Zachary Levi
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| Zachary Levi | |
 Levi at the ET Post-Emmys Party, Walt Disney Concert Hall, September 21, 2008 |
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| Born | Zachary Levi Pugh September 29, 1980 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
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Zachary Levi (born September 29, 1980) is an American television actor known for roles of Kipp Steadman in Less Than Perfect and Chuck Bartowski on Chuck.
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[edit] Early life
Levi was born Zachary Levi Pugh in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the middle child between his two sisters. As a child, he grew up all over the country before finally making his permanent home in Ventura, California[1]. He began acting in theater at the age of 6, performing lead roles in such regional productions as Grease, The Outsiders, Oliver, The Wizard of Oz and Big River.
[edit] Career
Levi had a supporting role in the FX television movie Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie. He played Kipp Steadman on the ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect. He also portrayed a potential boyfriend of Charisma Carpenter's character, Jane, in the ABC Family television movie See Jane Date. Levi was slated to be a lead in an ABC pilot called Three for the 2004/2005 television season. It was written by Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen, and would have costarred James Van Der Beek, Jama Williamson, and Jacob Pitts, but the show was not picked up.[2]
Levi financed Kendall Payne's album Grown after she was dropped by her label, Capitol Records.[3]
He landed the starring role in Chuck, a series that was given a 13-episode order for the NBC 2007 fall schedule and premiered on September 24, 2007, which was given a full season order a few months later.
In the summer of 2008, Levi was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top Thirty People Under Thirty.[4]
[edit] Personal life
A little known fact about Levi is that he is a committed Christian. During an interview with Relevant Magazine he said, "My job on my set, I believe, is to first just love people and gain that trust with people where they know that I really do love them and care about their well-being, so that when they are running into problems, they will hopefully, at some point, come to me and ask me, 'What is your peace all about? What is your comfort all about? Where do you get your love? Where do you get your talents?' And I can turn to them and say without blinking, 'Jesus Christ.'"[5]. Despite his stage name, he is not of Jewish heritage.[6] Levi has dated Canadian actress Missy Peregrym.[7] He is currently dating singer Caitlin Crosby. [8]
Levi once took 14 stitches in his right hand after putting it through a light fixture, the result of an overly aggressive match of tennis on the Wii video game console.[6]
[edit] Filmography
- Untitled Sisqo Project (2001)
- Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002) (TV movie) - Adam
- Less Than Perfect (2002-2006) (TV series) - Kipp Steadman
- See Jane Date (2003) (TV Series) - Grant Asher
- The Division (2004) - Todd in "The Box" (episode #4.16) and "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" (episode #4.19)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004) - Bellman in "Opening Night" (episode #4.10)
- Reel Guerrillas (2005) - Evon Schwarz
- Big Momma's House 2 (2006) - Kevin
- Spiral (2007) - Berkeley
- Ctrl Z (2007) - Ben Pillar
- Chuck (2007-present) (TV series) - Chuck Bartowski
- Wieners (2008) - Ben
- The Tiffany Problem (2008) - Zac
- An American Carol (2008) - Lab Tech #1
- Shades of Ray (2008) - Ray Rehman
- Stuntmen (2009) - Troy Ratowski
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel (2009) - Toby Seville
[edit] References
- ^ "Anytime with Bob Kushell feat. Zach Levi". Anytime with Bob Kushell. 2009-02-05. No. 8, season 1.
- ^ Lisotta, Christopher (May 16, 2005). "SPECIAL REPORT: Upfront Navigator". Television Week 24 (20): pp. 32-37.
- ^ Carlozo, Louis R. (April 4, 2006). "Grown". Christian Century 123 (7): p. 55.
- ^ Markovitz, Adam; Tanner Stransky (March 3, 2008). "30 Under 30: The Actors". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20166944_20166999_20180615_21,00.html. Retrieved on March 10, 2009.
- ^ "Q&A With Zachary Levi". Relevant Magazine. http://www.relevantmagazine.com/features-reviews/progressive-culture/film/2830-qaa-with-zachary-levi.
- ^ a b Wyatt, Edward (September 30, 2007). "Super Nerd Is Out to Save the World". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/arts/television/30wyat.html?ei=5088&en=ea760dfd1c5f7e97&ex=1348804800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all.
- ^ "Missy Peregrym". 600.org. http://www.600.org/tv_stars/missy_peregrym.html. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
- ^ http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/caitlin-crosby-zach-levis-singing-ladyfriend-releasing-debut-album-on-tuesday.html
