Sam Lerner

Sam Lerner (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, who is most known for his role as Geoff Schwartz on The Goldbergs, Charles "Chowder" Peterson in Monster House and as Quinn Goldberg in Project Almanac.

Career
Lerner appeared in the feature film Envy, as the son of Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz's characters. In addition, he portrayed Sam Robards's characters in the pilot by ABC, My Life With Men, and the son of John Leguizamo and Claire Forlani's characters in an untitled Brett Ratner directed pilot for CBS.

Lerner first major role was when he voiced Chowder, in the film Monster House (2006). He was nominated for the 2006 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for his role, but lost the award to Sir Ian McKellen for Flushed Away.

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 the voice for Zak Saturday on Cartoon Network's, The Secret Saturdays.

From 2013 until 2023, he portrayed Geoff Schwartz in the ABC series The Goldbergs.

On October 16, 2017, Lerner was cast as Ronnie in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare. The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.

Personal life
Lerner is the son of Patti (née Klein), a reporter, and Ken Lerner, an actor (who also plays his onscreen father in The Goldbergs). His uncle was actor Michael Lerner, and their family is Jewish.