Sam Macaroni
{{short description|American actor (1975–2025)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Notability|Biography|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Macaroni
| image = Sam Macaroni.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1975|03|14}}
| birth_place = San Jose, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|13|1975|3|14}}
| education = Stella Adler Studio of Acting
| occupation = {{flat list|
- Actor
- Film director
- Writer
}}
| notable_works = Blackout (2022), Guest House (2020)
}}
Sam Macaroni (March 14, 1975 – March 13, 2025) was an actor, film director, and writer who wrote, directed and stars in National Lampoon's TV: The Movie. In the film, he plays Jeffrey Sutton, Dick Weston Fernandez and Chad (in You're in the Army Now).
Personal life
He grew up in Yosemite Valley, California. He began his filming career at the age of eleven when he earned his first video camera doing odd jobs. Sam attended Mariposa County High School class of 1993. During that time he made a film series called Hobi Chow that was very popular with his classmates. He had lived in Hollywood, Los Angeles since 1994, and had no children.
Career
He studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.
He starred in ThinkFilm's Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary along with Clifton Powell and rapper Too Short.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940592/ Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (2007)]
He was a writer for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards as well as a music video director for MCA/Universal Records. At age 24, Macaroni sold a show to MTV called "Disco Masters" which starred Sam as a disco dancing, beer drinking superhero.
He played Billy in Les Claypool's directorial debut Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482499/ Electric Apricot (2006)]
In 2007, he was a guest on The Howard Stern Show.
In 2009, he starred in a Starbucks Via national television commercial as Roger the airline pilot.
On November 17, 2009, he appeared in an episode of The Forgotten on ABC.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOHVfqNhvcs] Sam Maccarone in an episode of The Forgotten .
He wrote and directed Guest House in 2020.
He directed Blackout in 2022.
Death
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| date = April 2025
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Sam Macaroni died on March 13, 2025 from a brain aneurysm,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=378&v=CucC0xHLIEs&feature=youtu.be |title=One Of My Best Friends Just Died… {{!}} Steve-O |date=2025-03-19 |last=steveo |access-date=2025-03-20 |via=YouTube}} one day short of his 50th birthday. Fellow actor and friend Dian Bachar confirmed his death on social media. https://www.facebook.com/dianbachar/posts/pfbid0245KZeeF4dpCNqFeMH2JySqTELvGkyiTXP5UZg5s9iZ9hMYqhRxzvyQgeDBCbGFNsl
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Category:American male comedians
Category:American male film actors
Category:American music video directors
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American writers of Italian descent
Category:People from Mariposa County, California
Category:Male actors from California
Category:Comedians from California
Category:Screenwriters from California
Category:21st-century American comedians
Category:21st-century American screenwriters