Sam Lerner

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title: "Sam Lerner" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1992-births", "21st-century-american-jews", "21st-century-american-male-actors", "american-male-child-actors", "american-male-film-actors", "american-male-television-actors", "american-male-voice-actors", "american-people-of-romanian-jewish-descent", "jewish-american-male-actors", "living-people", "male-actors-from-los-angeles"] description: "American actor (born 1992)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Lerner" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actor (born 1992) ::

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Field	Value
name	Sam Lerner
image	Annie Awards Sam Lerner.jpg
caption	Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards
birth_date
occupation	Actor
years_active	1997–present
father	Ken Lerner
relatives	Michael Lerner
(paternal uncle)
partner	Olivia Sui (2018–present)
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| name = Sam Lerner | image = Annie Awards Sam Lerner.jpg | caption = Lerner at the 2007 Annie Awards | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1997–present | father = Ken Lerner | relatives = Michael Lerner (paternal uncle) | partner = Olivia Sui (2018–present) Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on The Goldbergs and as Quinn Goldberg in Project Almanac. His voice roles include the lead role of Zak Saturday in The Secret Saturdays and Charles "Chowder" Peterson in Monster House.

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 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

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Envy	Michael
2006	Monster House	Chowder (voice)	title=Sam Lerner (visual voices guide)
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
2026			Post-production
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Malcolm in the Middle	Patrick	Episode: "Kicked Out"
My Life with Men	Marty	Unsold pilot
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Various voices	2 episodes
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"
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"
Rizzoli & Isles	Quinn	Episode: "Born to Run"
2011	NCIS	Nathan Tobias	Episode: "Restless"
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"
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"
Schooled	Geoff Schwartz	Episode: "Dr. Barry"
Ballers	Dan	3 episodes
2021	Trolls: TrollsTopia	King Gristle (voice)	Episode: "Piney & Lord Prickles"
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Video games

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

References

1. Saha, Srijita. (2022-03-01). "Who is Sam Lerner's Girlfriend? The Goldbergs' Star Relationship Status & Works".
2. (2021-09-20). "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2".
3. Variety Staff. (December 23, 1992). "Births".
4. (December 2021). "Michael Lerner Biography".
5. . ["Actor biography: Sam Lerner"](https://abc.com/shows/the-goldbergs/cast/sam-lerner). *American Broadcasting Corporation*.
6. "34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006)". [[Annie Awards]].
7. (October 16, 2017). "'Veep's Reid Scott Joins Sony's 'Venom'; Blumhouse's 'Truth Or Dare' Adds Sam Lerner".
8. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (January 11, 2017). "'Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare' Moves Up Two Weeks To Friday The 13th – Update". Deadline.
9. "Sam Lerner (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors.
10. (January 28, 2015). "''Project Almanac'': Film Review".
11. Gleiberman, Owen. (2018-04-11). "Film Review: ''Truth or Dare''".

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