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Canadian actor and comedian

Person · Open Library

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5

Top works

  • La révélation française
  • Best Wishes, Warmest Regards
  • James Weldon Johnson
  • James Weldon Johnson, Black Leader, Black Voice
  • L' Étoile d'Orient

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Acting · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Eugene Levy CM (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor, known for his work in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He is the only actor to have starred in all seven of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein. From 1976 until 1984, he appeared in the Canadian television sketch comedy series SCTV. He is a regular collaborator of actor-director Christopher Guest,…

Known for

  • Marty, Life Is Short — Self2026
  • You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Self / Herb / Jesus2025
  • John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, SCTV2025
  • Summer Camp — Stevie D2024
  • The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy — Self - Host2023
  • Human Resources — Paul Crumbhorn (voice)2022
  • Back Home Again — Fire Chief Ducky (voice)2021
  • Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
  • star-crossed: the film — Doctor2021
  • Only Murders in the Building — Eugene Levy2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Jamaica
Active from
1946
classic pop and rockdancehallreggae

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Listeners
716
Total plays
3,768

Eugene Levy is a pop punk band from Muscatine, Iowa. They started performing together in 2019. https://eugenelevyband.com/ <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eugene+Levy">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Born
( 1946-12-17 ) December 17, 1946 (age 79) , Hamilton, Ontario , Canada
Education
McMaster University ( BA )
Occupations
Actor comedian
Years active
1969–present
Spouse
Deborah Divine ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ) ​
Children
Dan Sarah
Awards
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Eugene Levy
date of birth
1946-12-17
start of work period
1969-00-00
name in native language
Eugene Levy
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Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He often plays flustered and unconventional figures. He is best known for appearing in the sketch comedy series SCTV, which aired from 1976 until 1984, and the American Pie series of films. He is a regular collaborator of actor-director Christopher Guest, appearing in and co-writing four of his films, commencing with Waiting for Guffman (1996). From 2015 to 2020, he starred as Johnny Rose in Schitt's Creek, a comedy series that he co-created with his son and co-star Dan Levy.

Levy won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2004 for "A Mighty Wind" from the film of the same name that he co-wrote. He received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, in 2008. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2011. In 2019 and 2020, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, which he won in 2020.

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