Claim: Bonnie Hunt was in a movie.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is a 2005 American comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox . It is the sequel to the family comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen -LRB- 2003 -RRB- . Shawn Levy , the director of the first film , did not return as director for this sequel , which was instead directed by Adam Shankman -LRB- The Pacifier -RRB- . Levy was a producer of the film and made an appearance as a hospital intern in the movie . Steve Martin , Bonnie Hunt , Hilary Duff , Piper Perabo , Alyson Stoner , and Tom Welling reprise their roles as members of the twelve-child Baker family . Eugene Levy co-stars as the patriarch of a rival family of eight children . Carmen Electra portrays Levy 's wife .   The film was shot in Toronto and Eugene Levy 's hometown of Hamilton , Ontario , Canada and on Stoney Lake in Burleigh Falls , Ontario .