Profile Text
Strong in 2008, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jeremy Charles Strong
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 25, 1978
Ethnicity: * father – Ashkenazi Jewish * mother – Irish, English, distant Dutch, remote German, possibly other
Jeremy Strong is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the show Succession , and in the films Parkland , as James Reeb in Selma ; Serenity (2019), The Gentlemen (2020), The Trial of the Chicago 7 , Armageddon Time , and The Apprentice (2024).
His father works in juvenile justice and his mother is a hospice nurse. His father is Jewish. His mother is from a Christian background. He was raised partly in Sudbury. Jeremy is married to Danish psychiatrist Emma Wall, with whom he has three children.
Jeremy’s paternal grandfather was surnamed Strong.
Jeremy’s paternal grandmother was Betty Goldberg (the daughter of Samuel Goldberg and Anna Wallach).
Jeremy’s maternal grandfather was named Thomas James Martin. Thomas was born in Weehawken, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Jeremy’s maternal grandmother was Marguerite Allison “Peggy” McCormick (the daughter of Louis Tusten McCormick and Marguerite Haines). Jeremy’s grandmother Marguerite was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Louis was born in New Jersey, the son of Whitfield H. McCormick and Harriet E. Allison. Jeremy’s great-grandmother Marguerite was born in Massachusetts, the daughter of Benjamin T. Haines, who himself was born in Massachusetts, to Irish parents; and of Mary L. McElrone, who was born in Québec, Canada, also to Irish parents.
Sources: https://www.vulture.com
Obituary of Jeremy’s paternal grandmother, Betty (Goldberg) Strong – https://www.newspapers.com
Genealogy of Jeremy Strong (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Jeremy’s maternal grandmother, Marguerite Allison McCormick, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jeremy’s maternal grandmother, Marguerite Allison “Peggy” (McCormick) Hughes – http://www.findagrave.com