Jonah Hill

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Jonah Hill

Hill in Barcelona, 2007
Born Jonah Hill Feldstein
December 20, 1983 (1983-12-20) (age 24)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active 2004 — present

Jonah Hill (born December 20, 1983)[1] is an American actor and screenwriter. Hill has had a successful career as an actor in comedic films, appearing in roles in the films Accepted, Grandma's Boy, Click, 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Evan Almighty, This Side of the Truth, Strange Wilderness, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

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Biography

Early life

Hill was born Jonah Hill Feldstein[1] into a Jewish family[2] in Los Angeles, California and attended Brentwood School and then Crossroads School in Santa Monica. After graduating from high school, Hill left California to attend school at New School University, where he studied acting. Hill attended the University of Colorado at Boulder for one semester as a freshman after having left New School University. Hill's brother Jordan is the manager for the bands Maroon 5, Staind, Big City Rock, and Collective Soul.

Acting career

In college, Jonah Hill began writing his own plays and performing them in the Black and White bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York City.[3] His plays developed a small following and helped him realize that his true desire was to act in film. Hill befriended Dustin Hoffman's children, Rebecca and Jake, who introduced him to their father. The elder Hoffman asked him to audition for a role in I Heart Huckabees, in which Hill made his film debut. Hill made a brief appearance in Judd Apatow's directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which eventually lead to him starring in a larger supporting role in the Apatow-produced Knocked Up and the lead role in the Apatow-produced Superbad.

Jonah Hill hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Mariah Carey on March 15, 2008. Originally, Jonah Hill was scheduled to host on November 17, 2007 with musical guest, Kid Rock, but the episode was cancelled due to the Writers Guild of America strike that lasted from November 5, 2007 to February 12, 2008. Hill was in negotiations for a part in Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, but opted out.[4] He is currently set to co-star in Judd Apatow's third directorial feature entitled Funny People which also stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen.[5]

Screenwriting career

Hill had wanted to be a writer since he was young, dreaming of someday joining the writing teams of The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, and The Larry Sanders Show.[3] Hill is currently writing two screenplays, both of which will be produced by Judd Apatow, producer of Superbad. One of the films, The Middle Child, would star Hill as a young man who returns from college to find that his parents gave a child up for adoption before he was born. The role of Hill's older brother was written with frequent collaborator Seth Rogen in mind.

Hill is also writing Pure Imagination, a comedy for Sony about a man who develops an imaginary friend after a traumatic experience. Filming is expected to begin in 2008 and the film will be directed by Harold Ramis.[6] At one point, he was also writing a screenplay with close friend and Huckabees co-star Jason Schwartzman.[3]

Personal life

Hill rarely discusses his private life. He lives in California, but often travels to promote his films, and he has said on talk shows that he would prefer to live in New York City but feels L.A. has more opportunities for an acting and writing career. Despite the opportunities he is looking for, he stated that Hollywood is not a perfect place for him due to the stress.

Hill has stated that he likes to spend time with his friends and family.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 I Heart Huckabees Bret Hooten
2005 The 40 Year Old Virgin eBay Customer First role for Judd Apatow
Pancho's Pizza Short film
2006 Grandma's Boy Barry
Click Ben Newman in 2017
Accepted Sherman Schrader
10 Items or Less The Kid
2007 Knocked Up Jonah
Evan Almighty Eugene Tenanbaum
Rocket Science Lionel
Superbad Seth
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Nate Cox's Ghost Uncredited role
2008 Strange Wilderness Lane Cooker
Horton Hears a Who! Tommy voice only
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Matthew
Just Add Water Eddie
2009 This Side of the Truth Frank Post-production
How to Train Your Dragon Snotlout (voice) filming
Get Him to the Greek filming
Funny People Leo pre-production
2010 The 1 Second Film in-development

References

  1. ^ a b c ""Superbad" Star A Real Pisser", The Smoking Gun (2007-08-13). Retrieved on 2007-08-18. 
  2. ^ Solomon, Deborah (2007-08-12). "Superdude", The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-18. 
  3. ^ a b c "One on One with... Jonah Hill", Hobo Trashcan, August 2006. Retrieved on June 29, 2007.
  4. ^ Nicole Sperling (2008-05-06). "Jonah Hill no longer in talks for 'Transformers 2'", Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  5. ^ >Michael Fleming (2008-06-11). "Trio joins Judd Apatow film", Variety. Retrieved on 2008-06-13. 
  6. ^ Carroll, Larry. "‘Superbad’ Star Re-Teams With Apatow For ‘Imagination’", MTV News, 2007-07-09. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.

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Works of Judd Apatow
Director
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) · Knocked Up (2007) · Funny People (2009)
Writer
Producer
Heavyweights (1995) · The Cable Guy (1996) · Celtic Pride (1996) · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) · Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) · Kicking & Screaming (2005) · The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) · Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) · The TV Set (2006) · Knocked Up (2007) · Superbad (2007) · Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) · Drillbit Taylor (2008) · Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) · Step Brothers (2008) · Pineapple Express (2008) · The Year One (2009) · Funny People (2009) · Get Him to the Greek (2009)
Television
The Ben Stiller Show (1992–93) · The Critic (1994–95) · The Larry Sanders Show (1993–98) · Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) · Undeclared (2001–02)
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