Matt Bennett
Bennett in 2015, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Matthew H. Bennett
Place of Birth: Massapequa Park, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 13, 1991
Ethnicity:
*mother – German, Sorbian, English, Irish
*father – possibly Ashkenazi Jewish
Matt Bennett, also credited as Matthew Bennett, is an American actor, singer, and screenwriter. His roles include the show Victorious and the films The Virginity Hit, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Matt’s paternal grandmother is named Janice.
Matt’s maternal grandfather was Marvin Eugene Ebers (the son of Henry William Ebers and Selma Clementina Schelnick). Marvin was born in Texas. Henry was the son of German parents, Wilhelm Karl Ebers and Maria Juliane Fultz. Selma was the daughter of Sorbian parents, from Germany, Johann Schelnik and Hanna Marie Wenke.
Matt’s maternal grandmother was Maxine Huddleston (the daughter of Claude Huddleston and Ruby Virginia Autrey). Maxine was born in Texas. Claude was the son of James Madison Huddleston and Mattie Lee Northcutt. Ruby was the daughter of John William Autrey and Viola Mae Barrow.
Matt is a fourth cousin, once removed, of actor and musician Ellar Coltrane. Matt’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, William J. Autrey and Frances Ann Heflin, were also Ellar’s maternal four times great-grandparents.
Source: Obituary of Matt’s maternal grandmother, Maxine (Huddleston) Ebers – https://www.phillipsandluckey.com
He seemed to allude on Twitter that he was possibly Jewish
https://twitter.com/mattbennett/status/673604081596809216?s=21
Finally made some progress on this one!
https://www.phillipsandluckey.com/obituaries/Maxine-Ebers/#!/Obituary
Matt’s maternal grandfather was Marvin Eugene Ebers (the son of Henry William Ebers and Selma Clementina Schelnick). Marvin was born in Texas. Henry was the son of German parents, Wilhelm Karl Ebers and Maria Juliane Fultz. Selma was the daughter of Sorbian parents, from Germany, Johann Schelnik and Hanna Marie Wenke.
Matt’s maternal grandmother was Maxine Huddleston (the daughter of Claude Huddleston and Ruby Virginia Autrey). Maxine was born in Texas. Claude was the son of James Madison Huddleston and Mattie Lee Northcutt. Ruby was the daughter of John William Autrey and Viola Mae Barrow.
I think his father is just Jewish. I suspect his grandfather was Lionel Ira Bennett, son of Robert Bennett and Juliette Herzog. His grandmother’s name is deffinitely Janice, and if Lionel was his grandfather, then her full name is Janice Cohen, daughter of Jesse Cohen and Florence Feldman.
I think he’s related to Ellar Coltrane on the Autrey side, and to Matthew F. Leonetti on his Huddleston side, but it’s in the 4-5 cousin range.
This is a picture of Matt’s father on his Instagram. He has his own Instagram too, but I haven’t found it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfQsDRAiEP/?taken-by=matthbennett
Any guesses?
I haven’t looked in a few years, so maybe it’s glaringly out there now.
He looks like he could be Ashkenazi Jewish or either some type of Northwest European
He’s such an odd-looking guy (as Adam Driver) so it’s hard to say what he is, but he’s far from average NW European person look.