Sam Macaroni (born March 14, 1975 in

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) is an actor, film director, and writer. He 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 where he had a lot of natural space all around him. He began his filming career at the age of eleven when he earned his first video camera doing odd jobs. He has lived in

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since 1994, and has no children.

Career

He studied at the

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in Los Angeles. He stars in ThinkFilm's ''Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary'' along with Clifton Powell and

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. He was a writer for the 2006

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as well as a

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for

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. At age 24, Maccarone sold a show to MTV called "Disco Masters" which starred Sam as a disco dancing, beer drinking superhero. He plays Billy in

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's directorial debut '' Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo''.Electric Apricot (2006)
/ref> In 2007, he was a guest on

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. In 2009, he starred in a

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Via national television commercial as Roger the airline pilot. On November 17, 2009, he appeared in an episode of '' The Forgotten'' on ABC.
Sam Maccarone in an episode of The Forgotten . He wrote and directed Guest House (2020 film), Guest house in 2020 He directed blackout in 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maccarone, Sam 1975 births American male comedians American male film actors American music video directors American male screenwriters American writers of Italian descent Living people People from Mariposa County, California Male actors from California Comedians from California Screenwriters from California 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers