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name: "Tharoth Sam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tharoth-sam"
fi1m_id: "tharoth-sam"
tmdb_id: 1367704
roles: []
born: "11 August 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:57:01.980793+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."
---

# Tharoth Sam

## Identity

Tharoth Sam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tharoth-sam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tharoth-sam
- **TMDB ID:** 1367704
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367704

Actor. Born 11 August 1990 in Site Two Refugee Camp, Thailand.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 August 1990, Site Two Refugee Camp, Thailand
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367704

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*First They Killed My Father*](https://film.one/film/first-they-killed-my-father.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Tharoth Sam is a Cambodian actress and mixed martial artist. Born Tharoth Oum Sam on 11 August 1990 in Site Two Refugee Camp, Thailand, she grew up on the Cambodia-Thailand border. Her father, Oum Dara, was a violinist and songwriter. She began studying the traditional Khmer fighting style Bokator at the age of 18 and competed in mixed martial arts, including in ONE Championship, under the nickname Little Frog.

Sam appeared in two 2017 films: *Jailbreak* as Tharoth and *First They Killed My Father* as the Khmer Rouge Leader (also credited as child soldier leader). She later played Rat-Face in the 2022 film *Shotgun Wedding*. Her other credits include roles in *The Lockdown* (2024), *The Night Curse of Reatrei* (2024) and the short film *The Sentry* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *First They Killed My Father* (2017), Fi1m 66, as Khmer Rouge Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/first-they-killed-my-father.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The Sentry* (2025), as Raksa
- *The Lockdown* (2024), as Jeeja Aromdee
- *The Night of the Cursed Reatrei* (2024), as Pisey
- *KTV: Killing Time Violently* (2023), Actor
- *Shotgun Wedding* (2022), as Rat-Face
- *First They Killed My Father* (2017), as Khmer Rouge Leader — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/first-they-killed-my-father.md)
- *Jailbreak* (2017), as Tharoth
- *The God King, Tale of the Serpent Sister*, as Davi

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