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Hill at the BAFTA Film Awards in 2012
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Born |
Jonah Hill Feldstein December 20, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Bard College The New School University of Colorado Boulder |
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Years active | 2004–present |
Relatives | Beanie Feldstein (sister) |
Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983), better known as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and comedian. Hill is known for his comedic roles in films such as Accepted (2006), Grandma's Boy (2006), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), 22 Jump Street (2014) and War Dogs (2016), as well as his performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
Hill ranked 28th on Forbes magazine's ranking of world's highest paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, bringing in $16 million. As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Sausage Party (2016), all of which he also starred in.
Jonah Hill Feldstein was born on December 20, 1983 in Los Angeles, the son of Sharon Lyn (née Chalkin), a costume designer and fashion stylist, and Richard Feldstein, a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses. He has a sister, Beanie Feldstein, who is an actress, and a brother, Jordan Feldstein, who is a music manager of Robin Thicke and Maroon 5. His parents were originally from Long Island, New York, and the family vacationed in the Catskills. He grew up in the wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, where he continues to live to this day, and attended the Center for Early Education, Brentwood School, and then Crossroads School, in Santa Monica. After graduating from high school, Hill attended Bard College,The New School and the University of Colorado Boulder. Hill is Jewish, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.