Jaren Lewison

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Jaren Lewison
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Photo of Jaren Lewison at the Never Have I Ever season 4 premiere
Born (2000-12-09) December 9, 2000 (age 23)
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Southern California
OccupationActor
Known forActing
TelevisionNetflix
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

Jaren Miles Lewison (born December 9, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Ben Gross in the television series Never Have I Ever . [1]

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Early life and education

Jaren Lewison was born on December 9, 2000. [2] [3] He grew up in Dallas, Texas, in a Jewish family. He has one sister named Mikayla.

For 14 years he attended Levine Academy, a Conservative Jewish day school.

In 2019, Lewison began attending college at the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in psychology with minors in forensics and criminology. [4] He filmed Never Have I Ever while being a full-time student at USC.

Acting career

His most notable role to date is in the main cast of Lang Fisher and Mindy Kaling's Netflix show, Never Have I Ever , [5] as Ben Gross. He had a recurring role as Joshua in the children's television series Barney & Friends from 2008 to 2009, and he portrayed Young Robert in the TV series Lone Star in 2010. In 2012, he starred as Roman DiRizzo in the TV movie Bad Fairy, and in 2015, he appeared as Kyle Peterson in the TV movie Away and Back.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–2009 Barney & Friends Joshua4 episodes
2010 Lone Star Young RobertEpisode: "Pilot"
2012Bad FairyRoman DiRizzoTV movie
2015Away and BackKyle PetersonTV movie
2020–2023 Never Have I Ever Ben GrossMain cast; 37 episodes

Film

YearTitleRole
2014 Men, Women & Children Jack Truby
2015 Beyond the Farthest Star Young Adam
2015A Horse TaleJackson
2018 Tag 18-Year-Old Hoagie
201990 Feet from HomeYoung Tommy

Nominations

YearAwardsCategoryWork
2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Kiss (with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) Never Have I Ever

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References

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  2. Lewison, Jaren [@LewisonJaren] (December 9, 2021). "Thank you for the birthday wishes y'all" (Tweet). Retrieved June 19, 2023 via Twitter.
  3. Lewison, Jaren [@LewisonJaren] (October 25, 2022). "Laughing at myself nervously buying beer even though I am fully 21" (Tweet). Retrieved June 19, 2023 via Twitter.
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