Samm Levine

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Born
Samuel Franklin Levine

(1982-03-12) March 12, 1982 (age 42) [1]
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1997–present

Samuel Franklin Levine (born March 12, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. 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
2001 Not Another Teen Movie Bruce
2002Following TildyVideo LoverShort film
2002Strippers PoleActorShort film
2003 National Lampoon's Barely Legal Roger
2004 Club Dread Dirk
2004FrenchingMartyShort film
2006 Pulse Tim
2006Life Is ShortGeneShort film
2007 Sydney White Spanky
2009 Made for Each Other Mike
2009 Inglourious Basterds Private First Class Hirschberg
2009 I Love You, Beth Cooper Convenience Store Clerk
2009Ollie Klublershturf vs the NazisDade KlublershturfShort film
2010DronesClark
2010 Anderson's Cross Evans
2010 Columbus Circle Bank Manager
2010Sunday PunchCharlieShort film
2012Can't Wait for the Movies: Spider-Man Peter Parker / Spider-Man Short film
2013 Jobs Apple Designer #1
2013 Miss Dial Pranked Caller
2015Sidewalk TrafficJohnny Kaye
2015 Vacation Festival Dude SamUncredited
2015 Promoted Jacob Silver
2015The Night Is YoungTopher
2015Safety SchoolMoses AbelmanShort film
2017Apple of My EyeApple's HandlerUncredited
2017WTF: World Thumbwrestling FederationMarley Kaufmann
2018I'd Like to Be Alone NowKyle
2019ImmortalWarren
2020 Adverse Craig
2020BondedNazarianPost-production

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

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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