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 Eugene Levy is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He has appeared in more than 60 motion pictures to date, eight of which having topped the $100M mark. The box office success of films such as Bringing Down the House (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) , and Father of the Bride Part II (1995) have established him as one of Hollywood's most popular comedic actors. But it was the role of Noah Levenstein in the American Pie franchise that cemented his reputation as America's favorite Dad. Levy's most recent big-screen role was that of Dory's Dad in the Disney/Pixar smash Finding Dory, in which he stars alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Diane Keaton. The film has surpassed the $1B mark worldwide, and is on track to become one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time.Partnering with Christopher Guest, Levy earned critical acclaim for co-writing and co-starring in Best In Show, Waiting For Guffman, For Your Consideration, and A Mighty Wind. Levy has been nominated for and won countless awards for his films including a New York Film Critics Circle Award and a Grammy Award? for A Mighty Wind and a Golden Globe? nomination for Best In Show. Other films include Splash, Armed and Dangerous, Multiplicity, Club Paradise, and Serendipity.In 2013, Levy formed Not A Real Company Productions (with his son Daniel Levy and principals Andrew Barnsley and Fred Levy) to produce Schitt's Creek, a television series for CBC/ITV he co-created, co-executive produces, and co-stars in with Daniel Levy. The single-cam, character-driven comedy also stars Catherine O'Hara, Annie Murphy, and Chris Elliott.In 2016, Levy won Lead Actor in a Comedy at the Canadian Screen Awards and, as Executive Producer, the CSA for Best Comedy, an award he shared with Daniel Levy, among others. Schitt's Creek swept the Canadian Screen Awards, winning nine of a possible 10 categories. Levy also received the prestigious Legacy Award (along with co-star and long-time collaborator, Catherine O'Hara) from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Levy won two Emmys? for his writing on SCTV in addition to many other awards and nominations for his television work.Levy is a Member of the Order of Canada and a recipient of The Governor General's Performing Arts Award - the foremost honor presented for excellence in the performing arts.
Bio:
Eugene Levy is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He has appeared in more than 60 motion pictures to date, eight of which having topped the $100M mark. The box office success of films such as Bringing Down the House (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) , and Father of the Bride Part II (1995) have established him as one of Hollywood's most popular comedic actors. But it was the role of Noah Levenstein in the American Pie franchise that cemented his reputation as America's favorite Dad. Levy's most recent big-screen role was that of Dory's Dad in the Disney/Pixar smash Finding Dory, in which he stars alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Diane Keaton. The film has surpassed the $1B mark worldwide, and is on track to become one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time.Partnering with Christopher Guest, Levy earned critical acclaim for co-writing and co-starring in Best In Show, Waiting For Guffman, For Your Consideration, and A Mighty Wind. Levy has been nominated for and won countless awards for his films including a New York Film Critics Circle Award and a Grammy Award? for A Mighty Wind and a Golden Globe? nomination for Best In Show. Other films include Splash, Armed and Dangerous, Multiplicity, Club Paradise, and Serendipity.In 2013, Levy formed Not A Real Company Productions (with his son Daniel Levy and principals Andrew Barnsley and Fred Levy) to produce Schitt's Creek, a television series for CBC/ITV he co-created, co-executive produces, and co-stars in with Daniel Levy. The single-cam, character-driven comedy also stars Catherine O'Hara, Annie Murphy, and Chris Elliott.In 2016, Levy won Lead Actor in a Comedy at the Canadian Screen Awards and, as Executive Producer, the CSA for Best Comedy, an award he shared with Daniel Levy, among others. Schitt's Creek swept the Canadian Screen Awards, winning nine of a possible 10 categories. Levy also received the prestigious Legacy Award (along with co-star and long-time collaborator, Catherine O'Hara) from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Levy won two Emmys? for his writing on SCTV in addition to many other awards and nominations for his television work.Levy is a Member of the Order of Canada and a recipient of The Governor General's Performing Arts Award - the foremost honor presented for excellence in the performing arts.
