Samm Levine

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.

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 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 Benson 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 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

Television

Web

Written works

• Strip Poker (1999)

References

1. ^ Rose, Mike (12 March 2019). "Today's top celebrity birthdays list for March 12, 2019". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. ^ Mason, Dave (December 21, 2001). "Chicago Sun-Times:: Search". Chicago Sun-Times
3. ^ Fort Lee Actor Living His Dream
4. ^ "Samm Levine"
5. ^ Samm Levine - Biography
6. ^ "JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Samm Levine". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016.
7. ^ "BA #055: Samm Levine". Box Angeles. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
8. ^ kevinpollakschatshow (2017-01-10), "KPCS: Rider Strong #288", archived 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2017-01-17
9. ^ Fordis, Jeff (April 7, 2010). "On Next Week's Lost on ABC". ABC Medianet. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
10. ^ "Week of April 21–27". The A.V. Club. 29 April 2011.
11. ^ "VH1′s 100 Greatest Kid Stars Of All Time". Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
12. ^ ColliderVideos (2017-12-22), "Movie Trivia Schmoedown Spectacular II (Part 3) Singles Title & Action VS Top 10", archived 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2017-12-25
13. ^ ColliderVideos (2018-05-15), "Patriots VS Above The Line - Movie Trivia Schmoedown Team Title", archived 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2018-07-17
14. ^ "Well...the cat's out of the bag, I guess! But at least now I can shout it from the rooftops: after several weeks of…". No. 1234942091597271040. 3 March 2020.

External links

• Samm Levine at IMDb
• Samm Levine on Twitter