---
title: 'The New Guy (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ed Decter'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-new-guy-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241760/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The New Guy (2002)

2002 · 89 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The New Guy is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter, written by David Kendall and starring DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Lyle Lovett, and Eddie Griffin. The film tells the story of a scrawny high schooler named Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) gets himself expelled to reinvent his identity at a new school. With advice from a prison inmate (Griffin), he transforms into the "cool" Gil Harris, winning over the school and dating the head cheerleader (Dushku). The New Guy was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on May 10, 2002. The film received generally negative reviews, but was a modest box office success.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ed Decter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-decter)
- **Screenplay:** [David Kendall](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kendall)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ralph Sall](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-sall)
- **Producer:** [Mark Ciardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-ciardi), [Todd Garner](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-garner), [Gordon Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-gray)
- **Editor:** [David Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rennie)

## Cast

- [Gene Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-simmons)
- [Eddie Griffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-griffin)
- [Eliza Dushku](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliza-dushku)
- [Sunny Mabrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/sunny-mabrey)
- [Conrad Goode](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-goode)
- [Lyle Lovett](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-lovett)
- [M.C. Gainey](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-c-gainey)
- [Henry Rollins](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-rollins)
- [Christina Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/christina-murphy)
- [Illeana Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/illeana-douglas)
- [DJ Qualls](https://cinepixo.com/people/dj-qualls)
- [Kyle Gass](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-gass)
- [Geoffrey Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-lewis)
- [Horatio Sanz](https://cinepixo.com/people/horatio-sanz)
- [Tony Hawk](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-hawk)

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