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Birth Name:
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Date of Birth:
February 17, 1981
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Jewish
The American actor was born into a Jewish family. His father’s name is Dennis Levitt and his mother’s name is Jane Gordon. Levitt gained fame by taking the role of Tommy on the series 3rd Rock from the Sun. The name Levitt is said to be of Anglo-French origin but could also be an Ashkenazi Jewish surname (as is probably the case here), rather than Anglo-French
Levitt is also able to speak French and is a self confessed Francophile. The youtube link below shows an interview with Joseph on a television show where he speaks French.
Source:
- http://www.sfgate.com/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJGZ4bKHZA
- http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Levitt
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What about this woman?
Do you think she looks somewhat East Asian?
Karoline Garfjell (from Lyngen, Troms) (Norway)
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He does look quite Asian but some Eastern Europeans do look like that. I assume he has some East European descent too.
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Yeah he does look Asianish. Is there a picture of his parents or brother somewhere to see what they look like ?
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He does look quite Asian surprisingly. :) I just saw that movie 500 days of Summer. Im usually NOT the type to watch romantic comedy films but this one was different. Id recommend it.
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thought he was asian on SNL lmao:D
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Im sure he has European ancestry.
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Can you just put Jewish for his ethnicity? Because he’s only Jewish, not Anglo-Jewish… that doesn’t make any sense, and he only stated that he is of Jewish heritage….
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Jewish is not a nationality or ethnicity. It’s a religion. Also, the article does not say that he is part French. It just says that he speaks French.
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Levitt is a Anglo-French name.
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Jewish is an ethnicity and a religon…its both
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He’s jewish and french.
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Hey Epic, He’s able to speak French but I havent sen any site stating that he is of French origin.
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He has such an interesting look. I’m really dying to know what his ethnic background is, but there seems to be no information of ethnicity on the internet.
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Angie, thanks for the comment. It says above that he is a Jewish American.
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