20 Facts About Sam Hanna

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Sam Hanna is a fictional character in the show NCIS: Los Angeles.

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Sam Hanna is a former US Navy SEAL and a Senior NCIS Special Agent.

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Sam Hanna first appeared in the NCIS season six episode "Legend ".

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The son of Marine Colonel Raymond Hanna, Osama "Sam" Hanna attended a military school and excelled in football, playing wide receiver.

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Outside his job, Sam Hanna has a varied range of interests, including boxing, origami, acting, vinyl records, and antique cars.

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Sam Hanna tends to follow the latest health food and fitness fads.

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Sam Hanna suffers from coulrophobia and has a fear of maggots.

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Sam Hanna had managed to successfully infiltrate Sidorov's organization as an assassin-for-hire under the alias of "Quinn" before Sidorov escaped and the mission was aborted.

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Sam Hanna was a member of the Special Warfare Development Group based in Dam Neck in Virginia.

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Sam Hanna is multilingual, having a working knowledge of Japanese, Persian, Danish, Hebrew, Korean, and Spanish.

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Sam Hanna has a strong sense of duty and becomes particularly indignant when the criminal is from a military background.

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Sam Hanna's teammates had already been suspicious due to Hanna uncharacteristically turning up late for work and taking leaves of absence.

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Sam Hanna's mission is to kill Sam, "the one that got away".

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Sam Hanna was trapped inside their boat shed and beaten up by Habib's men with Callen, Kensi and Deeks launching a rescue operation which was successful, resulting in the deaths of the terrorists.

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Sam Hanna admits to Deeks that he has some personal flaws.

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When Deeks admits he was thinking about quitting, Sam Hanna said it would be a mistake, saying that Deeks is a great cop.

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Sam Hanna explains that he is able to detach himself when tortured and then bring himself back to reality once it is over but is worried that there will come a day when he is unable to go back to reality.

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Season 9 sees Sam Hanna coping with his grief while struggling to remain professional.

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In season 9, Sam Hanna sells his home with his kids away at Boarding school, puts his stuff into storage and buys a boat, which he renames Michelle, in honor of his wife.

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Callen helps him through his grief and by Season 10, when he suspects Sam Hanna has an interest in fellow NCIS Agent Nicole Dechamps, he tells him Michelle would want him to be happy and move on with his life.