Martin Starr
Born	Martin James Pflieger Schienle July 30, 1982 (1982-07-30) (age 27) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Martin Starr (born July 30, 1982) is an American television and film actor. He portrayed Bill Haverchuck on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) and Joel on the 2009 comedy-drama movie Adventureland.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Television 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and career

Starr was born Martin James Pflieger Schienle^[1] in Santa Monica, California, the son of actress Jean St. James (née Pflieger) and Jim Schienle, an instructor at Pasco-Hernando Community College.^[2][3]

After Freaks and Geeks, Starr had a number of guest appearances and one-time roles on shows such as Ed, Mysterious Ways, Providence, King of the Hill, and Normal, Ohio. He had a small recurring role during the third season of Roswell as the character Monk. In 2002, Starr appeared in the films Stealing Harvard and Cheats. He also reunited with both Freaks and Geeks producer Judd Apatow and Freaks and Geeks co-star Seth Rogen when he made a guest appearance on Apatow's sitcom Undeclared in the episode "The Perfect Date".

In 2005, he appeared in the miniseries Revelations, the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the Apatow-produced Kicking & Screaming. Starr's most recent roles include Apatow's 2007 films Knocked Up and Superbad, as well as Good Dick (2008) and Adventureland (2009). He appeared in the films The Invention of Lying and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.

He also plays Roman in the television show "Party Down".

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	"Eyeball Eddie"	Eddie Malick	short film
	Robbie's Brother	Wayne
2002	Stealing Harvard	Liquor Store Clerk
	Cheats	Applebee
2003	Who's Your Daddy?	Scooter	direct-to-video
	"Band Camp"	Shane	short film
2004	"Fish Burglars"	Marty	short film
2005	Kicking & Screaming	Beantown Customer
2006	"American Storage"		short film
	"A Midsummer's Night Rewrite"	John	short film
2007	Knocked Up	Martin
	Superbad	James Masselin
	Walk Hard	Schmendrick
2008	Good Dick	Simon
	The Incredible Hulk	Amadeus Cho	Cameo
2009	Adventureland	Joel
	Big Breaks	Barrista
	Paper Heart		Cameo
	The Invention of Lying	Waiter #1
	Relic of Cthulhu	Clarence
	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	Doug Duquez	(completed)

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	G vs. E		1 episode
1999-2000	Freaks and Geeks	Bill Haverchuck	Series regular; 18 episodes
2000	Normal, Ohio	Howie the Electronics Store Manager	1 episode
2001	Ed	Clark Salinger	1 episode
	Mysterious Ways	Dwayne Banbury	1 episode
2001-2002	Roswell	Monk Pyle	3 episodes
2002	Undeclared	Theo	1 episode
	Providence		1 episode
2003	King of the Hill	Andrew/Tommy	Voice; 1 episode
2005	Revelations	Rubio	Miniseries
	How I Met Your Mother	Kevin	1 episode
	Last Laugh '05	Tom Cruise Wedding Stand-In	Television special
2007	Clark and Michael	Burger Stand Employee	Internet series, 1 episode
	Wainy Days	Sketchy Laborer #1	Internet series, 1 episode
2009	Party Down	Roman	Series regular

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Martin Starr at the Internet Movie Database

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