Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill ( born December 20, 1983 in Los Angeles, born Jonah Hill Feldstein ) is an American actor and screenwriter.
Life and achievements
Hill studied acting at the New School University. He made his debut alongside Jason Schwartzman, Mark Wahlberg, Jew Law and Dustin Hoffman in a small supporting role in the comedy I Heart Huckabees from the year 2004.
For his role in S.H.I.T. - The High School GmbH (2006) was nominated for a 2007 Hill Teen Choice Award. In the comedy Knocked Up (2006) he played a friend of the main character Ben Stone, played by Seth Rogen. Together with roe he also starred in This is the end. In Superbad (2007), he became one of the main roles. He is also active as a screenwriter.
After many years he was almost exclusively seen in comedies, he gained special attention by a role in sports drama to win The Art - Moneyball, for which he received an Academy Award in 2012 and a Golden Globe nomination. For his role in The Wolf of Wall Street in 2014, he was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actor, but had to concede defeat Jared Leto.
Filmography (selection)
- 2004: I Heart Huckabees
- 2005: Virgin (40 ), male, looking for ... ( The 40 Year Old Virgin )
- 2006: Grandma's Boy
- 2006: Campus Ladies ( TV series)
- 2006: Click ( click)
- 2006: S.H.I.T. - The High School GmbH ( Accepted )
- 2006: 10 Items or Less - You are who you meet (10 Items or Less )
- 2007: The first time ( Knocked Up )
- 2007: Evan Almighty ( Evan Almighty )
- 2007: Rocket Science
- 2007: Superbad
- 2007: Strange Wilderness
- 2008: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ( Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story )
- 2008: Horton Hears a Who! ( Horton Hears a Who!, Voice )
- 2008: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ( Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
- 2009: How Funny People ( Funny People )
- 2009: The Invention of Lying ( The Invention of Lying )
- 2010: Train Your Dragon ( How to Train Your Dragon, Voice of Snotlout )
- 2010: Get Him (Get Him to the Greek)
- 2010: Cyrus
- 2010: Megamind
- 2011: The art of winning - Moneyball ( Moneyball )
- 2011: The Sitter ( The Sitter )
- 2012: 21 Jump Street
- 2012: The Watch - neighbors of the third kind ( The Watch )
- 2012: Django Unchained
- 2013: This is the end ( This Is the End)
- 2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
- 2014: The Lego Movie (voice of Green Lantern)
Awards
- Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street
- Oscar nomination win for Best Supporting Actor for The Arts - Moneyball
- Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor win for The Arts - Moneyball
- BAFTA Award nomination win for Best Supporting Actor for The Arts - Moneyball