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Jenkins in 2018, photo by DFree /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 3, 2005
Ethnicity: Welsh, Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian/Sicilian
Maxwell Jenkins, also credited as Max Jenkins, is an American actor and activist. He is known for his roles on the shows Betrayal , Sense8 , as Will Robinson, in Lost in Space (2018); Reacher , and Dear Edward , and in the films A Family Man (2016), Joe Bell , and Arcadian .
He is the son of Julie Greenberg and Jeff Jenkins, a former Ringling clown. His family is from Chicago, Illinois.
Maxwell’s maternal grandfather is Dr. Eugene Greenberg (the son of David Greenberg and Rae/Ray/Rachael Wasserman). Eugene was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents.
Maxwell’s maternal grandmother is Antoinette M. Gandolfo (the daughter of Leonard Gandolfo and Lillian DiGiovanni). Antoinette was born in Illinois. Leonard was born in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy, the son of Frank Gandolfo and Antoinette. Lillian was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Italian parents, Anthony Digiovanni and Anna Franco.