Ben Schwartz

Schwartz in 2014, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Benjamin Joseph Schwartz

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 15, 1981

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ben Schwartz is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.

While initially growing up in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx, his family later moved to Westchester, New York. Ben was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

A 23andMe DNA test whose results Ben displayed on his Twitter page stated that Ben’s genetic ancestry is:

*99.4% Ashkenazi Jewish
*0.3% Broadly European
*0.2% Manchurian & Mongolian