Who Is Playing Sam Florek in ‘Every Year After’? All About Matt Cornett
What To Know
- Matt Cornett has been cast as Sam Florek in Prime Video’s Every Year After.
- The show is based on Carley Fortune’s romance novel, Every Summer After.
- Cornett is known for his past role as EJ in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
Paging Dr. Florek, we’ve got a broken heart in Barry’s Bay!
Summer is on its way, which means that we’re one step closer to catching up with Percy, Charlie, and Sam in the Prime Video adaptation of Carley Fortune’s beloved novel, Every Summer After. With Every Year After coming to the streamer on June 10, it’s about time we get to know the show’s leading lad, Matt Cornett.
Every Year After is set to follow Persephone “Percy” Fraser (Sadie Soverall) and her childhood best friend and first love, Sam Florek (Cornett), who reconnect after years apart. Told over six summers in the past and one weekend in the present day, this love story has the potential to make fans swoon and burst into tears, likely all at once. Scroll to get to know the actor bringing Sam Florek to life!
Who plays Sam in Every Year After?
“Get’cha Head in the Game” romance fans, because Matt Cornett of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series fame is taking on the role of hot doctor Sam Florek. You’ve heard of McDreamy? Get ready for McPierogi!
“With an IP as big as this book, there is this sense of, like, ‘I have to get this right,'” Cornett told Elle. “And so I was really nervous about not getting it right. There were those voices of doubt in my head. I remember just shoving those down, shoving those down. And the second I did my first scene with Michael [Bradway], he eased all my nerves.”
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Every Summer After fans know that the Barry’s Bay era doesn’t end with Percy and Sam’s love story. Fortune published a Charlie-centric novel, One Golden Summer, in 2025. “Everyone already knows that I will do this show as long as they want me to do the show,” he told Elle in response to returning to the show beyond Season 1.
Where is Matt Cornett from?
Cornett is a 27-year-old actor and singer from Rogers, Arkansas. Today, he lives in Los Angeles with his beloved husky, Kota, which has caused him to share, “Everything in my life has dog hair on it,” in his Instagram bio. When Cornett was cast as Sam, he let fans know the big news, writing, “Let’s go jump in a lake 🚤.”
What has Matt Cornett been in before Every Year After?
Of course, many fans know Cornett for his role as EJ Caswell in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which he starred in alongside Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett. “A Billion Sorrys” is still a banger. Outside of HSMTMTS, Cornett has starred in Zombies 3 and Summer of ’69. In addition to Every Year After, Cornett also has a film coming out called Bad Counselors.
Every Year After, Season 1, June 10, Prime Video
