Sam Macaroni
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| Born | March 14, 1975 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 2025 (aged 49) |
| Education | Stella Adler Studio of Acting |
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| Notable work | Blackout (2022), Guest House (2020) |
Sam Macaroni (March 14, 1975 – March 13, 2025) was an actor, film director, and writer who wrote, directed and stars in National Lampoon's TV: The Movie. In the film, he plays Jeffrey Sutton, Dick Weston Fernandez and Chad (in You're in the Army Now).
Personal life
[edit]He grew up in Yosemite Valley, California. He began his filming career at the age of eleven when he earned his first video camera doing odd jobs. Sam attended Mariposa County High School class of 1993. During that time he made a film series called Hobi Chow that was very popular with his classmates. He had lived in Hollywood, Los Angeles since 1994, and had no children.
Career
[edit]He studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.
He starred in ThinkFilm's Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary along with Clifton Powell and rapper Too Short.[1]
He was a writer for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards as well as a music video director for MCA/Universal Records. At age 24, Macaroni sold a show to MTV called "Disco Masters" which starred Sam as a disco dancing, beer drinking superhero.
He played Billy in Les Claypool's directorial debut Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo.[2]
In 2007, he was a guest on The Howard Stern Show.
In 2009, he starred in a Starbucks Via national television commercial as Roger the airline pilot.
On November 17, 2009, he appeared in an episode of The Forgotten on ABC.[3]
He wrote and directed Guest House in 2020.
He directed Blackout in 2022.
Death
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Sam Macaroni died on March 13, 2025 from a brain aneurysm,[4] one day short of his 50th birthday. Fellow actor and friend Dian Bachar confirmed his death on social media. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (2007)
- ^ Electric Apricot (2006)
- ^ [1] Sam Maccarone in an episode of The Forgotten .
- ^ steveo (March 19, 2025). One Of My Best Friends Just Died… | Steve-O. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/dianbachar/posts/pfbid0245KZeeF4dpCNqFeMH2JySqTELvGkyiTXP5UZg5s9iZ9hMYqhRxzvyQgeDBCbGFNsl
- 1975 births
- 2025 deaths
- American male comedians
- American male film actors
- American music video directors
- American male screenwriters
- American writers of Italian descent
- People from Mariposa County, California
- Male actors from California
- Comedians from California
- Screenwriters from California
- 21st-century American comedians
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American male writers
- American people of Italian descent