Steve Lemme

{{Short description|American actor, writer, and producer}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2017}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Steve Lemme at Cheyenne Mountain.jpg

| caption = Lemme at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in 2016.

| birth_name = Stephen Carlos Lemme

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|11|13}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater = Colgate University

| occupation = Actor, director, producer, writer, comedian

| years_active = 1996–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Tiffany Chadderton|2010}}

| children = 2

}}

Stephen Carlos Lemme (born November 13, 1968){{cite web | url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/11/13/nov-13-celebrity-birthdays/amp/ | title=Nov. 13 celebrity birthdays | date=November 13, 2012 }} is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group.

Early life

Lemme attended Dalton School, a high school in New York,{{cite web |last1=Lemme |first1=Steve |title=Alumni Celebrate 100 Years of Dalton, video 45|work=The Dalton School {{!}} Alumni News and Media Archive |url=https://www.dalton.org/alumni-news-and-media-archive?albumId=895490 |publisher=The Dalton School |access-date=3 March 2021}} but after one year transferred to Fountain Valley School of Colorado, graduating in 1987 (in 2017 he was inducted into the Fountain View School Arts Guild).{{cite news |title=Alumni Weekend 2017: 2017 Arts Guild |url=https://bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/49/misc/misc_151703.pdf |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=Fountain Valley School Bulletin |issue=Fall/Winter 2017 |publisher=Fountain Valley School |page=20}}

He attended Colgate University and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Before leaving Colgate, he was part of Charred Goosebeak, a comedy troupe with the future members of Broken Lizard. His father is originally from Argentina. Through his mother's side, Lemme is of Puerto Rican and French descent.{{cite news |title=Steve Lemme |url= https://press.wbd.com/us/na/bio/steve-lemme |access-date=22 April 2023 |work=Warner Bros. Discovery |publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery}} As a child, Lemme developed Polio as a result of a very rare side effect of a vaccination against the disease, which resulted in the decay of his right calf muscle.{{cite web|url=http://www.stumpedmagazine.com/interviews/steve-lemme-interview/|title=Steve Lemme Interview|last=Neumer|first=Chris|work=Stumped Magazine|accessdate=18 August 2016}}{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2013 |title="I got Polio in my leg and it took my calf muscle…the reason why it doesn't bother me is because I'm still fast as f*ck." |url=https://x.com/LeBatardShow/status/1649484942844329984 }}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

1996

| Puddle Cruiser

| Felix Bean

| with Broken Lizard

2001

| Super Troopers

| State Trooper MacIntyre "Mac" Womack

| with Broken Lizard

2003

| Open Water

| cameo

| uncredited

rowspan=2|2004

| Club Dread

| Juan

| with Broken Lizard

The 100 Scariest Movie Moments

| Himself

| Television special

2005

| The Dukes of Hazzard

| Jimmy

| with Broken Lizard

2006

| Beerfest

| Fink

| with Broken Lizard

2008

| The Brooklyn Heist

| FBI Director

|

2009

| The Slammin' Salmon

| Connor

| with Broken Lizard

2012

| The Babymakers

|

| with Broken Lizard

2018

| Super Troopers 2

| MacIntyre "Mac" Womack

| with Broken Lizard

2019 - 2023

| Tacoma FD

| Captain Eddie Penisi Jr.

| with part of Broken Lizard

2023

| Quasi

| Quasi/Jester

| with Broken Lizard

References

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