Sam Lerner

Sam Lerner
Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards
Born	(1992-09-27) September 27, 1992 (age 32)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Partner	Olivia 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]

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Envy	Michael
2006	Monster House	Chowder (voice)	[9] Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2010	Seventeen	Aiden	Short film
2012	Nobody Walks	Avi
2015	Project Almanac	Quinn Goldberg	[10]
2016	Mono	Ivan Gregory
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Alex
2017	Walk of Fame	Rowe
2018	Truth or Dare	Ronnie	[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Malcolm in the Middle	Patrick	Episode: "Kicked Out"
	My Life with Men	Marty	Unsold pilot
	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Various voices	2 episodes [9]
	Two and a Half Men	Andrew	Episode: "Twenty-five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful"
2004	Oliver Beene	The Kid	Episode: "Soup to Nuts"
	The King of Queens	Donny	Episode: "Multiple Plots"
2005	Untitled David Diamond / David Weissman	Jackson	Unsold pilot
2007	Las Vegas	Hershel Lipshutz	Episode: "Run, Cooper, Run!"
2008–2010	The Secret Saturdays	Zak Saturday, Zak Monday (voice)	30 episodes [9]
2010	Sonny with a Chance	Dinka	Episode: "Sonny Get Your Goat"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Quinn	Episode: "Born to Run"
2011	NCIS	Nathan Tobias	Episode: "Restless"
	Harry's Law	Zach Elwood	Episode: "Bad to Worse"
2011–2014	Suburgatory	Evan	13 episodes
2012	Happily Divorced	Production Assistant	Episode: "A Star Is Reborn"
	Like Father	Mike	Unsold pilot
2014–2023	The Goldbergs	Geoff Schwartz	Recurring role (seasons 2–4); main role (seasons 5–10), 161 episodes
2015	Lethal Seduction	Walter	Television film
2017	Workaholics	Michael	Episode: "Party Gawds"
2018–2019	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	King Gristle (voice)	8 episodes [9]
2019	Celebrity Family Feud	Himself	Episode: " Black-ish vs. The Goldbergs"
	Schooled	Geoff Schwartz	Episode: "Dr. Barry"
	Ballers	Dan	3 episodes
2021	Trolls: TrollsTopia	King Gristle (voice)	Episode: "Piney & Lord Prickles"

Video games

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

References

1. Saha, Srijita (March 1, 2022). "Who is Sam Lerner's Girlfriend? The Goldbergs' Star Relationship Status & Works". OtakuKart. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
2. "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2". AP News. September 20, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
3. "Actor biography: Sam Lerner". ABC.com. American Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 14, 2023. On the big screen, he was cast as Ben Stiller's son in "Envy," opposite an all-star cast...
4. Variety Staff (December 23, 1992). "Births". variety.com.
5. "Michael Lerner Biography". Yahoo! Movies. 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.^{[ better source needed ]}
6. "34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006)". Annie Awards . Retrieved January 21, 2010.
7. Hipes, Patrick; N'Duka, Amanda (October 16, 2017). "'Veep's Reid Scott Joins Sony's 'Venom'; Blumhouse's 'Truth Or Dare' Adds Sam Lerner". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 11, 2018.
8. D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 11, 2017). "'Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare' Moves Up Two Weeks To Friday The 13th – Update". Deadline. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
9. "Sam Lerner (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 8, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
10. "Project Almanac: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. January 28, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
11. Gleiberman, Owen (April 11, 2018). "Film Review: Truth or Dare". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2024.

External links

• Sam Lerner at IMDb