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Martin Starr
Starr at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of A Good Old Fashioned OrgyBorn Martin James Pflieger Schienle
July 30, 1982
Santa Monica, California, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 1992–present Martin Starr (born Martin James Pflieger Schienle; July 30, 1982) is an American television and film actor, known for his roles as Bill Haverchuck on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and as Roman DeBeers on the Starz comedy series Party Down, as well as for his roles in the films Knocked Up, Cheats, and Adventureland.
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Life and career
Starr was born Martin James Pflieger Schienle[1] in Santa Monica, California. His Kansas-born mother, Jean St. James (née Pflieger), is an actress, and his father, Jim Schienle, is an instructor at Pasco-Hernando Community College.[2][3]
After Freaks and Geeks, Starr had a number of guest appearances and one-time roles on shows such as Ed, Mysterious Ways, Providence, King of the Hill, and Normal, Ohio. He had a small recurring role during the third season of Roswell as the character Monk. In 2002, Starr appeared in the films Stealing Harvard and Cheats. He also reunited with both Freaks and Geeks producer Judd Apatow and Freaks and Geeks co-star Seth Rogen when he made a guest appearance on Apatow's situational comedy Undeclared in the episode "The Perfect Date".
In 2005, he appeared in the miniseries Revelations, the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the Apatow-produced Kicking & Screaming. Starr's most recent roles include Apatow's 2007 films Knocked Up and Superbad, as well as Good Dick (2008) and Adventureland (2009). He appeared in the films The Invention of Lying and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and had a cameo appearance in The Incredible Hulk as a computer nerd college lab student.
Filmography
Movies
Year Film Role 1992 Hero Allen in Coma 2001 Eyeball Eddie Eddie Malick Robbie's Brother Wayne 2002 Stealing Harvard Liquor Store Clerk Cheats Applebee 2003 Who's Your Daddy? Scooter Band Camp Shane 2004 Fish Burglars Marty 2005 Kicking & Screaming Beantown Customer 2006 American Storage Charlie A Midsummer's Night Rewrite John 2007 Knocked Up Martin Superbad James Masselin Walk Hard Schmendrick 2008 Good Dick Simon The Incredible Hulk Computer Nerd (Amadeus Cho) 2009 Big Breaks Barista Adventureland Joel The Invention of Lying Waiter #1 The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu Clarence 1-900-Drinking Buddy Yung Joc Paper Heart Himself 2010 A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Doug Duquez Church & State Jesus Lovepocalypse Ernie 2011 Lawless Lloyd 6 Month Rule Alan Fight For Your Right: Revisited Police Internet Comedy
Year Title Role Notes 2006 Clark and Michael Burger Stand Employee Internet series, 1 episode Television
Year Title Role Notes 1999 G vs. E 1 episode 1999–2000 Freaks and Geeks Bill Haverchuck Series regular; 18 episodes 2000 Normal, Ohio Howie the Electronics Store Manager 1 episode 2001 Ed Clark Salinger 1 episode Mysterious Ways Dwayne Banbury 1 episode 2001–2002 Roswell Monk Pyle 3 episodes 2002 Undeclared Theo 1 episode Providence 1 episode 2003 King of the Hill Andrew/Tommy Voice; 1 episode 2005 Revelations Rubio Miniseries How I Met Your Mother Kevin 1 episode Last Laugh '05 Tom Cruise Wedding Stand-In Television special 2007 Wainy Days Sketchy Laborer #1 Internet series, 1 episode 2009–2010 Party Down Roman DeBeers Series regular; 20 Episodes 2010 Hawaii Five-0 Adam 'Toast' Charles Episode: "Ohana" 2010 The League Box of Frogs Episode: "High School Reunion" 2011 Mad Love Clyde Episode: "Friends and Other Obstacles" 2011 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Sam Series regular 2011 Community Professor Cligoris Episode: "Geography of Global Conflict" References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ^ Pasco: Teen gets his big break on 'Freaks'
- ^ Ryan Mortuary & Crematory | Edwin E. Pflieger obituary
External links
Categories:- 1982 births
- Actors from California
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Santa Monica, California
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