- Sam Lerner
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name = Sam Lerner
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1992|9|27|mf=y
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location =Los Angeles ,California
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notable role = Chowder in "Monster House "Sam Lerner (born
September 27 ,1992 ) is an Americanchild actor , who made his major debut as the role of Chowder in the 2006 Oscar-nominatedcomputer-animated film, "Monster House".imdb name|1348102] Lerner also played a lead role in the feature film "Envy" as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz. Lerner was a series regular on the Brett Ratner-directed "Untitled Diamond-Weissman pilot" for CBS-TV, playing the son of John Leguizamo and Claire Forlani. Before that, he was cast as the son of Wendy Malick and Sam Robards in the ABC-TV pilot, "My Life With Men." He has also appeared on the television shows "Malcolm in the Middle ", "The King of Queens ", "Two and a Half Men " and "Oliver Beene " and had a recurring voice role on theCartoon Network show "Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? ". In August of 2007 Lerner completed the recording of voice work forZak Saturday , a character from the upcoming Cartoon Network show "The Secret Saturdays ".Lerner was nominated for a 2007 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.He is the son of actor
Ken Lerner . He is not to be confused withSammy Lerner , the 1930s composer of the "Popeye the Sailor " theme and other music.References
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