Birth Name: Jason Matthew Biggs
Place of Birth: Pompton Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 12, 1978
Ethnicity:
*75% Italian [including Sicilian]
*25% English
Jason Biggs is an American actor and comedian. He became famous for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie films.
His mother, Angela (Zocco), is of Italian (Sicilian) ancestry, and his father, Gary Biggs, is of half English and half Italian descent. Jason stated on Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show that his paternal grandmother’s family was from Naples. Jason was raised in a Catholic home.
Although he has played several Jewish characters, Jason is not of Jewish heritage.
Jason is married to actress and writer Jenny Mollen, with whom he has two children.
Jason’s paternal grandmother was Assunta “Susan”/”Suzie” Furno (the daughter of Louis Furno and Marie). Assunta was born in New Jersey, to Italian parents.
Sources: Interview with Jason Biggs on Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show (2012) – http://youtu.be
Jason’s paternal grandmother, Assunta “Susan”/”Suzie” Furno, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jason’s paternal grandmother, Assunta “Susan”/”Suzie” (Furno) Biggs – http://www.legacy.com
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That frizzy dark hair and hooked nose is definitely Sicilian. But the light eyes and relatively fair skin is English.
He’s an asswipe who looks like Bert from Sesame street…
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