Eugene Levy, a Sagittarius by astrology and a citizen of Canada, was born on December 17, 1946, in Hamilton, Ontario. He is an actor most recognized for his work on all eight “American Pie” movies as Noah Levenstein.
He was raised in a Jewish family by a housewife for a mother and a foreman at an auto plant for a father. Eugene attended Westdale Secondary School and then matriculated to McMaster University. He met filmmaker Ivan Reitman while serving as vice-president of the McMaster Film Board at the university, which further piqued his interest in movies.
Earl Camembert, a news anchor for SCTV News, was one of his first memorable impressions in “The Second City, Toronto,” and he later impersonated Ricardo Montalban, Sean Connery, and Henry Kissinger, among many other persons who had featured on SCTV.
His early film roles include those in “Foxy Lady” (1971) and “Cannibal Girls” (1973). Later, he played Marty in “Nothing Personal” in 1980 and Richie Rosenberg in “Running” in 1979. Before taking on the role of Noah Levenstein in the first “American Pie” film in 1999, he made multiple appearances in films over the following 20 years, including “Armed and Dangerous” in 1986, “Once Upon a Crime” in 1992, and “Waiting for Guffman” in 1996.
He reprised his part in the film’s sequel in 2; the following year, he appeared in “Serendipity” as a Bloomingdale salesman. In 2003, he co-starred with Jim Carrey in the comedy “Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.” He later made appearances in all six additional “American Pie” films as well as numerous other films, including “Finding Dory,” “Madea’s Witness Protection,” and “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” which were all released between 2012 and 2009. (2016).
While Euegene has primarily concentrated on producing films, he has also made numerous TV appearances. His first TV series appearance was in “King of Kensington” in 1975.
Between 1976 and 1984, he appeared in various episodes of the television series “Stay Tuned,” and in “Billy Crystal: Don’t Get Me Started” in 1986, he played Morty Arnold. After receiving plaudits for his performance as Doc Ellis in “Maniac Mansion” in 1993, he went on to make appearances in the TV shows “Mad About You” in 1998 and “Dilbert” in 2000. He has also made appearances in various TV shows this decade, such as “I, Martin Short, Goes Home” in 2012 and “Working the Engels” in 2014.
Eugene is a philanthropist who has made substantial charitable contributions. He has also given a sizable sum to organizations that aim to increase public understanding of autism and research treatments.
