Samm Levine

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Samm Levine
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Levine in 2023
Born
Samuel Franklin Levine

(1982-03-12) March 12, 1982 (age 42) [1]
Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Rachel Cushing
​
(m. 2022)​

Samuel Franklin Levine (born March 12, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Neal Schweiber on NBC's Freaks and Geeks and PFC Hirschberg in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds . Levine was also the sidekick and fill-in host on the internet talk show Kevin Pollak's Chat Show . Levine was a regular competitor on Collider's Movie Trivia Schmoedown. He returned to the Schmoedown in 2019 and was the manager of The Usual Suspects faction until he disbanded them before the start of the 2022 season. He returned to the Schmoedown as a competitor for the 2022 season, defeating Marisol McKee for the singles championship.

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Early life

Levine was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, the son of Lynne, a mortgage broker, and Harris Levine, a dentist. [2] [3] He was raised in Fort Lee, New Jersey. [4] [5] Levine is Jewish. [6]

Career

Levine began performing stand-up comedy at bar mitzvahs at age 12. After seeing him perform, Lisa Kudrow advised him that he should start auditioning in Manhattan. [7]

When Levine began his acting career, he added the extra "M" to his name as there was already a Sam Levine registered with the Screen Actors Guild. [8]

Levine was cast as a character in the sixth and final season of ABC's Lost in a small role that was written for him by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. Lindelof had frequently told Levine, "I'm going to write you something on the show". Levine played a clerk in the twelfth episode, "Everybody Loves Hugo." [9]

He also regularly appears on Doug Benson's Doug Loves Movies podcasts and fills in as host of the Leonard Maltin Game when not taped in front of a live studio audience so Doug can play the game as a contestant. Benson has nicknamed Levine both "Samm the Ma'am Levine" and "Lil' Wolverine". [10] Benson referred to 2011 as "The Summer of Samm" because Levine played the game so frequently and competitively.

Levine has also been a regular participant on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show since the 1st episode on March 22, 2009, when he was the second guest. He was a guest on Episode 19 as well, just as the show was about to evolve to one guest for the duration of an episode.[ citation needed ]

In February 2014, Levine was voted 99th in VH1's Top 100 Child Stars. [11]

Levine was a regular competitor on Collider's Movie Trivia Schmoedown where, on December 22, 2017, he won the singles championship. [12] On May 15, 2018, he won the team championship. [13]

Personal life

In March 2020, editor and fellow Movie Trivia Schmoedown competitor Rachel Cushing announced that she and Levine were engaged. [14] The couple married in May 2022.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Wet Hot American Summer Arty (voice)Uncredited
Not Another Teen Movie Bruce
2003 National Lampoon's Barely Legal Roger
2004 Club Dread Dirk
2006 Pulse Tim
2007 Sydney White Spanky
2009 Made for Each Other Mike
Inglourious Basterds Private First Class Hirschberg
I Love You, Beth Cooper Convenience Store Clerk
2010DronesClark
Anderson's Cross Evans
Columbus Circle Bank Manager
2013 Jobs Apple Designer #1
Miss Dial Pranked Caller
2015Sidewalk TrafficJohnny Kaye
Vacation Festival Dude SamUncredited
Promoted Jacob Silver
The Night Is YoungTopher
2017Apple of My EyeApple's HandlerUncredited
WTF: World Thumbwrestling FederationMarley Kaufmann
2018I'd Like to Be Alone NowKyle
2019ImmortalWarren
2020 Adverse Craig
2024 City of Dreams Nazarian

