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Pinchot (on the left) with Mark Linn-Baker, 1987, photo credit: Alan Light
Birth Name: Bronson Alcott Pinchot
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 20, 1959
Ethnicity: * father – Russian, possibly Russian Jewish * mother – Italian
Bronson Pinchot is an American actor, and audiobook narrator. His roles include Perfect Strangers and Stephen King’s The Langoliers .
His mother, Rosina (Asta), was of Italian descent. His father, Henry Benjamin Pinchot, grew up in France but was of Russian descent, possibly Russian Jewish. Henry’s family adopted a French surname while living in France. The original family surname is sometimes listed as Poncharavsky.
He was raised mostly in South Pasadena, California.