Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill (born Jonah Hill Feldstein; December 20, 1983) is an American actor. He is known for his comedic roles in films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014). For his performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for his roles in Cyrus (2010), War Dogs (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021).
Jonah Hill
December 20, 1983
- Actor
- producer
- screenwriter
- director
2004–present
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Beanie Feldstein (sister)
Hill has provided voices for the animated films Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Megamind (2010), the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy (2010–2019), The Lego Movie (2014), Sausage Party (2016), and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019). As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Sausage Party (2016), Why Him? (2016), and You People (2023). He starred in the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018) and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s (2018), for which he also wrote the screenplay. He directed and produced the documentary Stutz (2022).
Hill ranked 28th on Forbes's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million.[1] In 2020, he was found to have sworn on film more than any other actor.[2]
Early life[edit]
Hill was born on December 20, 1983, in Los Angeles, California.[3] His parents are Sharon Lyn (née Chalkin), a costume designer and fashion stylist, and Richard Feldstein, a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses.[4][5][6] He has a younger sister, actress Beanie Feldstein (b. 1993). Their older brother, Jordan Feldstein (1977–2017), was a music manager for Robin Thicke and Maroon 5 until his sudden death at age 40 from a DVT/pulmonary embolism.[7][8][9][10] Their parents were originally from Long Island, New York, and the family vacationed in the Catskill Mountains.[11]
Hill and his siblings were raised in the wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, where he continues to reside,[12][13] and attended the Center for Early Education, Brentwood School, and then Crossroads School[14] in Santa Monica. He worked at Hot Rod Skateboard Shop on Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles.[15][16] After graduating from high school in 2002, he attended The New School, Bard College and the University of Colorado Boulder, but did not earn a degree.[17][18][19][20][21]
Hill is Jewish[22][23][24] and had a bar mitzvah ceremony.[25][26][27][28]