ACTOR · BORN 1983
Jonah Hill
- Born
- 20 December 1983
18 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
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- #001
Jonah Hill has a tattoo on his left forearm that reads "Nancy Rules," a tribute to his grandmother.
- #002
Jonah Hill officiated the wedding between his childhood friend Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo.
- #003
Jonah Hill has appeared in four films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Moneyball (2011), Django Unchained (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Don't Look Up (2021).
- #004
Jonah Hill's five favorite films are Rushmore (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Boogie Nights (1997), Back to the Future (1985) and GoodFellas (1990). (2010).
- #005
Jonah Hill is very sensitive about his weight and strongly dislikes being asked about it in interviews. In 2011, he lost about 40 kilos, largely by eating sushi.
- #006
The first sequels of Jonah Hill's career, 22 Jump Street (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), opened on the same day: June 13, 2014.
- #007
Jonah Hill is close friends with Channing Tatum, with whom he worked on 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013) and 22 Jump Street (2014). He also became friends with Leonardo DiCaprio while working together on The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
- #008
Jonah Hill took the role of "Seth" in Superbad (2007) from Bo Barrett.
- #009
Jonah Hill is friends with Dustin Hoffman's children Rebecca Hoffman and Jake Hoffman. That is how Hoffman discovered his role in I Heart Huckabees (2004).
- #010
In Superbad (2007), the character played by Jonah Hill says, "This plan's been [bleep]ed since Jump Street," a reference to the television series 21 Jump Street (1987). Five years later, Hill would star in the film version of 21 Jump Street (2012).
- #011
Jonah Hill studied drama at The New School university.
- #012
Jonah Hill is the son of Richard Feldstein and Sharon Feldstein, and the brother of Jordan Feldstein and Beanie Feldstein. He is the former brother-in-law of Francesca Eastwood. Of Russian Jewish descent, Jonah Hill's great-uncle was the actor, director and producer Alan Rafkin; Rafkin's sister Claire was Jonah's paternal grandmother.
- #013
Jonah Hill was ranked 21st on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' list of actors.
- #014
Jonah Hill is friends with Emma Stone.
- #015
Jonah Hill is the first man born in 1980 or later to receive multiple Oscar nominations for acting (for Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)). The next two were Eddie Redmayne (for his winning The Theory of Everything (2014) and The Danish Girl (2015)) and Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson (2006), La La Land (2016) and Barbie (2023)).
- #016
Jonah Hill announced his engagement to Gianna Santos on September 2, 2019. The pair had split by October 2020.
- #017
Jonah Hill enjoys Woody Allen's films.
- #018
Jonah Hill has suffered from anxiety attacks for about 20 years, worsened by public events and media appearances, which led him to stop doing press for his films in order to protect his mental health. His openness aims to destigmatize mental health issues and share the tools he has learned through therapy.
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