Jonah Hill was born and raised in Los Angeles in the Hollywood hills, awful at sports and scared of most things he turned struggle into his strength as he learned to make others laugh. He dreamt of being a writer working on The Simpsons and went through the school system enrolled in school play productions. His family friends included Dustin Hoffman’s family and it was Dustin heard of the productions Jonah was putting on in café’s out in New York and auditioned him for a role which he landed in I Lobe Huckabees.