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He waited for his son Dan Levy to come out to him as gay, but when he was just 18 years old Dan had come out to his mother because she was anxious to know if she had a queer child. As he was walking down the red carpet at the 2019 Canadian Screen Actors Awards he stated that he was "proud of his son and everything that he set out to accomplish." Schitt's Creek is successful because of its positive portrayal of the gay community as a whole. The way that the Levy clan had planned for the show to be.He is the only actor to be in all eight of the "American Pie" movies.He insisted on raising his children Dan Levy and Sarah Levy in Toronto and vowed to never expose them to the way that kids are raised in Hollywood. Dan and Sarah both grew up with the same acting bug as their father. Dan is also into film production and writing.He and his son Dan Levy made history at the 72nd Emmy Awards. They became the first father/son duo to be nominated for and to win Emmys on the same night. Eugene last took home an Emmy award way back in 1982 when he and Catherine O'Hara wrote for Moral Majority (1981).Son of Rebecca "Betty" (Kudlats) and Joseph "Joe" Levy, an automobile plant foreman. His father was born in Hamilton, to Bulgarian Sephardi Jewish parents, from Vidin. His mother was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Polish Ashkenazi Jewish parents.Was supposed to host Saturday Night Live (1975) with John Candy back in 1985 (he, Candy and Billy Crystal did a promo for it on SNL the week before it was supposed to have been aired), but that episode never happened, due to a writer's strike shortly after the promo was aired.His son, Dan Levy, is a host on MTV Canada. His daughter, Sarah Levy, is an actress.Friends with John Candy, and Steve Martin.Has worked with actor Steve Martin on four different films--Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).Part of the original, groundbreaking cast of SCTV (1976)--otherwise known as SCTV. The Canadian TV Series was an comedic smash hit in the early 1980s and started the careers of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, and the late John Candy just to name a few. He played many roles but was probably best known as earnest but dimwitted Melonville news broadcaster Earl Camembert and schlock Las Vegas lounge comic Bobby Bittman.Award: Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival; Newport Beach, California.He was part of the group Northern Lights, which sang the song "Tears Are Not Enough," which was on the "We are the World" benefit album.Read for the part of Toby Ziegler on The West Wing (1999), but Richard Schiff eventually got the roll. According to producers, Levy came very close to getting the role, but they decided to cast Schiff for the part instead.His first film job was as coffee boy on one of Ivan Reitman's student films.His maternal uncle, Harold Kudlats, was a music promoter who brought rockabilly music to Canada.Attended Westdale High School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.He entered into an inter-faith marriage with his wife of 44 years Deborah Divine. She is a Protestant Christian and he is Jewish. Their children are what's known as halfies. His ancestry is Sephardi (from Bulgaria) and Ashkenazi (from Poland and Scotland). His wife is of Irish descent.He was supposed to appear in a 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live (1975) with the late John Candy and musical guests Daryl Hall and John Oates but due to a writer's strike, the episode was never aired.Is portrayed by Patrick Fischler in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002).He was part of a joke on Saturday Night Live, with his son Dan Levy, where he appears in a Plexiglas isolation box after landing in New York. Dan seemed to be a bit confused when he realized that his dad had flown in from Los Angeles without knowing about the part about the Plexiglas isolation box.Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film New York Minute (2004). However, he failed to receive a nomination. The very next year, though, he got a Worst Supporting Actor Razzie Nomination for his roles in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) and The Man (2005).Played an attorney in Armed and Dangerous (1986). There is a real-life attorney named Eugene Levy.His grandson James Eugene Outerbridge was born on July 5, 2022. The baby's parents are his daughter Sarah Levy and her husband Graham Outerbridge. The baby's middle name comes from Eugene's first name.Levy provided most of the voice work as well as his animated likeness to the CD-i game The Wacky World of Mini Golf. |
| Name: |
Eugene Levy |
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Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
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Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Model rank: |
282 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:01:04 |
| Height: |
5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Biography: |
Eugene Levy is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He has appeared in more than 60 motion pictures to date, eight of which having topped the $100M mark. The box office success of films such as Bringing Down the House (2003), Cheaper by |
