# Sam Lerner

Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on The Goldbergs, Charles "Chowder" Peterson in Monster House and as Quinn Goldberg in Project Almanac.

## Early life

Lerner is the son of reporter Patti (née Klein) and Ken Lerner, an actor who portrayed his onscreen father in The Goldbergs. His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is Jewish.

## Career

Lerner appeared in the feature film Envy, as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz's characters. In addition, he portrayed Sam Robards's characters in the pilot by ABC, My Life With Men, and the son of John Leguizamo and Claire Forlani's characters in an untitled Brett Ratner-directed pilot for CBS.
Lerner voiced Chowder in the film Monster House (2006). He was nominated for the 2006 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his role, but lost the award to Ian McKellen for Flushed Away.
He has appeared on the television shows Malcolm in the Middle, The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men, Oliver Beene, and Sonny With a Chance, and had a recurring voice role on the Cartoon Network show Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?. He also voiced Zak Saturday in the Cartoon Network series The Secret Saturdays.
From 2013 until 2023, Lerner portrayed Geoff Schwartz in the ABC series The Goldbergs.
On October 16, 2017, Lerner was cast as Ronnie in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare. The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Envy | Michael | |
| 2006 | Monster House | Chowder (voice) | Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production |
| 2010 | Seventeen | Aiden | Short film |
| 2012 | Nobody Walks | Avi | |
| 2015 | Project Almanac | Quinn Goldberg | |
| 2016 | Mono | Ivan Gregory | |
| 2017 | Fun Mom Dinner | Alex | |
| 2017 | Walk of Fame | Rowe | |
| 2018 | Truth or Dare | Ronnie | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Malcolm in the Middle | Patrick | Episode: "Kicked Out" |
| 2003 | My Life with Men | Marty | Unsold pilot |
| 2003 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Various voices | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Andrew | Episode: "Twenty-five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful" |
| 2004 | Oliver Beene | The Kid | Episode: "Soup to Nuts" |
| 2004 | The King of Queens | Donny | Episode: "Multiple Plots" |
| 2005 | Untitled David Diamond / David Weissman | Jackson | Unsold pilot |
| 2007 | Las Vegas | Hershel Lipshutz | Episode: "Run, Cooper, Run!" |
| 2008–2010 | The Secret Saturdays | Zak Saturday, Zak Monday (voice) | 30 episodes |
| 2010 | Sonny with a Chance | Dinka | Episode: "Sonny Get Your Goat" |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Quinn | Episode: "Born to Run" |
| 2011 | NCIS | Nathan Tobias | Episode: "Restless" |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Zach Elwood | Episode: "Bad to Worse" |
| 2011–2014 | Suburgatory | Evan | 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Happily Divorced | Production Assistant | Episode: "A Star Is Reborn" |
| 2012 | Like Father | Mike | Unsold pilot |
| 2014–2023 | The Goldbergs | Geoff Schwartz | Recurring role (seasons 2–4); main role (seasons 5–10), 161 episodes |
| 2015 | Lethal Seduction | Walter | Television film |
| 2017 | Workaholics | Michael | Episode: "Party Gawds" |
| 2018–2019 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | King Gristle (voice) | 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Celebrity Family Feud | Himself | Episode: "Black-ish vs. The Goldbergs" |
| 2019 | Schooled | Geoff Schwartz | Episode: "Dr. Barry" |
| 2019 | Ballers | Dan | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Trolls: TrollsTopia | King Gristle (voice) | Episode: "Piney & Lord Prickles" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Monster House | Chowder | |
| 2009 | The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun | Zak Saturday | |