Jaren Lewison
Photo of Jaren Lewison at the Never Have I Ever season 4 premiere
Born (2000-12-09) December 9, 2000 (age 23)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity 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]

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

Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009 Barney & Friends Joshua 4 episodes
2010 Lone Star Young Robert Episode: "Pilot"
2012 Bad Fairy Roman DiRizzo TV movie
2015 Away and Back Kyle Peterson TV movie
2020–2023 Never Have I Ever Ben Gross Main cast

Film

Year Title Role
2014 Men, Women & Children Jack Truby
2015 Beyond the Farthest Star Young Adam
2015 A Horse Tale Jackson
2018 Tag 18-Year-Old Hoagie
2019 90 Feet from Home Young Tommy

Nominations

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

References

  1. ^ "18 Things to Know About Jaren Lewison from 'Never Have I Ever'". Alma. April 28, 2020. Archived from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  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.
  4. ^ "Jaren Lewison Tells Us How His 'Never Have I Ever' Role Is a Dream Come True". Alma. May 5, 2020. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Walsh, Savannah (May 5, 2020). "How Old Is the Cast of Netflix's 'Never Have I Ever' Now?". ELLE. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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