Eugene Levy CM is a Canadian actor comedian television director producer musician and writer He is known for his work in Canadian television series American movies and television movies He is the only actor to have starred in all seven of the American Pie films as Noah Levenstein From 1976 until 1984 he appeared in the Canadian television sketch comedy series SCTV He is a regular collaborator of actordirector Christopher Guest appearing in and cowriting four of his films commencing with Waiting for Guffman 1996 In 2004 he won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for A Mighty Wind from the film of the same name that he cowrote In 2008 he received the Governor Generals Performing Arts Award Canadas highest honour in the performing arts In 2019 and 2020 he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series which he won in 2020 Levy has won multiple accolades throughout his career including four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award He was appointed to the Order of Canada on June 30 2011 From 2015 to 2020 he starred as Johnny Rose in Schitts Creek a comedy series that he cocreated with his son and costar Dan Levy His daughter Sarah Levy portrays Twyla Sands the waitress at the Schitts Creek diner His brother Fred is also a producer on the show
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