Sam Banigan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and started his acting career very young beginning in grade 5 and continuing throughout the rest of his life. He did many stage plays including The Grapes of Wrath, The Odyssey, West Side Story, She Loves Me and Edges before moving to New York City to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where he graduated from in April 2018. In January of 2018 he also started doing a movie podcast titled Welcome Back with his friend Andrew Thomas which they are still producing every week.