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Samuel "Sam" Hess is a major antagonist in the TV series Fargo. He was the owner of a trucking company in Bemidji, Minnesota. He had ties to the Fargo Crime Syndicate and was also the childhood bully of Lester Nygaard.

He was portrayed by Kevin O'Grady.

Biography[]

Sam Hess was a middle-aged man who was raised in Bemidji, Minnesota. In high school he would often bully fellow student Lester Nygaard. He assaulted Lester several times, one time even stuffing him into a barrel and rolling him into the street. He also claims to have had sex with Lester's wife Pearl before they were married. Other students, such as future police chief Bill Oswalt, all agree that Sam was an aggressive man with a short temper. At some point, Sam met his wife Gina, who worked as an exotic dancer in Las Vegas, and had two sons with her. He would start the Hess & Sons Trucking company, and became successful. He also went on to form ties with the Fargo Crime Sydicate, with his trucking business being used as a front for some of their operations.

Sam encountered Lester for the first time in many years just in passing on a sidewalk. Accompanied by his two sons, he taunted Lester, reminding him of all of the horrible things he did to him in high school. He also tells Lester that him and Lester's wife had sex in high school. He throws a punch at Lester, causing him to turn and slam into a window, breaking his nose.

At the hospital, Lester meets a drifter named Lorne Malvo. After hearing the cause of Lester's broken nose, Malvo suggests killing Hess. Lester tries to play off the encounter as just banter, but Malvo is serious. The next day, Malvo tracks Hess down at his truck stop. There he meets Hess' sons, insulting their intelligence before confronting Sam himself. He instigates Hess, but leaves after getting a look at him. That night, Malvo follows Sam to a strip club. Sam is then killed when Malvo throws a knife into the back of his head while he is having sex with a prostitute.

The Fargo Crime Syndicate would later send two men, Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers, to track down Hess' killer and get retribution. They would fail in this task however, with Mr. Numbers getting killed by Malvo and Mr. Wrench getting taken into police custody. Sam's death would also lead to Malvo massacring 22 members of the Fargo Syndicate in retaliation for their attack on him.

Meanwhile, Lester also got revenge against Sam. He kept information about Sam's lack of health insurance from his widow, and used the opportunity to have sex with Gina. He would also assault Hess' sons with a stapler when they attempted to attack him.

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Movie
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Television
Year 1: Lorne Malvo | Mr. Wrench | Mr. Numbers | Lester Nygaard | Sam Hess | Moses Tripoli
Year 2: Hanzee Dent | Dodd Gerhardt | Floyd Gerhardt | Bear Gerhardt | Mike Milligan | Joe Bulo | Kitchen Brothers
Year 3: V.M. Varga | Yuri Gurka | Meemo | Ruby Goldfarb| Nikki Swango | Ray Stussy |
Year 4: Josto Fadda | Loy Cannon | Oraetta Mayflower | Gaetano Fadda | Constant Calamita | Odis Weff | Antoon Dumini | Ebal Violante | Donatello Fadda | Yiddles Milligan | Satchel Cannon
Year 5: Roy Tillman | Gator Tillman | Ole Munch

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