Eugene Levy is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, director and screenwriter. I remembered the audience for his roles in "House Upside Down", "Wholesale Cheaper 2" and "American Pie."
Small roles do not exist
Award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer. Eugene Levy has starred in 100 films! About a dozen of them exceeded the box office mark of $ 100 million! The successes of such films as “House Upside Down”, “Wholesale is Cheaper 2” and “Father of the Bride 2” made him one of the most popular comedy actors in Hollywood.
But apart from Eugene Levy’s career, of course, was his work in American Pie, a youth comedy, where he played the father of one of the heroes, the well-known Mr. Levenshtein, already known to everyone. It is noteworthy that Levy starred in all eight Pies, and this episodic role made the actor the beloved screen father of all America!
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Eugene Levy is from the port city of Hamilton, Ontario. He was born on December 17, 1946 in a simple poor family. His mother was an ordinary housewife, his father worked as a car mechanic. However, Eugene from childhood showed creative inclinations, and already in his youth, studying at the prestigious McMaster State Research University, whose main campus was located in Hamilton itself, Levy was the organizer and vice president of the student film studio, where he acquired his initial knowledge and experience work in the film industry, and also made his first acquaintances with professionals, such as, for example, Ivan Reitman - a Canadian film director and producer. The further fate of Levy was predetermined. He already knew for sure that he would work in the cinema.