Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992) 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''. His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is

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Career

Lerner appeared in the feature film '' Envy'', as the son of

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's characters. In addition, he portrayed Sam Robards's characters in the pilot by ABC, ''My Life With Men'', and the son of

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and Claire Forlani's characters in an untitled

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-directed pilot for CBS. Lerner voiced Chowder in the film '' Monster House'' (2006). He was nominated for the 2006

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for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his role, but lost the award to

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for ''

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''. He has appeared on the television shows ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Oliver Beene'', and '' Sonny With a Chance'', and had a recurring voice role on the

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show '' Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?''. He also voiced Zak Saturday in the Cartoon Network series ''

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''. 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''. The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.

Filmography

Television

Video games

References

External links

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