by Michael Traversa

One of the objects of this column is to explore the Italian ethnicity of actors and filmmakers when their heritage doesn't appear obvious at a first glance. An Italian last name is always a giveaway but there are often cases of stars who don't carry an Italian name or don't play an Italian character on the screen, yet they have Italian blood in their veins and they are very proud of it. Jason Biggs is one of those actors.

In films and shows he often plays a Jewish character, in fact he's often typecast as Jewish, but he really isn't. It would be anybody's guess from his last name but Biggs' heritage for the greater part is Italian. His father Gary is half English (where the last name comes from) and half Italian. Jason's paternal grandmother, Assunta Furno, was a Neapolitan woman and all of her relatives were from Napoli.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano