Sam Lerner

Sam Lerner
Lerner at the 2006 Annie Awards
Born	Samuel Bryce Lerner (1992-09-27) September 27, 1992 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Samuel Bryce "Sam" Lerner (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, who made his major debut as the role of Chowder in the 2006 Oscar-nominated computer-animated film, Monster House.^[1] Lerner also played a lead role in the feature film Envy^[1] as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz. Lerner was cast as the son of Wendy Malick and Sam Robards in the ABC-TV pilot My Life With Men, and as the son of John Leguizamo and Claire Forlani for an untitled Brett Ratner-directed pilot for CBS-TV. 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 did voice work for Zak Saturday, a character from the Cartoon Network show The Secret Saturdays.

Lerner was nominated for the 2006 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his role as "Chowder" in Monster House. He was beaten for the title by Sir Ian McKellen.^[2]

Lerner was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Patti (Klein), a reporter, and Ken Lerner, an actor.^[3] His uncle is actor Michael Lerner.

Filmography

• Malcolm in the Middle (2003)
• My Life with Men (2003)
• Two and a Half Men (2003)
• Oliver Beene (2004)
• The King of Queens (2004)
• Envy (2004)
• Monster House (2006)
• Las Vegas (2007)
• Fusion Fall (2009)
• The Secret Saturdays (2008-2009)
• Sonny with a Chance (2010)
• Rizzoli and Isles (2010)
• NCIS (2011)
• Harry's Law (2011)
• Like Father (2012)
• Nobody Walks (2012)
• Happily Divorced (2012)
• Suburgatory (2011-2013)
• Walk of Fame (2014)
• Project Almanac (2015)

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