Dan Levy

06/16/2018 – Levy – 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards – Arrivals – Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Avenue – Santa Monica, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Daniel Joseph Levy

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: August 9, 1983

Ethnicity:
*father – Sephardi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – English, Irish, German

Dan Levy is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, and television personality. He is known for starring on the show Schitt’s Creek, which he co-created with his father Eugene Levy; and which he also wrote for and directed episodes of. His roles also include the films Admission, Stage Fright (2014), Happiest Season, Haunted Mansion (2023), Good Grief, which he also directed and wrote; Unfrosted, Smurfs (2025), and Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery; the series Q-Force and Sex Education; the made-for-tv movies Degrassi Goes Hollywood, Cyberstalker, The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show, and Coastal Elites; and the music video for “Behind These Hazel Eyes.” He has been a host/presenter of the shows The Hills: Live After Show, which he also wrote for; MTV Live, The Great Canadian Baking Show, and The Big Brunch, which he created. He has also been credited as Daniel Levy and by his full name Daniel Joseph Levy.

Dan is the son of producer and screenwriter Deborah Divine and actor, comedian, producer, director, musician, and writer Eugene Levy. His sister is actress Sarah Levy. His paternal great-uncle, Harold Kudlats, was a music promoter who brought rockabilly music to Canada.

His father is Jewish, of Sephardi (Bulgarian Jewish) and Ashkenazi (Polish Jewish/Scottish Jewish) descent. His mother is Protestant, with English, Irish, and German roots. He attended both synagogues and churches, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

Dan’s paternal grandfather was Joseph “Joe” Levy (the son of Uziel/Israel Levy and Vinucha/Vinncia/Venus Coen). Joseph was born in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, to Jewish parents from Vidin, Bulgaria, who likely were of Sephardi Jewish descent. Uziel was the son of Mary.

Dan’s paternal grandmother was Rebecca “Betty” Kudlats (the daughter of Louis Kudlatz and Flora Raphael). Rebecca was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Polish Jewish parents. Louis was born in Nasielsk, Powiat Pułtuski, the son of Samuel/Szmul Gdala Kudlacz/Kudlatz and Nycha/Nicha “Nellie” Szmulewicz/Zemanski/Zelmanovitz. Dan’s great-grandmother Flora was the daughter of Joseph Raphael and Sarah/Annie/Dora/Rina/Rose Samuels/Levi/Goldberg.

Dan’s maternal grandfather was the son of Floyd Wilmer Divine and Elizabeth Gyger.

Dan’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Tyler (the daughter of Leonard Tyler and Estelle/Estella Barber). Patricia was born in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Estelle was the daughter of Walter T. Barber and Maude.

Sources: https://www.theglobeandmail.com

Interviews with Dan’s father – http://www.jewishjournal.com
http://www.cjnews.com

Dan’s paternal grandfather, Joseph “Joe” Levy, on the 1911 Canadian Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Dan’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Obituary of Dan’s maternal great-aunt – https://www.legacy.com