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 One Life to Live Hector1 episode
1998 The World of Beanie Babies Himself
1999 Strip Poker —Writer
1999–2000 Freaks and Geeks Neal Schweiber18 episodes
2000Life's Too ShortCaleb Kohler
Ed Kevin Schwartz / Kid #12 episodes
The Trouble with Normal Keith KeglerEpisode: "Speech! Speech!"
Spin City Young PaulEpisode: "Lost and Found"
Yes, Dear ManagerEpisode: "All I Want for Christmas Is My Dead Uncle's Cash"
Freedom ZakEpisode: "Lonewolf"
2001 Bette RobbEpisode: "The Invisible Mom"
Just Shoot Me! Sid GreenbergEpisode: "Sid & Nina"
The Steve Harvey Show Arthur Rabinowitz2 episodes
Boston Public MannyEpisode: "Chapter Twenty-Three"
Undeclared Books2 episodes
2002 Raising Dad Adam TraversEpisode: "The Math Problem"
Maybe It's Me Forrest DiRico2 episodes
What I Like About You SheldonEpisode: "Copy That"
The Drew Carey Show JakeEpisode: "Drew's Girl Friday"
Homeward BoundStewart RothTelevision film
2002–2004 Fillmore! Horace / Young Man /
Store Employee #1 / Nicky (voices)		3 episodes
2003 That's So Raven MarvinEpisode: "Saving Psychic Raven"
That '70s Show Lance CrawfordEpisode: "Trampled Under Foot"
Regular Joe Sweaty2 episodes
The MayorPeckyTelevision film
2004 Johnny Bravo Klangor (voice)Episode: "Mini JB/Back from the Future"
I'm with Her RodneyEpisode: "Drama Queen"
Quintuplets HugoEpisode: "Date Night"
Life as We Know It Bernard Sachs4 episodes
2005 Eve BenEpisode: "Moral Minority"
How I Met Your Mother PhilEpisode: "Okay Awesome"
2005–2006 Still Standing Douglas2 episodes
2006 My Name Is Earl TomEpisode: "The Professor"
Entourage ReggieEpisode: "One Day in the Valley"
Veronica Mars Samuel HorshackEpisode: "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week"
Family Guy Joey (voice)Episode: "Saving Private Brian"
2009 Hank BrandonEpisode: "Drag Your Daughter to Work Day"
2010 Lost ClerkEpisode: "Everybody Loves Hugo"
Yo Gabba Gabba! SammEpisode: "Flying"
Vamped OutBilly Goldborg6 episodes
2010–2012 NCIS NCIS Agent Cashier Fred Seymour2 episodes
2011 90210 ModeratorEpisode: "Nerdy Little Secrets"
Modern Family JoshEpisode: "Hit and Run"
2012 Breaking In Henry Shaw2 episodes
The Aquabats! Super Show! Pilgrim BoyEpisode: "Pilgrim Boy"
Necessary Roughness Josh MillerEpisode: "Mr. Irrelevant"
2013TMI HollywoodVariousEpisode: "TMI's First Anniversary Show"
Do No Harm Josh Stern11 episodes
Liv and Maddie ChambersEpisode: "Steal-a-Rooney"
2014 Person of Interest Owen MatthewsEpisode: "4C"
Warehouse 13 Scott MohrEpisode: "Endless"
Selfie Terrence5 episodes
2015 Hell's Kitchen HimselfEpisode: "16 Chefs Compete"
Kirby Buckets ZorroEpisode: "All Hands on Dexter"
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Arty (voice)7 episodes
Love HandlesSammEpisode: "Vanilla"
2015–2018 Drunk History Various3 episodes
2016 Childrens Hospital Chuggy SimpleEpisode: "Doctor Beth"
K.C. Undercover NoahEpisode: "Catch Him If You Can"
Mutt & Stuff Johnny in ChargeEpisode: "Amusement Bark"
Crunch Time Connor6 episodes
Comedy Bang! Bang! Bearded FriendEpisode: "Kaley Cuoco Wears a Black Blazer and Slip on Sneakers"
2016–2018 Another Period Chadwick / Men's Club Member2 episodes
2017 Hawaii Five-0 Jeremy HoldenEpisode: "Poniu I Ke Aloha"
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Arty5 episodes
2018 I'm Poppy JohnnyLead role
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters AllanEpisode: "Mermaid"
2019 No Good Nick Roger2 episodes
2020Wags to RichesReuben Hernandez-Finkelstein
2021 The Neighborhood JerryEpisode: "Welcome to the Dad Band"
2022 Raven's Home Newt Slackley4 episodes
2023 Underdeveloped Karl6 episodes

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Derek and Simon: The Show Sam2 episodes
2009–2019 Kevin Pollak's Chat Show Himself/Guest HostPodcast
2016–2022 Movie Trivia Schmoedown Himself / The Inglourious One

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