14 Popular celebs you didn’t know were Jewish – You will be shocked to see this! (With Pictures)

12. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

One of the few child actors who was successfully able to transition into serious adult roles is Joseph Gordon-Levitt and he’s definitely riding the wave of success nowadays. The Inception and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra star is of Jewish origin, his parents both being Jewish and even founders of the Progressive Jewish Alliance. SEE ALSO: 10 Ridiculous things Floyd Mayweather does with his fortune (With Pictures)

Of his role as Tommy Solomon in the hit TV sitcom 3^rd Rock From the Sun, the San Francisco Chronicle quipped that Gordon-Levitt was a “Jewish kid playing an extraterrestrial pretending to be a Jewish kid.”