Leave the World Behind and a new Battlestar Galactica television series that will serve as a soft reboot of the 2004 show’s universe.
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