Nev Schulman

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Schulman in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Yaniv L. Schulman

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

Date of Birth: September 26, 1984

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nev Schulman is an American producer, actor, photographer, and television host. He starred in the film Catfish and co-developed and starred in the spin-off Catfish: The TV Show. His brother is filmmaker Ariel Schulman, who co-directed Catfish and co-developed the spin-off show.

Nev is married to Laura Perlongo, with whom he has three children.

Nev’s maternal grandfather was Marvin Barasch (the son of Abraham Barasch and Betty/Bessie Klapholz). Marvin was born in New York. Abraham was a Romanian Jewish immigrant. Betty was born in Pennsylvania, to German Jewish parents.

Nev’s maternal grandmother is named Marlene Panzer (the daughter of Max Panzer).

Sources: Nev’s maternal grandfather, Marvin Barasch, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Nev’s maternal grandfather, Marvin Barasch – http://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Nev’s maternal step-great-grandmother, Ruth Putter – http://www.nytimes.com

4 Responses

  1. littlebodybigheart says:

    His Wikipedia says he’s also Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish.

  2. Gurrl says:

    rofl when i saw him on the catfish show i thought his ancestry was from India(his tan and features)

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