Jesse Heiman - World's Greatest Extra Quiz

Answer: American Pie 2

His first role was as the trombone-playing Petey in "American Pie 2" (2001). In the sequel to the popular coming-of-age movie, a group of friends reunite after their freshman year of college.

Interest in Heiman grew in 2011 after Wilhelm Hempel of Sweden made a montage of his many brief appearances.

Answer: Maybe It's Me

Heiman played Elliot in "The Video Episode". "Maybe It's Me" ran from October 2001 to May 2002. In "The Video Episode", Molly (Reagan Dale Neis) tried to run for student body president and helped make a music video for her campaign, but everyone else thought that her brother Grant (Patrick Levis) was running.

In 2002, Heiman also had appearances (although uncredited) in "Van Wilder" (student on couch) "Spider-Man" (spectator at fight), "Rules of Attraction" (party-goer), and "Catch Me If You Can" (patron in a restaurant).

Answer: My Name is Earl

In the episode "Randy's Touchdown," Earl (Jason Lee) tried to make amends for Randy (Ethan Suplee) never being able to score a touchdown, thanks to Earl betting against his brother's football team.

In 2005, Heiman also appeared in "Entourage," "Las Vegas," "NCIS, and "Reno 911!"

Answer: NCIS

Heiman was Frederic Pippin on the Season 2 episode, "Red Cell". In that episode a hacker interferes with the investigation of a soldier. Frederic finds a murder victim.

Heiman was busy in 2005, appearing in "George Lopez" as a restaurant patron, a kid with an inhaler in "My Name is Earl", a singing hopeful in "Reno 911" and as a nerd in "Entourage", "The O.C." and "Las Vegas".

Answer: English

Heiman was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He lived in the Bay State until he moved to Texas in 1989. He would later graduate from Texas State University in San Marcos with a B.A. in English in 2000. Four months after graduating, Heiman moved to Los Angeles.

One of his early appearances was in the pilot episode of "Do Over", a comedy set in 1990's Massachusetts that lasted eleven episodes in 2002.

Answer: Mascot

In some cases, Heiman appeared in the same shots as starring actors. In "17 Again", he appeared in the same scene as Zac Efron, the actor who played the 17-year-old Mike O'Donnell, who got a chance to relive his high school days after his 37-year-old self (played by Matthew Perry) didn't turn out quite well. Heiman's brief appearance was as the mascot of the high school basketball team, the Warriors, as Efron danced with the cheerleaders.

In 2009, he also appeared in "Heroes," "Monk," and "Greek."

Answer: The Social Network

Heiman appeared as a student in a lecture hall. He was also in "Glee" as a member of the high school video club, also uncredited. In an interview, Heiman said the shoot for "The Social Network" lasted thirteen hours...all for a scene where he appeared for mere seconds.

"The Social Network" was based on the origins of the popular social networking site Facebook, founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the legal and personal issues surrounding the site.

Answer: Fernando

Heiman's role as an employee of the Buy More was a non-speaking one. He appeared eight times from 2007 to 2010.

In the show, Chuck (Zachary Levi) was a computer geek working in a big box-type store after getting kicked out of Stanford, just credits short of a degree. He inadvertently downloaded government secrets and became a secret agent. The title of every episode was "Chuck Versus..."

Answer: False

Despite playing high school and college students, Heiman was actually born in 1978. His first acting role came after he graduated from college.

Answer: True

In a number of television and newspaper interviews, Heiman has touted his membership in the Guild and its benefits, even for those who specialize in small roles. As a member, Heiman is paid better than those not affiliated with the Guild. In 2011, the base pay of a member was $135 for an eight-hour day plus overtime, meals, and transportation.