- He is the only actor to be in all eight of the "American Pie" movies.
- He waited for his son Dan Levy to come out to him as gay, but when he was just 18 years old Dan had come out to his mother because she was anxious to know if she had a queer child. As he was walking down the red carpet at the 2019 Canadian Screen Actors Awards he stated that he was "proud of his son and everything that he set out to accomplish." Schitt's Creek is successful because of its positive portrayal of the gay community as a whole. The way that the Levy clan had planned for the show to be.
- He insisted on raising his children Dan Levy and Sarah Levy in Toronto and vowed to never expose them to the way that kids are raised in Hollywood. Dan and Sarah both grew up with the same acting bug as their father. Dan is also into film production and writing.
- He and his son Dan Levy made history at the 72nd Emmy Awards. They became the first father/son duo to be nominated for and to win Emmy Awards on the same night. Eugene last took home an Emmy Award back in 1982 when he and Catherine O'Hara wrote for Moral Majority (1981).
- Son of Rebecca "Betty" (Kudlats) and Joseph "Joe" Levy, an automobile plant foreman. His father was born in Hamilton, to Bulgarian Sephardi Jewish parents, from Vidin. His mother was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Polish Ashkenazi Jewish parents.
- Friends with John Candy and Steve Martin.
- Was supposed to host Saturday Night Live (1975) with the late John Candy back in 1985 (he, Candy and Billy Crystal did a promo for it on SNL the week before it was supposed to have been aired), but that episode never happened, because of a writer's strike shortly after the promo was aired.
- His son, Dan Levy, is a host on MTV Canada. His daughter, Sarah Levy, is an actress.
- Has appeared with actor Steve Martin in four different films: Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).
- Part of the original, groundbreaking cast of SCTV (1976). The Canadian television series was a comedic smash hit in the early 1980s and started the careers of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, and the late John Candy just to name a few. He played many roles but was probably best known as earnest but dimwitted Melonville news broadcaster Earl Camembert and schlock Las Vegas lounge comic Bobby Bittman.
- Attended and graduated from Westdale High School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- Read for the role of Toby Ziegler on The West Wing (1999), but Richard Schiff eventually got the role. According to producers, Levy came very close to getting the role, but they decided to cast Schiff for the role instead.
- His first film job was as coffee boy on one of Ivan Reitman's student films.
- His maternal uncle, Harold Kudlats, was a music promoter who brought rockabilly music to Canada.
- He was part of the supergroup Northern Lights, which sang the ballad "Tears Are Not Enough", which was on the benefit album "We Are the World" (1985).
- He entered into an inter-faith marriage with his wife of 44 years Deborah Divine. She is a Protestant Christian and he is Jewish. Their children are what's known as halfies. His ancestry is Sephardi (from Bulgaria) and Ashkenazi (from Poland and Scotland). His wife is of Irish descent.
- He was supposed to appear in a 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live (1975) with the late John Candy and musical guests Daryl Hall and John Oates but because of a writer's strike, the episode was never aired.
- His grandson James Eugene Outerbridge was born on July 5, 2022. The baby's parents are his daughter Sarah Levy and her husband Graham Outerbridge. The baby's middle name comes from Eugene's first name.
- He was part of a joke on Saturday Night Live (1975), with his son Dan Levy, where he appears in a Plexiglas isolation box after landing in New York. Dan seemed to be rather confused when he realized that his father had flown in from Los Angeles without knowing about the part about the Plexiglas isolation box.
- Is portrayed by Patrick Fischler in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002).
- Levy provided most of the voice work as well as his animated likeness to the CD-i game "The Wacky World of Miniature Golf".
- Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film New York Minute (2004). However, he failed to receive a nomination. The very next year, though, he got a Worst Supporting Actor Razzie Nomination for his roles in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) and The Man (2005).
- Played an attorney in Armed and Dangerous (1986). There is a real-life attorney named Eugene Levy.
- He was awarded the CM (Member of the Order of Canada) on May 26, 2011 and invested on: November 04, 2011 from the Canadian Governor General. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A renowned comedic actor, director, producer and writer, he has won over audiences through the world. A Second City alumnus, he has since starred in more than 50 films. He is still in touch with his Canadian roots as a mentor of Humber College's comedy students, and through his engagement with such organizations as Shalom Village, in Hamilton; the Autism Society; and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
- On May 22, 2012, he delivered a commencement address at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and received the Doctor of Laws degree (honoris causa).
- He was awarded the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Canadian Governor General. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- He was awarded the CC (Companion of the Order of Canada) on November 9, 2022 from the Canadian Governor General. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 8, 2024. Catherine O'Hara and his daughter Sarah Levy were guest speakers at the ceremony.
- He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 2020 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) in Newport Beach, California on April 24, 2020.
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