# Sam Macaroni

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{{Short description|American actor (1975–2025)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Sam Macaroni
| image              = Sam Macaroni.png
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1975|03|14}}
| birth_place        = [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2025|3|13|1975|3|14}}
| death_place        = 
| education          = [Stella Adler Studio of Acting](/source/Stella_Adler_Studio_of_Acting)
| occupation         = {{flat list|
* Actor
* Film director
* Writer
}}
| notable_works      = ''Blackout'' (2022), ''Guest House'' (2020)
}}

'''Samuel Maccarone''' (March 14, 1975 – March 13, 2025), better known as '''Sam Macaroni''', was an American actor, film director and writer who wrote, directed and stars in ''[National Lampoon's TV: The Movie](/source/National_Lampoon's_TV%3A_The_Movie)''. In the film, he plays Jeffrey Sutton, Dick Weston Fernandez and Chad (in ''You're in the Army Now'').

== Background ==
Samuel Maccarone was born in [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California) on March 14, 1975. He grew up in [Yosemite Valley, California](/source/Yosemite_Valley%2C_California). Macaroni began his filming career at the age of eleven when he earned his first video camera doing odd jobs. He 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.

Macaroni lived in [Hollywood, Los Angeles](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles) from 1994, and had no children. He died from a brain aneurysm on March 13, 2025, one day before his 50th birthday.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=378&v=CucC0xHLIEs&feature=youtu.be |title=One Of My Best Friends Just Died… Steve-O |date=19 March 2025 |last=steveo |access-date=20 March 2025 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Macaroni |url=https://death-notices.co.uk/notice/9e7a507e-d5dc-4fc5-8c4d-899d51e17097 |website=Death Notices |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref>

== Career ==
Macaroni studied at the [Stella Adler Studio of Acting](/source/Stella_Adler_Studio_of_Acting) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles).

He starred in [ThinkFilm](/source/ThinkFilm)'s ''Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary'' along with [Clifton Powell](/source/Clifton_Powell) and [rapper](/source/rapper) [Too Short](/source/Too_Short).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940592/ Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Macaroni was a writer for the 2006 [Billboard Music Awards](/source/Billboard_Music_Awards) as well as a [music video director](/source/music_video_director) for [MCA](/source/MCA_Records)/[Universal Records](/source/Universal_Records). At age 24, Macaroni sold a show to [MTV](/source/MTV) called "Disco Masters" which starred Sam as a disco dancing, beer drinking superhero.

He played Billy in [Les Claypool](/source/Les_Claypool)'s directorial debut ''[Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo](/source/Electric_Apricot%3A_Quest_for_Festeroo)''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482499/ Electric Apricot (2006)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 2007, he was a guest on ''[The Howard Stern Show](/source/The_Howard_Stern_Show)''.

In 2009, he starred in a [Starbucks](/source/Starbucks) Via national television commercial as Roger the airline pilot.

On November 17, 2009, he appeared in an episode of ''[The Forgotten](/source/The_Forgotten_(TV_series))'' on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company).<ref name="The Forgotten">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOHVfqNhvcs] Sam Maccarone in an episode of The Forgotten .</ref>

Macaroni directed the music video for "Puppet Breakup" by [Your Favorite Martian](/source/Ray_William_Johnson)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PUPPET BREAK-UP (dir. by Sam Macaroni) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTdRq2_vxA |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110927123959/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTdRq2_vxA |archive-date=2011-09-27 |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=YouTube |language=en}}</ref> in September of 2011 featuring Lonnie Moore, Sylvain Bitton, Geisha House and pornstar Amia Miley.

Macaroni wrote and directed ''[Guest House](/source/Guest_House_(2020_film))'' in 2020.

He directed ''[Blackout](/source/Blackout_(2022_film))'' in 2022.

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Category:American male comedians
Category:American male film actors
Category:American music video directors
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American writers of Italian descent
Category:People from Mariposa County, California
Category:Male actors from California
Category:Comedians from California
Category:Screenwriters from California
Category:21st-century American comedians
Category:21st-century American screenwriters
Category:21st-century American male writers

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