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He is known for his comedic roles in films including Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014).1 Hill ranked 28th on Forbes 's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. In 2020, he was found to have sworn on film more than any other actor.2 As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street , 22 Jump Street , Sausage Party , Why Him? , and You People . He is also known for his roles in Cyrus (2010), War Dogs (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). In 2018, he starred in the Netflix miniseries Maniac and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s , for which he also wrote the screenplay. Hill has provided voices for the animated films Horton Hears a Who!3
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Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983), best known as Jonah Hill , is an American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter . " "Superbad" Star A Real Pisser" .
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Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983), better known as Jonah Hill , is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian.He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, for his performances in the films Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).He is also known for his roles in Accepted (2006), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014).
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American actor Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian.Hill is known for his comedic roles in films including Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014), as well as his dramatic performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor .Hill ranked 28th on Forbes magazine's ranking of world's highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, bringing in $16 million.In 2020, he was found to have sworn on film more than any other actor.As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street , 22 Jump Street , Sausage Party and Why Him? .In 2018, Hill starred in the Netflix dark comedy miniseries Maniac and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s , from his own screenplay.
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Hill ranked 28th on Forbes 's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. Among his accolades are nominations for two Academy Awards , a BAFTA Award , and two Golden Globe Awards .Hill had comedic roles in films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Superbad (2007), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014). He also had roles in Cyrus (2010), War Dogs (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). Hill voiced characters in the animated films Horton Hears a Who!(2008), How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019), Megamind (2010), The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), and Sausage Party (2016). As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street , 22 Jump Street , Sausage Party , Why Him? (2016), and You People (2023).He starred in the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018) and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s (2018), for which he also wrote the screenplay.
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american actor and filmmaker
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