Sam Lerner

{{Infobox person

| name = Sam Lerner

| image = Annie Awards Sam Lerner.jpg

| caption = Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1997–present

| father = Ken Lerner

| relatives = Michael Lerner
(paternal uncle)

| partner = Olivia Sui (2018–present){{cite web |last=Saha |first=Srijita |title=Who is Sam Lerner's Girlfriend? The Goldbergs' Star Relationship Status & Works |website=OtakuKart |date=2022-03-01 |url=https://otakukart.com/who-is-sam-lerners-girlfriend-the-goldbergs-star-relationship-status-works/ |access-date=2023-01-29}} }}

Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992){{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2 |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-tv-arts-and-entertainment-celebrity-music-bc4900fc5e87a26eb1001c012dc5d1c9 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=AP News |language=en}} 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.

Early life

Lerner is the son of reporter Patti (née Klein) and Ken Lerner, an actor who portrayed his onscreen father in The Goldbergs.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1992/scene/people-news/births-20-102346/|title=Births|author=Variety Staff|date=December 23, 1992|website=variety.com}} His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is Jewish.{{cite web | title=Michael Lerner Biography | website=Yahoo! Movies | date=2011 | url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018400/bio | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522092433/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018400/bio | archive-date=2011-05-22 | url-status=dead}}{{better source needed |reason=User generated content |date=December 2021}}

Career

Lerner appeared in the feature film Envy, as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz's characters.{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/the-goldbergs/cast/sam-lerner|title=Actor biography: Sam Lerner|author= |date= |website=ABC.com|publisher=American Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=14 May 2023|quote=On the big screen, he was cast as Ben Stiller's son in "Envy," opposite an all-star cast...}} 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). 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.{{cite web|url=http://annieawards.org/34thwinners.html|title=34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006)|publisher=Annie Awards|access-date=January 21, 2010}}

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?. He also voiced Zak Saturday in the Cartoon Network series The Secret Saturdays.

From 2013 until 2023, Lerner portrayed Geoff Schwartz in the ABC series The Goldbergs.

On October 16, 2017, Lerner was cast as Ronnie in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/reid-scott-sony-venom-blumhouse-truth-or-dare-sam-lerner-1202189281/ |title='Veep's Reid Scott Joins Sony's 'Venom'; Blumhouse's 'Truth Or Dare' Adds Sam Lerner|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|last2=N'Duka|first2=Amanda|date=October 16, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 11, 2018}} The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.{{cite news |title='Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare' Moves Up Two Weeks To Friday The 13th – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/blumhouses-truth-or-dare-april-2018-release-date-1202205290/|work= Deadline |last= D'Alessandro|first= Anthony |date= January 11, 2017 |access-date= January 13, 2018}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Film

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

2004

|Envy

|Michael

2006

| Monster House

| Chowder (voice)

| {{cite web |title=Sam Lerner (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Sam-Lerner/ |access-date=September 8, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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.

Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production

2010

| Seventeen

| Aiden

| Short film

2012

| Nobody Walks

| Avi

2015

| Project Almanac

| Quinn Goldberg

|{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2015 |title=Project Almanac: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/project-almanac-film-review-767898/ |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

2016

| Mono

| Ivan Gregory

2017

| Fun Mom Dinner

| Alex

2017

| Walk of Fame

| Rowe

2018

| Truth or Dare

| Ronnie

|{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=2018-04-11 |title=Film Review: Truth or Dare |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/truth-or-dare-review-1202749418/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

= Television =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Title ! scope="col"\| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Notes
rowspan="4" \| 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
Two and a Half Men \| Andrew \| Episode: "Twenty-five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful"
rowspan="2" \| 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
rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| Sonny with a Chance \| Dinka \| Episode: "Sonny Get Your Goat"
Rizzoli & Isles \| Quinn \| Episode: "Born to Run"
rowspan="2" \| 2011 \| NCIS \| Nathan Tobias \| Episode: "Restless"
Harry's Law \| Zach Elwood \| Episode: "Bad to Worse"
2011–2014 \| Suburgatory \| Evan \| 13 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 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
rowspan="3" \|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"

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes

rowspan="4" | 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

Two and a Half Men

| Andrew

| Episode: "Twenty-five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful"

rowspan="2" | 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

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Sonny with a Chance

| Dinka

| Episode: "Sonny Get Your Goat"

Rizzoli & Isles

| Quinn

| Episode: "Born to Run"

rowspan="2" | 2011

| NCIS

| Nathan Tobias

| Episode: "Restless"

Harry's Law

| Zach Elwood

| Episode: "Bad to Worse"

2011–2014

| Suburgatory

| Evan

| 13 episodes

rowspan="2" | 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

rowspan="3" |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 =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2006 \|Monster House \|Chowder \|
2009 \|The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun \|Zak Saturday \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2006

|Monster House

|Chowder

2009

|The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun

|Zak Saturday