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Jonah Hill

Actor

Born: 20 December 1983
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Best known as: The loud, keyed-up star of Superbad

Name at birth: Jonah Hill Feldstein

Jonah Hill is the round and frizzy-haired star of the 2007 comedy Superbad. Hill got his start in show business with an assist from Dustin Hoffman, who got him an audition for I Heart Huckabees (2004). That led to a small part in the Judd Apatow comedy 40 Year Old Virgin (2006, starring Steve Carell). As part of an Apatow-led clan that includes Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, Hill has appeared in Knocked Up (2007, starring Katherine Heigl), Superbad (co-starringMichael Cera and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008, starring Kristen Bell). Hill's other films include Evan Almighty (2007), Strange Wilderness (2008) and the 2008 version of Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! (starring Jim Carrey).

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  • Judd Apatow - Biography of Judd Apatow, The guy who made The 40 Year-old Virgin and Knocked Up

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