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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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he’s adorable and sweet and sexy and he’s a promising actor!
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he’s so cute! and just like you guys, i too thought he was half-asian.
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I really thought that he was whasian (white and asian) but I was wrong a lot of people were wrong. Hahahaha ok I think someone’s lying to him I think the mother had an affair with an asian man and never told him or the husband but maybe they have Asian heritage or background in the family and it skip a generation and showed up on him it happens sometimes or the parents are really weird looking to the point that they’re white people but looks asian cuz they’re ugly and made good looking kids that everyone assumes are asian it happens sometimes.
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I lost you in that jumbled mess.
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Zoe, that was hilarious. But I get what you mean. That fool DOES look Asian. I’m watching (500) Days of Summer right now and I’d be willing to stake big bucks on the fact that he’s got some Japanese in that family line somewhere. There are Japanese Jews and maybe his mother is one…?
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His mother was born in L.A. Her parents were director Michael Gordon and a woman whose last name was “Cohn”. I’d seriously doubt he has any Asian ancestry. He’s hardly the only white person who has vaguely Asian features (look at Roseanne and Gilbert Gottfried, who are also Jewish).
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He’s a Japanese Jew? thats a bit of a stretch.
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He is SO CUTE!!! I just wish he were younger. (sigh) The grow up so fast…:0)
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Sorry, it’s They not The.
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He is soooooo attractive, on so many levels…
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attractive if you like those shy fragile looking guys.
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Agreed. Too adorable. I was able to see him in Inception O.O Gah. Amazing movie.
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Thanks Dave.
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“Levitt” can easily be an Ashkenazi Jewish surname (as is probably the case here), rather than Anglo-French
See for example this
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Levitt-family-history.ashx
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I was expecting that he’d be part Laotian.
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I don’t know, but I think she is Norwegian, Sámi and Kven.
Most people from the northern parts of Troms are :)
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the lady in the pics is buetiful! wat is her ethnicity? :)
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