Pablo Schreiber

Schreiber in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Pablo Tell Schreiber

Place of Birth: Ymir, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Birth: April 26, 1978

Ethnicity: German, Swiss-German, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Belgian [Flemish], Scottish, Welsh, Irish

Pablo Schreiber is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his roles on the series The Wire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Orange Is the New Black, American Gods, and Halo, and in the films Bubble Boy, The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Lords of Dogtown, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Nights in Rodanthe, Allegiance (2012), Preservation (2014), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Den of Thieves, Skyscraper, and Lorelei. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway. He has also narrated audiobooks.

Pablo’s father, Tell Schreiber (Tell Carroll Schreiber III), was an American actor and carpenter. Pablo’s mother, Lorraine Reaveley, is a psychotherapist originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Pablo is the half-brother of actor Liev Schreiber. He was named Pablo after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. He has two children with his former wife, yoga teacher Jessica Monty.

Pablo’s ancestry includes German, the origin of his surname, Swiss-German, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Belgian Flemish, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish.

Pablo’s paternal grandfather was Tell Carroll Schreiber II (the son of Tell Carroll Schreiber and Marie/Mary Louise Didrichsen). Pablo’s grandfather Tell was born in New Jersey. Pablo’s great-grandfather Tell was the son of Louis Georg Adolf Schreiber, who was born in Cassel, Germany, and of Ida Laura Gebner, who was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent. Pablo’s great-grandmother Marie Louise’s parents were William Gordon Nicholas Cornelius Franz Didrichsen, who was born in Denmark, and Marie Louise Van Zandt, who was born in New York, of Dutch, English, German, French, Norwegian, and Belgian Flemish descent.

Pablo’s paternal grandmother was Pamela Dutton Prime (the daughter of William Albert Prime, Jr. and Ruth Melville Shaw-Kennedy). Pamela was born in New York, and was of mostly English descent, with more distant Scottish, Welsh, and Dutch, roots. Some of Pamela’s ancestral lines have been in the United States since the 1600s, and through her, Pablo is descended from several Mayflower passengers. Through Pamela, Pablo is also the great-great-great-great-grandson of James Shaw Kennedy, a British soldier and military writer. Pablo’s great-grandfather William was the son of William Albert Prime and Marion Sands Dutton. Pablo’s great-grandmother Ruth was the daughter of Vernon Hugh Primrose Shaw Kennedy, who was born in Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire, Scotland, and of Grace Dunlap Cummings.

Pablo’s maternal grandfather was Ernest Richard Hirom Reaveley (the son of Ernest Harold Reaveley and Ellen Simpson). Pablo’s grandfather Ernest was born in Fort William, Ontario. Pablo’s great-grandfather Ernest was born in Neebing, Thunder Bay, Ontario, to English parents, Richard Robert Reaveley and Fannie C. E. Hiorns/Hirom. Pablo’s great-grandmother Ellen was Irish, the daughter of John Simpson and Mary Jane Cadden.

Pablo’s maternal grandmother is likely named Jean Marjorie Aarsted.

Sources: Genealogy of Pablo Schreiber – http://www.wikitree.com

Genealogies of Pablo Schreiber (focusing on his father’s side) – http://humphrysfamilytree.com
https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Pablo Schreiber (focusing on his father’s side) (through Pablo’s half-brother, Liev Schreiber) – http://familypedia.wikia.com

Obituary of Pablo’s father – https://www.islandtheatre.org

Birth record of Pablo’s paternal great-grandfather, Tell Carroll Schreiber – https://familysearch.org

Pablo’s paternal great-grandfather, Tell Carroll Schreiber, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Pablo’s paternal great-grandmother, Marie/Mary Louise Didrichsen (“Marry Didrichsen”), on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Pablo’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Marie Louise (Van Zandt) Didrichsen (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com

Pablo’s paternal great-great-great-great-grandfather, James Shaw Kennedy, a British soldier and military writer – http://en.wikipedia.org