Shawn Levy

This article is about the director and actor. For the American film critic, see Shawn Anthony Levy.
Shawn Levy

Levy at a Moscow press conference for Real Steel, October 7, 2011
Born (1968-07-23) July 23, 1968
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Film director, producer, actor
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) Serena
Children 4

Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian-American film director, producer, and actor. He directed the comedy films Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, Night at the Museum and its sequels Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, as well as Date Night, The Internship, and the sci-fi sports drama Real Steel. Cumulatively, Levy's films have grossed $2 billion at the worldwide box office, making him one of the most commercially successful filmmakers of the past decade. He has also directed many television shows, including Cousin Skeeter, The Famous Jett Jackson, and Pepper Dennis.

Life and career

Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec to Jewish parents. As a teenager, he attended St. George's High School and Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in New York. Levy graduated from Yale University in 1989 majoring in Performing Arts. Levy has a production deal with 20th Century Fox. He produced the 2012 Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill comedy The Watch, which was directed by Akiva Schaffer, and has over a dozen projects in development for production in the near future. These include Rosaline, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Berenstain Bears, Sesame Street, 10 Best Days of My Life, Fight Before Christmas, Alone for the Holidays, Mr. Men, Fancy Nancy, King Kong, The Three Misfortunes of Geppetto, The 39 Clues: The Movie, and The Deadliest Warrior. His newly formed television company, 21 Laps/Adelstein, produced the ABC hit Last Man Standing with Tim Allen. He has also been announced as the director of Fox's new Frankenstein adaptation, the James Cameron-produced 3D sci-fi remake Fantastic Voyage and the film version of Minecraft.[1]

Levy's acting debut was in Zombie Nightmare (1986), a low-budget horror film in which he portrayed the character Jim Bratten, the leader of a group of teenagers and secondary antagonist. The film is best known for being featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also appeared in the 1988 Liberace: Behind the Music, as a post-Scott Thorson acquaintance of Liberace. His television resume consists of a guest spot on 21 Jump Street, a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210, and more recently, a role on 30 Rock as TV Producer Scottie Shofar.

He is known professionally as Shawn Levy, not to be confused with Shawn Anthony Levy, the American film critic and author who also signs his work as Shawn Levy.

Levy is married to Serena, with whom he has four children.[2] Levy is Jewish.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Producer Actor Role Notes
1986 Zombie Nightmare No No Yes Jim Bratten
1987 Wild Thing No No Yes Paul
Liberace: Behind the Music No No Yes Glenn
1991 Our Shining Moment No No Yes J.J.
1993 Made in America No No Yes Dwayne
1997 Address Unknown Yes No No Cameo appearance
Just in Time Yes No Yes Photographer Cameo appearance
2001 Jett Jackson: The Movie Yes Yes No Television film
2002 Big Fat Liar Yes No Yes Wolf Party Guest Cameo appearance
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus No Yes No
2003 Just Married Yes No No
Cheaper by the Dozen Yes No Yes Press Room Reporter Cameo appearance
2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 No Yes Yes Hospital Intern
2006 The Pink Panther Yes No No
Night at the Museum Yes Yes No
2008 What Happens in Vegas No Yes No
The Rocker No Yes No
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Yes Yes Yes Guy in Commercial Cameo appearance
The Pink Panther 2 No Yes No Executive producer only
2010 Date Night Yes Yes No
2011 Real Steel Yes Yes No
2012 The Watch No Yes No
The Spectacular Now No Yes No
2013 The Internship Yes Yes Yes Guy in Nap Pod
2014 This Is Where I Leave You Yes Yes No
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day No Yes No
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb[4] Yes Yes No
2016 Story of Your Life No Yes No
Why Him? No Yes No
2017 Table 19 No Yes No
Fist Fight No Yes No

Television

Year Title Credited as Episode(s)
Director Producer Actor Role
1989 China Beach No No Yes Lieutenant "Dear China Beach"
1989–90 Tour of Duty No No Yes SP4 Budd Sills 2 episodes
1990 21 Jump Street No No Yes Lance "Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom"
Lifestories No No Yes Luke Conforti "Art Conforti"
1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 No No Yes Howard Banchek 2 episodes
Step by Step No No Yes Daniel "Way Off-Broadway"
1996–98 The Secret World of Alex Mack Yes No No 6 episodes
1997–98 The Journey of Allen Strange Yes No No 3 episodes
1998–99 Lassie Yes No No 4 episodes
1998 First Wave Yes No No "Marker 262"
1998–99 Animorphs Yes No No 5 episodes
1998–03 The Famous Jett Jackson Yes No Yes Producer 47 episodes
2000 In a Heartbeat Yes No No 2 episodes
2002 Do Over Yes No No "The Block Party"
Birds of Prey Yes No No "Nature of the Beast"
2006 Pepper Dennis Yes Yes No "Pilot"
2009 30 Rock No No Yes Scottie Shofar "The Problem Solvers"
2011–16 Last Man Standing No Yes No 79 episodes
2014 Cristela No Yes No "Pilot"
2016 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Yes No No "Kimmy Drives a Car!"
Stranger Things Yes Yes No

Recurring collaborators

Actor Big Fat Liar
(2002)		 Just Married
(2003)		 Cheaper by the Dozen
(2003)		 The Pink Panther
(2006)		 Night at the Museum
(2006)		 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
(2009)		 Date Night
(2010)		 Real Steel
(2011)		 The Internship
(2013)		 This Is Where I Leave You (2014) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Rose Byrne No No
Steve Coogan No No No
Tina Fey No No
Timmy Fitzpatrick No No
Michael Bryan French No No
John Gatins No No
Ricky Gervais No No No
Amy Hill No No
Taran Killam No No
Ashton Kutcher No No
Steve Martin No No
Mickey Rooney No No No
Ted Rooney No No
Dax Shepard No No No
Ben Stiller No No No
Robin Williams No No No
Owen Wilson No No No No No

References

  1. ↑ Kroll, Justin (October 16, 2014). "Warner Bros. Taps Shawn Levy for ‘Minecraft’ Movie". Varuety. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shawn Levy's Modern Farmhouse in Upstate New York". Architectural Digest. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/21462/celebrity-jews/
  4. ↑ "The Collider" by Adam Chitwood, 07/02/2013

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