Zach Levi has scored in prime-time on NBC’s Chuck as a nerd who becomes a reluctant high tech spy. Now, he’s out-geeking himself on the big screen in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, playing an adult still hooked on video games who gets stuck babysitting the ‘munks.

Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf discovered that Levi doesn’t deny he was once a nerd himself.

“I wouldn’t mind doing a few more. Look what it did for Sigourney Weaver’s career. That’s a really great path to follow and she’s a really good role model to have. I do wish there were more genres in which women could be presented as what we are — complex creatures who can have journeys and be the heroes…”

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