I first learned about Samm Levine when he was a cast member of “Freaks & Geeks,” the short-lived NBC series which helped launch the careers of many key performers and producers. Around 20 years later, Levine has amassed a list of film and television credits that most actors could only dream of. This includes work in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” Broken Lizard’s “Club Dread,” the television and film versions of “Wet Hot American Summer,” Comedy Central favorite “Drunk History” and long-time ABC staple “Modern Family.”
The latest release for Samm Levine is the film “Immortal.” Released to digital and on-demand outlets earlier this month, the Different Duck Films title was written, directed and produced by Rob Margolies, and features a star-studded cast headlined by Tony Todd (“Candyman”), Dylan Baker (“Hunters”), Robin Bartlett (“Shutter Island”), Vanessa Lengies (“Waiting”) and Agnes Bruckner (“The Woods”). A chilling horror/thriller anthology film told in 4 chapters, “Immortal” also includes Award-winning actor Mario Van Peebles (“Posse,” “New Jack City”), Lindsay Mushett (“Blue Bloods”) and Jason Stuart (“The Infiltrators”).
On Sept. 7 I had the pleasure of interviewing Samm Levine via Zoom, as embedded below. Among the topics we discussed were:
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- He wound up working on “Immortal.”
- When and how “Immortal” was filmed.
- Recent projects he has worked on besides “Immortal.”
- How he started producing and not just acting in films.
- Whether his bar mitzvah had a theme
- Performing stand-up comedy at bar mitzvahes
- My 2019 interview with Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz for the Jewish Journal
- Where Neal Schweiber from “Freaks & Geeks” probably would have wound up after high school
- Whether co-hosting “Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show” left him wanting to host his own talk show in the future
