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Eugene Levy
- Known for
- Schitt's Creek (2015), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), Astro Boy (2009), Down to Earth (2001)
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Eugene Levy is a series creator best known for Schitt's Creek, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and Astro Boy.
All facts (27)
- #001
Eugene Levy is the only actor to appear in all eight "American Pie" films.
- #002
Eugene Levy and his son Dan Levy made history at the 72nd Emmy Awards, becoming the first father-son pair to be nominated for and win an Emmy on the same night. Eugene had last won an Emmy in 1982, when he and Catherine O'Hara won for writing Moral Majority (1981).
- #003
Eugene Levy insisted on raising his children Dan Levy and Sarah Levy in Toronto and vowed never to expose them to the way children are raised in Hollywood. Dan and Sarah grew up with the same acting bug as their father. Dan is also involved in film producing and writing.
- #004
Eugene Levy is the son of Rebecca "Betty" (Kudlats) and Joseph "Joe" Levy, an automobile plant foreman. His father was born in Hamilton to a family of Bulgarian Sephardic Jews from Vidin. His mother was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to a family of Polish Ashkenazi Jews.
- #005
Eugene Levy expected his son Dan Levy to come out to him as gay, but Dan came out to his mother at 18 because she wanted to know whether she had a gay child. Walking the red carpet at the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, Eugene said he was "proud of his son and everything he is trying to achieve." Schitt's Creek succeeded because of its positive portrayal of the gay community as a whole, the path the Levy clan planned for the series.
- #006
Eugene Levy is friends with John Candy and Steve Martin.
- #007
In 1985 Eugene Levy was set to host Saturday Night Live (1975) with the late John Candy (he, Candy and Billy Crystal had filmed a promo for it on SNL a week before broadcast), but the episode never happened because of a writers' strike shortly after the promo aired.
- #008
Eugene Levy's son Dan Levy is a host on MTV Canada. His daughter Sarah Levy is an actress.
- #009
Eugene Levy was part of the groundbreaking original cast of SCTV (1976). The Canadian series achieved major success in comedy in the early 1980s and launched the careers of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara and the late John Candy, to name just a few. He played many roles but was probably best known as the serious yet foolish Melonville news anchor Earl Camembert and the schlock Las Vegas lounge comedian Bobby Bittman.
- #010
Eugene Levy attended and graduated from Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- #011
On March 8, 2024, Eugene Levy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Television category at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. His co-star Catherine O'Hara and his daughter Sarah Levy were guest speakers at the ceremony.
- #012
Eugene Levy read for the role of Toby Ziegler on The West Wing (1999), but Richard Schiff ultimately got the part. According to the producers, Levy came very close to landing the role but they decided to choose Schiff for it instead.
- #013
Eugene Levy's first film job was a role as a coffee shop worker in one of Ivan Reitman's student films.
- #014
Eugene Levy entered an interfaith marriage with his wife of 44 years, Deborah Divine. She is a Protestant Christian and he is Jewish. Their children are known as half-Jewish. His ancestors are Sephardic (from Bulgaria) and Ashkenazi (from Poland and Scotland). His wife is of Irish descent.
- #015
Eugene Levy's uncle Harold Kudlats was a music promoter who brought rockabilly music to Canada.
- #016
On May 26, 2011, Eugene Levy was awarded the CM (Member of the Order of Canada) and was invested by the Governor General of Canada on November 4, 2011. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has won a worldwide audience as a renowned comedy actor, director, producer and writer. A Second City alumnus, he has since appeared in more than 50 films. He remains in touch with his Canadian roots through his role as a mentor to comedy students at Humber College and his associations with organizations such as Shalom Village in Hamilton, the Autism Society, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
- #017
After landing in New York, Eugene Levy took part in a sketch alongside his son Dan Levy on Saturday Night Live (1975), in which he appeared in a Plexiglas isolation box. Dan looked confused when he realized he had flown in from Los Angeles without knowing about the part involving his father's Plexiglas isolation box.
- #018
Eugene Levy was set to appear in a 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live (1975) with the late John Candy and musical guests Daryl Hall and John Oates, but the episode never aired because of the writers' strike.
- #019
Eugene Levy was portrayed by Patrick Fischler in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002).
- #020
In 2006, Eugene Levy was honored with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.
- #021
Eugene Levy delivered the commencement address at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May 22, 2012, where he also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (honoris causa).
- #022
Eugene Levy's grandson, James Eugene Outerbridge, was born on July 5, 2022. The baby's parents are Levy's daughter Sarah Levy and her husband Graham Outerbridge. The middle name comes from Eugene's first name.
- #023
Eugene Levy was listed as a potential nominee in the voting for the 2005 Razzie Awards, proposed in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in New York Minute (2004), but he did not receive a nomination. The very next year, however, he earned a Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actor for his roles in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) and The Man (2005).
- #024
On June 11, 2012, Eugene Levy was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Governor General of Canada. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- #025
Eugene Levy received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement (2008). He also received the ACTRA National Award of Excellence from Canada's actors' union (2010).
- #026
Eugene Levy played a lawyer in Armed and Dangerous (1986). There is a real-life lawyer named Eugene Levy.
- #027
On November 9, 2022, Eugene Levy was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada (CC) by the Governor General of Canada. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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