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| Jonah Hill | |
|---|---|
 Jonah Hill at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. | |
| Born | Jonah Hill Feldstein |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983), best known as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, producer and screenwriter.
Personal life
Hill was born in Mill Valley, California to a family that worked in the music business. His father was a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses. He attended The Center for Early Education, Brentwood School and then Crossroads School, in Santa Monica. After graduating from high school, Hill left California to attend school at The New School, where he studied acting.
Career
While in college, Hill began writing his own plays and performing them in the Black and White bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. His plays developed a small following and helped him realize that his true desire was to act in films. Hill was befriended by Dustin Hoffman's children, Rebecca and Jake, who introduced Hill 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 then made a brief appearance in Judd Apatow's directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which eventually led to him starring in a larger supporting role in the Apatow-directed Knocked Up, a short role in Click playing Ben Newman at 17 years old, an uncredited role of Dewey Cox's grown-up brother Nate Cox in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and a leading role in the Apatow-produced Superbad.
On television, Hill played the "RA Guy" on the first season of the Oxygen Network sitcom Campus Ladies. He also guest-starred in an episode of Clark and Michael.
He was scheduled to host Saturday Night Live on November 17, 2007, which would have featured musical guest Kid Rock, but the episode was canceled due to the Writers Guild of America strike which lasted from November 5, 2007 to February 12, 2008. Instead, he hosted the March 15, 2008 show, which featured musical guest Mariah Carey.
He guest-starred in an episode of Reno 911 which aired on April 1, 2009.
Hill was in negotiations for a part in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as a sidekick to Shia LaBeouf's character. He next starred in Judd Apatow's third directorial feature, Funny People, which also starred Adam Sandler, Eric Bana and Seth Rogen. He also was an associate producer of the 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary Brüno.
He guest starred on an episode of The Simpsons called "Pranks and Greens", portraying an immature man named Andy Hamilton who was hailed the best prankster in Springfield Elementary School history.
In 2009, Hill told a New Zealand radio interviewer that despite his career success he has yet to become jaded. "I can honestly say that I'm not the most talented of everyone working in movies, but I probably appreciate it the most. There's always a couple times a day I just cannot believe I'm in Australia right now promoting a film I am starring in. It's beyond anything I could ever imagine for myself."
Writer
Hill has 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. At one point, Hill was writing a screenplay with close friend and I Heart Huckabees co-star Jason Schwartzman. At another, he was writing Pure Imagination, a comedy for Sony about a man who develops an imaginary friend after a traumatic experience. Filming was expected to begin in 2008, but it has been in development since then.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | I Heart Huckabees | Bret | |
| 2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | eBay Customer | |
| 2006 | Grandma's Boy | Barry | |
| Click | Ben Newman - at age 17 | ||
| Accepted | Sherman Schrader | ||
| 10 Items or Less | Packy | ||
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Jonah | |
| Evan Almighty | Eugene Tenanbaum | ||
| Rocket Science | Lionel | ||
| Superbad | Seth | ||
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Nate Cox's Ghost | Uncredited | |
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness | Lynn Cooker | |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Matthew | ||
| Just Add Water | Eddie | ||
| Emerson Park | Dylan Machado | ||
| 2009 | Reno 911! | Daniel | TV |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Brundon | Uncredited | |
| Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | John A. Hill | ||
| Funny People | Leo | ||
| The Invention of Lying | Frank | ||
| Brüno | Associate Producer | ||
| The Simpsons | Andy Hamilton | TV Voice only | |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Snotlout | Voice only |
| Get Him to the Greek | Aaron Green | ||
| Cyrus | Cyrus | ||
| Megamind | Hal/Tighten | Voice only | |
| 2011 | Moneyball | Peter Brand | Filming |
| The Sitter | unknown | Pre-Production |
References
- ^ ""Superbad" Star A Real Pisser". The Smoking Gun. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
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- ^ "One on One with... Jonah Hill", Hobo Trashcan, August 2006. Retrieved on June 29, 2007.
- Clark and Michael -- Episode 8 -- "Writing Partners", August 2, 2007
- Nicole Sperling (2008-05-06). "Jonah Hill no longer in talks for 'Transformers 2'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- Michael Fleming (2008-06-11). "Trio joins Judd Apatow film". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- "The Simpsons TV Interview - Al Jean". IGN. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- "Interview with ZM and Polly Gillespie". ZM. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- Carroll, Larry. "'Superbad' Star Re-Teams With Apatow For 'Imagination'", MTV News, 2007-07-09. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
External links
- Jonah Hill at IMDb
- The Superbad boys: exclusive video interview with stv.tv/movies
- Photo spread of Jonah Hill with Riley Keough in Harper's Bazaar