Sam Gores (born 1954) is the chairman of Paradigm Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, California[1] and has been ranked among the top agents in Hollywood.

Gores represented Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman,[3] and was described as “the most un-agent agent in the business because he’s a human being first,” by another one of his clients, Laurence Fishburne.

Paradigm moved into the former headquarters of MCA Inc. on Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills and expanded its list of customers to include a broad base of Hollywood, Broadway, literary, television and musical talent.

[3] In 2005, Paradigm's entered the music industry when it acquired Monterey Peninsula Artists[1] and its roster of clients expanded to include The Black Eyed Peas, Aerosmith, Dave Matthews Band and Toby Keith.

[1] As of 2014, Paradigm represents roughly 1,000 bands and artists,[1] including Ed Sheeran, Fun., Janelle Monáe and Jason Mraz;[1] and has grown to eight offices – Beverly Hills, Manhattan, Monterey, Nashville, Brooklyn, Austin, Hollywood, and London – and more than 300 employees.