---
name: "Sam Altman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-altman"
fi1m_id: "sam-altman"
imdb_id: "nm10310272"
tmdb_id: 4940638
wikidata_id: "Q7407093"
roles: []
born: "22 April 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T02:11:21.005168+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sam Altman

## Identity

Sam Altman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-altman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-altman
- **IMDb ID:** nm10310272
- **TMDB ID:** 4940638
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7407093
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7407093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10310272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4940638

Actor. Born 22 April 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 April 1985, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Also known as:** Samuel Harris Altman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7407093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10310272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4940638

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist*](https://film.one/film/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sam Altman is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He has served as chief executive officer of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI since 2019.

Altman was born on 22 April 1985 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Stanford University before dropping out to co-found the geosocial networking service Loopt. He later joined the startup accelerator Y Combinator, becoming its president in 2014.

Altman appears as himself in the 2026 documentary *The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist*. He has made other television appearances as himself, including on *Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever*.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist* (2026), Fi1m 56, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *넥스트 샘 올트먼* (2025), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Axel Springer Award 2025: Axel Springer Award (won)
- honorary doctorate 2017: honorary doctorate (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/sam-altman