Samuel Anders is played by Michael Trucco in the television series Battlestar Galactica. Samuel is a former star Pyramid player for the Caprica Buccaneers, a team sport. He is also the leader of a group of survivors who escaped the initial attack of Cylon on the twelve colonies. His group was spared from the attack because they were on a high elevation performing athletic training in the wilderness. Starbuck and Helo encountered his group in the wilderness just outside the ruins of Delphi. The group has been instrumental in rounding up supplies and weapons to form a resistance which conducted raids and sabotage on the Cylon forces occupying Delphi.
When she meets him, Starbuck falls in love with Samuel and promises him that she will return to Caprica to rescue his group. However, upon returning to the fleet, she failed to get a search-and-rescue team back to Caprica to fulfill her promise. President Roslin says it is much too dangerous.
Samuel was almost killed when he is caught by Cylon humanoids on a sabotage mission. He escapes when Six and Eight decided to symphatize with the human cause and allowed him to escape. Eventually, though, Starbuck is given permission to lead a group of Raptors back to Caprica to rescue Samuel’s group. However, a group of Cylon Centurions who discover their camp makes the job much harder as they are outnumbered. Soon, the Cylons withdraw from the area.
Once at the fleet, Samuel and Starbuck finally pursue their feelings toward each toher, much to Apollo’s chagrin. After settling on the new colony, the couple marries and lives in a tent, until one day when Samuel falls ill with pneumonia, but eventually making a full recovery. When Starbuck is held captive by the Cylons that invade New Caprica, Samuel becomes one of the members of The Circle. Samuel soon discovers that he is a Cylon, along with Tyrol, Tigh and Tory.