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Martin Starr (born July 30, 1982) is an American television and film actor, known for his roles as Bill Haverchuck on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and as Roman DeBeers on the Starz comedy series Party Down, as well as for his roles in the films Knocked Up, Cheats, and Adventureland.
Starr was born Martin James Pflieger Schienle in Santa Monica, California. His Kansas-born mother, Jean St. James (née Pflieger), is an actress, and his father, Jim Schienle, is an instructor at Pasco-Hernando Community College.
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 situational comedy Undeclared in the episode "The Perfect Date".
Actors: Paul Rudd (actor), Craig Robinson (actor), Seth Rogen (actor), David Krumholtz (actor), David Jensen (actor), Kevin Hart (actor), Jay Baruchel (actor), Douglas M. Griffin (actor), Brian Huskey (actor), Jonah Hill (actor), Michael Cera (actor), Aziz Ansari (actor), James Franco (actor), Martin Starr (actor), Jason Segel (actor),
Plot: All 'Jay Baruchel' (qv) expected coming to LA was a fun time with 'Seth Rogen' (qv) with all the wild partying to have both by themselves and at 'James Franco' (qv)'s housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now, Jay and Seth are desperately sheltering in James' house for rescue along with a few other friends. Together, they must band together to attempt to survive the end of the world, only for Jay to find that they are all too dumb and superficial to do it until they discover the only way out.
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