Sam Lerner

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

Sam Lerner
Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards
Born	(1992-09-27) September 27, 1992 (age 32)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Partner	Olivia Sui (2018–present)[1]
Father	Ken Lerner
Relatives	Michael Lerner (paternal uncle)

Early life

Lerner is the son of reporter Patti (née Klein) and Ken Lerner, an actor who portrayed his onscreen father in The Goldbergs.^[4] His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is Jewish.^[5]

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 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 Ian McKellen for Flushed Away.^[6]

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 also voiced Zak Saturday in the Cartoon Network series The Secret Saturdays.^[3]

From 2013 until 2023, Lerner 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.^[7] The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Envy	Michael
2006	Monster House	Chowder (voice)	[9] Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2010	Seventeen	Aiden	Short film
2012	Nobody Walks	Avi
2015	Project Almanac	Quinn Goldberg	[10]
2016	Mono	Ivan Gregory
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Alex
2017	Walk of Fame	Rowe
2018	Truth or Dare	Ronnie	[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Malcolm in the Middle	Patrick	Episode: "Kicked Out"
	My Life with Men	Marty	Unsold pilot
	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Various voices	2 episodes[9]
	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[9]
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 (voice)	8 episodes[9]
2019	Celebrity Family Feud	Himself	Episode: "Black-ish vs. The Goldbergs"
	Schooled	Geoff Schwartz	Episode: "Dr. Barry"
	Ballers	Dan	3 episodes
2021	Trolls: TrollsTopia	King Gristle (voice)	Episode: "Piney & Lord Prickles"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Monster House	Chowder	[9]
2009	The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun	Zak Saturday	[9]

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. "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. Variety Staff (December 23, 1992). "Births". variety.com.
5. "Michael Lerner Biography". Yahoo! Movies. 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.^{[better source needed]}
6. "34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006)". Annie Awards. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. "Sam Lerner (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 8, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
10. "Project Almanac: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. January 28, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
11. Gleiberman, Owen (April 11, 2018). "Film Review: Truth or Dare". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2024.

External links

• Sam Lerner at IMDb