Jonah Meyerson

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Jonah Meyerson
BornSeptember 20, 1991 (1991-09-20) (age 29) [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2001present

Jonah Meyerson (born September 20, 1991) is an American actor and television producer

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Early life and education

Meyerson was born in New York City.[ citation needed ] He is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, [2] and the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the class of 2013. [3] At UPenn, he was the head writer for and a cast member of Penn's Mask and Wig Club, the nation's oldest collegiate all-male musical comedy troupe. [4] Meyerson also performed with Penn's improv comedy troupe, Without a Net. [5] and was a 2013 member of Penn's Friars Senior Society.

Career

Meyerson made his acting debut in Wes Anderson's 2001 award-winning film The Royal Tenenbaums . He played Uzi, the older son of Chas, played by Ben Stiller, and the grandson of characters played by Gene Hackman and Anjelica Huston. Meyerson was nominated for a Young Artists' award for his work on the film. He starred in Griffin and Phoenix , a Lifetime channel film also released on DVD. His work on that film earned him his second Young Artist Award nomination.[ citation needed ] In 2005, he was in the films Little Manhattan and The Matador , and in 2004, David Duchovny's House of D .[ citation needed ]

Since retiring from acting, Meyerson has become active in television production. During college, Meyerson was an intern for 30 Rock , Saturday Night Live and Onion News Network . He was later a post-production assistant for The Michael J. Fox Show and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt . Since 2018, he has worked as an associate producer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . [6] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Uzi Tenenbaum
2004 House of D Kid #2
2004 From Other Worlds Henry Schwartzbaum
2005 The Matador Ten Year Old Boy
2005 Little Manhattan Sam
2006 Griffin & Phoenix Kirk

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 The Book of Daniel Yoda3 episodes

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References

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