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. He was raised in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Levine is Jewish.

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.

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.

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".

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". 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.

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

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

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

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2001 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 2010 Drones Clark Anderson's Cross Evans Columbus Circle Bank Manager 2013 Jobs Apple Designer #1 Miss Dial Pranked Caller 2015 Sidewalk Traffic Johnny Kaye Vacation Festival Dude Sam Uncredited Promoted Jacob Silver The Night Is Young Topher 2017 Apple of My Eye Apple's Handler Uncredited WTF: World Thumbwrestling Federation Marley Kaufmann 2018 I'd Like to Be Alone Now Kyle 2019 Immortal Warren 2020 Adverse Craig 2024 City of Dreams Nazarian TBA Triumph of the Will Post-production

Television

Web Year Title RoleNotes 2007 Derek and Simon: The Show Sam 2 episodes 2009–2019 Kevin Pollak's Chat Show Himself/Guest Host Podcast 2016–2022 Movie Trivia Schmoedown Himself / The Inglourious One