Sam Lerner
Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards
Born (1992-09-27) September 27, 1992
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
PartnerOlivia Sui[1] (2018–present)
Parent
RelativesMichael Lerner
(paternal uncle)

Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992)[2] is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on The Goldbergs, Chowder in Monster House, and as Quinn Goldberg in Project Almanac.[3]

Career

Lerner appeared in the feature film Envy, as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz's characters.[3] In addition, he portrayed Sam Robards's characters in the pilot by ABC, My Life With Men, and the son of John Leguizamo and Claire Forlani's characters in an untitled Brett Ratner directed pilot for CBS.

Lerner first major role was when he voiced Chowder, in the film Monster House (2006).[3] He was nominated for the 2006 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his role, but lost the award to Sir Ian McKellen for Flushed Away.[4]

He has appeared on the television shows Malcolm in the Middle, The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men, Oliver Beene, and Sonny With a Chance, and had a recurring voice role on the Cartoon Network show Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?.[3] He did the voice for Zak Saturday on Cartoon Network's, The Secret Saturdays.[3]

From 2013 until 2023, he portrayed Geoff Schwartz in the ABC series The Goldbergs.[3]

On October 16, 2017, Lerner was cast as Ronnie in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare.[5] The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.[6]

Personal life

Lerner was born in Los Angeles, the son of Patti (née Klein), a reporter, and Ken Lerner, an actor (who also plays his onscreen father in The Goldbergs).[7] His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is Jewish.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Envy Michael
2006 Monster House Chowder (voice) Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2010 Seventeen Aiden Short film
2012 Nobody Walks Avi
2015 Project Almanac Quinn Goldberg
2016 Mono Ivan Gregory
2017 Fun Mom Dinner Alex
2017 Walk of Fame Rowe
2018 Truth or Dare Ronnie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Malcolm in the Middle Patrick Episode: "Kicked Out"
My Life with Men Marty Unsold pilot
Two and a Half Men Andrew Episode: "Twenty-five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful"
2004 Oliver Beene The Kid Episode: "Soup to Nuts"
The King of Queens Donny Episode: "Multiple Plots"
2005 Untitled David Diamond / David Weissman Jackson Unsold pilot
2007 Las Vegas Hershel Lipshutz Episode: "Run, Cooper, Run!"
2008–2010 The Secret Saturdays Zak Saturday / Zak Monday (voice) 30 episodes
2010 Sonny with a Chance Dinka Episode: "Sonny Get Your Goat"
Rizzoli & Isles Quinn Episode: "Born to Run"
2011 NCIS Nathan Tobias Episode: "Restless"
Harry's Law Zach Elwood Episode: "Bad to Worse"
2011–2014 Suburgatory Evan 13 episodes
2012 Happily Divorced Production Assistant Episode: "A Star Is Reborn"
Like Father Mike Unsold pilot
2014–2023 The Goldbergs Geoff Schwartz Recurring role (seasons 2–4); main role (seasons 5–10), 161 episodes
2015 Lethal Seduction Walter Television film
2017 Workaholics Michael Episode: "Party Gawds"
2018–2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! King Gristle 8 episodes (voice role)
2019 Celebrity Family Feud Himself Episode: "Black-ish vs. The Goldbergs"
Schooled Geoff Schwartz Episode: "Dr. Barry"
Ballers Dan Episodes: "Protocol Is for Losers", "Must Be the Shoes", "Municipal"
2021 Trolls: TrollsTopia King Gristle 1 episode (voice role)

References

  1. Saha, Srijita (March 1, 2022). "Who is Sam Lerner's Girlfriend? The Goldbergs' Star Relationship Status & Works". OtakuKart. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  2. "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2". AP News. September 20, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Actor biography: Sam Lerner". ABC.com. American Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 14, 2023. On the big screen, he was cast as Ben Stiller's son in "Envy," opposite an all-star cast...
  4. "34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006)". Annie Awards. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  5. Hipes, Patrick; N'Duka, Amanda (October 16, 2017). "'Veep's Reid Scott Joins Sony's 'Venom'; Blumhouse's 'Truth Or Dare' Adds Sam Lerner". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  6. D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 11, 2017). "'Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare' Moves Up Two Weeks To Friday The 13th – Update". Deadline. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  7. Variety Staff (December 23, 1992). "Births". variety.com.
  8. "Michael Lerner Biography". Yahoo! Movies. 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.
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