Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, director, musician and writer. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, with his role as Noah Levenstein. He often plays nerdy, unconventional figures, with his humour often deriving from his excessive explanations of matters and the way in which he deals with sticky situations. Levy is a regular collaborator of actordirector Christopher Guest, appearing in four of his films, commencing with Waiting for Guffman . Levy received the Governor Generals Performing Arts Award, Canadas highest honour in the performing arts, in 2008. He was appointed to the Order of Canada on June 30, 2011.
Levy was born to a Jewish family in Hamilton, Ontario. His mother was a homemaker and his father was a foreman at an automobile plant. He went to Westdale Secondary School, and attended McMaster University. He was vicepresident of the McMaster Film Board, a student film group, where he met moviemaker Ivan Reitman.
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