Samm Levine - Biography

Samuel Franklin "Samm" Levine (born March 12, 1982) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his portrayal of Neal Schweiber on NBC's short-lived Freaks and Geeks and PFC Hirschberg in the hit 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. Samm has said that Quentin Tarantino was a fan of Freaks and Geeks and used it as a way of introducing himself to the director, which was instrumental in getting the role in Inglourious Basterds.

Levine was born in Chicago, Illinois, but raised in Fort Lee, New Jersey. His father is a dentist (just like the father of his character, Neal Schweiber, in Freaks and Geeks). Levine is the youngest member of the New York Friars' Club. He added an extra 'M' to his name because his actors guild already had a listing for a 'Sam Levine'.

Levine was cast as a character in the sixth and final season of ABC's Lost only as a small role that was written for him by the Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. Lindelof has apparently for the last six years been saying, 'I'm going to write you something on the show'. He was then cast as a clerk in the twelfth episode called "Everybody Loves Hugo."

Levine is also the sidekick on the internet talk show Kevin Pollak's Chat Show.

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 Little Wolverine. 2011 was called "The Summer of Samm" because he plays the game so frequently and with such ferocious competitiveness.

Filmography

Movies

• Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• Following Tildy (2002)
• Strippers Pole (2002)
• After School Special (2003)
• Club Dread (2004)
• Frenching (2004)
• Pulse (2006)
• Life Is Short (2006)
• Sydney White (2007)
• Made for Each Other (2009)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
• Ollie Klublershturf vs the Nazis (2009) (Post-Production)
• Drones (2010)
• Anderson's Cross (2010)
• Columbus Circle (2010) (completed)
• Sunday Punch (2010) (completed)
• No Man's Land (2011) (Pre-Production)

TV Movies

• Homeward Bound (2002)
• The Mayor (2003)

Television

• One Life to Live (1 episode, 1997)
• Freaks and Geeks (18 episodes, 1999–2000)
• Life's Too Short (2000)
• Ed (2 episodes, 2000)
• The Trouble with Normal (1 episode, 2000)
• Spin City (1 episode, 2000)
• Yes, Dear (1 episode, 2000)
• Freedom (1 episode, 2000)
• Bette (1 episode, 2001)
• Just Shoot Me! (1 episode, 2001)
• The Steve Harvey Show (2 episodes, 2001)
• Boston Public (1 episode, 2001)
• Undeclared (2 episodes, 2001)
• Raising Dad (1 episode, 2002)
• Maybe It's Me (2 episodes, 2002)
• What I Like About You (1 episode, 2002)
• The Drew Carey Show (1 episode, 2002)
• That's So Raven (1 episode, 2003)
• That '70s Show (1 episode, 2003)
• Regular Joe (2 episodes, 2003)
• Fillmore! (3 episodes, 2002–2004)
• Johnny Bravo (1 episode, 2004)
• I'm with Her (1 episode, 2004)
• Quintuplets (1 episode, 2004)
• Life As We Know It (4 episodes, 2004)
• Eve (1 episode, 2005)
• How I Met Your Mother (1 episode, 2005)
• Still Standing (2 episodes, 2005–2006)
• My Name Is Earl (1 episode, 2006)
• Entourage (1 episode, 2006)
• Veronica Mars (1 episode, 2006)
• Family Guy (1 episode, 2006)
• Derek and Simon: The Show (2 episodes, 2007)
• Hank (1 episode, 2009)
• Lost (1 episode, 2010)
• Vamped Out (6 episodes, 2010)
• Naught for Hire (2010) TV series (Pre-Production)
• 90210 (1 episode, 2011)
• Modern Family (Season 3, Episode 5, 2011)

Written Works

• Strip Poker (1999)

External links

• Bio on Freaks and Geeks official website