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Samuel 'Sam' Axe is a fictional character in the television series Burn Notice, played by Bruce Campbell. He is the best friend of Michael Westen, the main character in Burn Notice.

Sam served several years as a U.S. Navy SEAL. He has extensive experience in Latin America and can speak Spanish. He later became, like his friend Michael Westen, an independent contractor performing covert operation for the U.S. government. The show does not clarify how much time he spent in any of these roles, although he mentions work as far back as 1984. He now lives in Miami, Florida, mostly working on low-priority cases. He helps Michael with freelance work. He frequently uses the cover name "Chuck Finley" or "Charles Finley", which incidentally is the name of Bruce Campbell's father.

Though he was once one of the world's top covert operatives, Sam is now semi-retired, with a habit of dating "sugar mommas" that forms the subplot of several episodes. For the first and second seasons, he had no living quarters of his own, living instead with his "ladyfriends". He eventually got a place of his own in Season Two, when his "ladyfriend", Veronica, broke up with him because he married when he was younger. That marriage was done on a whim, but never legally dissolved. He later moved in with Maddie, Michael's mother, in exchange for helping her rebuild an area of her house that was damaged in an explosion.

Even though Michael is Sam's friend, the FBI tied up Sam's Navy pension to force him to inform on Michael. In Season One, Sam was forced to balance his loyalty to Michael with his obligation to the FBI; he often fed the Bureau bogus information or only half-truths. Michael was aware of the situation and even helped Sam on a few occasions by providing him with information to report to the FBI. In the first-season episode "Family Business," Michael's FBI surveillance is pulled and Sam no longer spies on him. Thereafter, the show's opening with Michael describing Sam is changed to "a friend who used to inform on you to the FBI."

Sam Axe has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.