Sam Lerner

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Sam Lerner
Annie Awards Sam Lerner.jpg
Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards
Born (1992-09-27) September 27, 1992 (age 32)
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
PartnerOlivia Sui (2018–present) [1]
Father Ken Lerner
Relatives Michael Lerner
(paternal uncle)

Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992) [2] is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on The Goldbergs , Charles "Chowder" Peterson in Monster House and as Quinn Goldberg in Project Almanac . [3]

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Early life

Lerner is the son of reporter Patti (née Klein) and Ken Lerner, an actor who portrayed his onscreen father in The Goldbergs. [4] His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is Jewish. [5]

Career

Lerner appeared in the feature film Envy , as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz's characters. [3] In addition, he portrayed Sam Robards's characters in the pilot by ABC, My Life With Men, and the son of John Leguizamo and Claire Forlani's characters in an untitled Brett Ratner-directed pilot for CBS.

Lerner voiced Chowder in the film Monster House (2006). [3] He was nominated for the 2006 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his role, but lost the award to Ian McKellen for Flushed Away . [6]

He has appeared on the television shows Malcolm in the Middle , The King of Queens , Two and a Half Men , Oliver Beene , and Sonny With a Chance , and had a recurring voice role on the Cartoon Network show Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? . [3] He also voiced Zak Saturday in the Cartoon Network series The Secret Saturdays . [3]

From 2013 until 2023, Lerner portrayed Geoff Schwartz in the ABC series The Goldbergs. [3]

On October 16, 2017, Lerner was cast as Ronnie in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare . [7] The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018. [8]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Envy Michael
2006 Monster House Chowder (voice) [9]

Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production

2010SeventeenAidenShort film
2012 Nobody Walks Avi
2015 Project Almanac Quinn Goldberg [10]
2016MonoIvan Gregory
2017 Fun Mom Dinner Alex
2017Walk of FameRowe
2018 Truth or Dare Ronnie [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Malcolm in the Middle PatrickEpisode: "Kicked Out"
My Life with MenMartyUnsold pilot
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? Various voices2 episodes [9]
Two and a Half Men AndrewEpisode: "Twenty-five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful"
2004 Oliver Beene The KidEpisode: "Soup to Nuts"
The King of Queens DonnyEpisode: "Multiple Plots"
2005Untitled David Diamond / David WeissmanJacksonUnsold pilot
2007 Las Vegas Hershel LipshutzEpisode: "Run, Cooper, Run!"
2008–2010 The Secret Saturdays Zak Saturday, Zak Monday (voice)30 episodes [9]
2010 Sonny with a Chance DinkaEpisode: "Sonny Get Your Goat"
Rizzoli & Isles QuinnEpisode: "Born to Run"
2011 NCIS Nathan TobiasEpisode: "Restless"
Harry's Law Zach ElwoodEpisode: "Bad to Worse"
2011–2014 Suburgatory Evan13 episodes
2012 Happily Divorced Production AssistantEpisode: "A Star Is Reborn"
Like FatherMikeUnsold pilot
2014–2023 The Goldbergs Geoff SchwartzRecurring role (seasons 2–4); main role (seasons 5–10), 161 episodes
2015Lethal SeductionWalterTelevision film
2017 Workaholics MichaelEpisode: "Party Gawds"
2018–2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! King Gristle (voice)8 episodes [9]
2019 Celebrity Family Feud HimselfEpisode: " Black-ish vs. The Goldbergs"
Schooled Geoff SchwartzEpisode: "Dr. Barry"
Ballers Dan3 episodes
2021 Trolls: TrollsTopia King Gristle (voice)Episode: "Piney & Lord Prickles"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Monster House Chowder [9]
2009 The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun Zak Saturday [9]

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