Steve Lemme | |
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Born | Stephen Carlos Lemme November 13, 1968 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer, writer, comedian |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | Tiffany Chadderton (m. 2010) |
Children | 2 |
Stephen Carlos Lemme (born November 13, 1968) [1] is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group.
Lemme attended Dalton School, a high school in New York, [2] but after one year transferred to Fountain Valley School of Colorado, graduating in 1987 (in 2017 he was inducted into the Fountain View School Arts Guild). [3] He attended Colgate University and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Before leaving Colgate, he was part of Charred Goosebeak, a comedy troupe with the future Lizards. He is of Argentine descent through his father who is originally from Argentina. He is also of Puerto Rican and French descent through his mother. [4] When he was young he got a polio vaccination and in an extremely rare case he developed polio, which resulted in the decay of his right calf muscle. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Puddle Cruiser | Felix Bean | with Broken Lizard |
2001 | Super Troopers | State Trooper MacIntyre "Mac" Womack | with Broken Lizard |
2003 | Open Water | cameo | uncredited |
2004 | Club Dread | Juan | with Broken Lizard |
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Himself | Television special | |
2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Jimmy | with Broken Lizard |
2006 | Beerfest | Fink | with Broken Lizard |
2008 | The Brooklyn Heist | FBI Director | |
2009 | The Slammin' Salmon | Connor | with Broken Lizard |
2012 | The Babymakers | with Broken Lizard | |
2018 | Super Troopers 2 | MacIntyre "Mac" Womack | with Broken Lizard |
2019 - 2023 | Tacoma FD | Captain Eddie Penisi Jr. | with part of Broken Lizard |
2023 | Quasi | Quasi/Jester | with Broken Lizard |
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