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He waited for his son Dan Levy to come out to him as gay, but when he was just 18 years old Dan had come out to his mother because she was anxious to know if she had a queer child. As he was walking down the red carpet at the 2019 Canadian Screen Actors Awards he stated that he was "proud of his son and everything that he set out to accomplish." Schitt's Creek is successful because of its positive portrayal of the gay community as a whole. The way that the Levy clan had planned for the show to be.He is the only actor to be in all eight of the "American Pie" movies.He insisted on raising his children Dan Levy and Sarah Levy in Toronto and vowed to never expose them to the way that kids are raised in Hollywood. Dan and Sarah both grew up with the same acting bug as their father. Dan is also into film production and writing.He and his son Dan Levy made history at the 72nd Emmy Awards. They became the first father/son duo to be nominated for and to win Emmys on the same night. Eugene last took home an Emmy award way back in 1982 when he and Catherine O'Hara wrote for Moral Majority (1981).Son of Rebecca "Betty" (Kudlats) and Joseph "Joe" Levy, an automobile plant foreman. His father was born in Hamilton, to Bulgarian Sephardi Jewish parents, from Vidin. His mother was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Polish Ashkenazi Jewish parents.Was supposed to host Saturday Night Live (1975) with John Candy back in 1985 (he, Candy and Billy Crystal did a promo for it on SNL the week before it was supposed to have been aired), but that episode never happened, due to a writer's strike shortly after the promo was aired.His son, Dan Levy, is a host on MTV Canada. His daughter, Sarah Levy, is an actress.Friends with John Candy, and Steve Martin.Has worked with actor Steve Martin on four different films--Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).Part of the original, groundbreaking cast of SCTV (1976)--otherwise known as SCTV. The Canadian TV Series was an comedic smash hit in the early 1980s and started the careers of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, and the late John Candy just to name a few. He played many roles but was probably best known as earnest but dimwitted Melonville news broadcaster Earl Camembert and schlock Las Vegas lounge comic Bobby Bittman.Award: Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival; Newport Beach, California.He was part of the group Northern Lights, which sang the song "Tears Are Not Enough," which was on the "We are the World" benefit album.Read for the part of Toby Ziegler on The West Wing (1999), but Richard Schiff eventually got the roll. According to producers, Levy came very close to getting the role, but they decided to cast Schiff for the part instead.His first film job was as coffee boy on one of Ivan Reitman's student films.His maternal uncle, Harold Kudlats, was a music promoter who brought rockabilly music to Canada.Attended Westdale High School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.He entered into an inter-faith marriage with his wife of 44 years Deborah Divine. She is a Protestant Christian and he is Jewish. Their children are what's known as halfies. His ancestry is Sephardi (from Bulgaria) and Ashkenazi (from Poland and Scotland). His wife is of Irish descent.He was supposed to appear in a 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live (1975) with the late John Candy and musical guests Daryl Hall and John Oates but due to a writer's strike, the episode was never aired.Is portrayed by Patrick Fischler in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002).He was part of a joke on Saturday Night Live, with his son Dan Levy, where he appears in a Plexiglas isolation box after landing in New York. Dan seemed to be a bit confused when he realized that his dad had flown in from Los Angeles without knowing about the part about the Plexiglas isolation box.Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film New York Minute (2004). However, he failed to receive a nomination. The very next year, though, he got a Worst Supporting Actor Razzie Nomination for his roles in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) and The Man (2005).Played an attorney in Armed and Dangerous (1986). There is a real-life attorney named Eugene Levy.His grandson James Eugene Outerbridge was born on July 5, 2022. The baby's parents are his daughter Sarah Levy and her husband Graham Outerbridge. The baby's middle name comes from Eugene's first name.Levy provided most of the voice work as well as his animated likeness to the CD-i game The Wacky World of Mini Golf. |
| Trademarks: |
Thick eyebrows
Distinctive voice
Glasses |
| Quotes: |
I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything.
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[on his role in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)] I like playing villains - villains that aren't that bright, you know?..Okay, this is the guy. I'm thinking I can finally bring some mustaches out of the drawer.This is set in the mid-'80s. Glasses down to here. And the mustache is somewhere between [Adolf Hitler] and ]Groucho Marx].
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One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.
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I would love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins. How and why that would happen in a comedy I'm not sure--why he would be dragged over to my side, or I'd be be dragged over to his side.
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At the end of the day, even if my part is a bit goofy, the key thing is that I'm doing what I love to do, and that's to make people laugh. |
| Salaries: |
American Reunion (2012) - $3,000,000
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American Pie 2 (2001) - $1,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(2003) Music video: Appeared in Queen Latifah's "Better Than The Rest" video.
(2001) TV/radio commercials (as the Devil): Seattle Seahawks NFL football.
Stage: Appeared in "Godspell" with Victor Garber, Martin Short, Gilda Radne |
| Spouse: |
Deborah Divine (June 12, 1977 - present) (2 children) |
| Children: |
Sarah LevyDan Levy |
| Parents: |
Rebecca Kudlats
Joseph Levy |
| Relatives: |
Barbara Levy (Sibling)
James Eugene Outerbridge (Grandchild)
Fred Levy (Sibling) |
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