Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a
Canadian Emmy- and
Grammy Award-winning
actor,
television director,
producer,
musician and
writer. He is known for his work in Canadian
television series,
American movies and television movies.
Biography
Early life
Levy was born to a Canadian
Jewish family
in
Hamilton, Ontario, the son of a
homemaker mother and an automobile plant foreman father. He went to
Westdale Secondary School, and attended
McMaster University and graduated in 1969. He was vice president of the McMaster Film Board, a student film group where he met moviemaker
Ivan Reitman.
