<P> Though he has been the "above the title" star in only two films, Armed and Dangerous (1986) and The Man (2005), he has featured prominently in many films . He is the co-writer and frequent cast member of Christopher Guest's mockumentary features, particularly A Mighty Wind, where his sympathetic performance as emotionally unstable folksinger Mitch Cohen won kudos; his accolades included a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy and the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor . In the 1980s and 1990s, he appeared in Splash, National Lampoon's Vacation, Club Paradise, Stay Tuned, Multiplicity and other comedies . Levy was the creator of Maniac Mansion, a television sitcom based on the LucasArts video game of the same name . He was also seriously considered for the role of Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role that went to actor Richard Schiff . </P> <P> Levy, along with his son Dan Levy, is co-creator of the popular CBC / PopTV sitcom, Schitt's Creek . He also stars in the show alongside his son as head of the Rose family, Johnny Rose . And also his daughter Sarah Levy who portraits Twyla Sands, the waitress at the Schitt's Creek diner . </P> <P> Levy's career received a tremendous boost in 1999, when he was cast as the clueless but loving dad in the blockbuster American Pie . Reprising the role in three film sequels and starring in four straight - to - video sequels made him something of a cult hero . Levy has been quoted as saying the American Pie series was a particular turning point in his career, affording him "a new perspective on his career at the time". Since working on the first two American Pie movies, Levy has worked with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House, and most recently appeared with Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 . Levy again appeared as his famous character, Noah Levenstein, in the fourth theatrical film in the American Pie series, American Reunion . He is the only actor to appear in all eight American Pie films . </P> <P> Levy, along with Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, was awarded the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media for the title song from A Mighty Wind . Levy appeared in the corner of a poster hanging outside the movie theatre in Springfield in the "See Homer Run" episode of The Simpsons . (The poster was advertising for Princess Rock Star and featured a girl with an electric guitar, with Levy in the corner wearing a royal crown . A liner note under him read "Eugene Levy as the King"). </P>

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