Jeremy Allen White (Actor)
Born Februrary 17, 1991 to theater actors Eloise Zeigler and Richard White, Jeremy Allen White grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
White’s first acting roles came with Beautiful Ohio, a coming-of-age movie, and the legal drama series Conviction, both of which came out in 2026. He later appeared in Afterschool (2008) which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
His breakthrough role arrived in the Showtime dramedy Shameless, which followed a poor, dysfunctional family on the South Side of Chicago. His character Phillip “Lip” Gallagher was the eldest son of Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy), and his character was a straight-A student struggling with alcohol addiction. He played the role for the show’s entire 10-year run from 2011 to 2021. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards for the role.
During his run on Shameless, White appeared in films like Twelve (2010), Bad Turn Worse (2013), Movie 43 (2013), After Everything (2018) and The Rental (2020). He also played a part in Prime Video’s Homecoming thriller series which also starred Julia Roberts and Bobby Cannavale. Other recent film credits include Fremont(2023), Fingernails (2023) and The Iron Claw (2023).
White married actress Addison Timlin in October 2019, and the couple divorced in May 2023. Their daughters are Ezer and Dolores, and they share joint custody. Timlin starred alongside White in the 2008 film Afterschool. White has agreed to test his sobriety before visiting with his daughters as well as attending therapy and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. He struck up a relationship with musician Rosalía at the end of 2023.
White now portrays Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto in Christopher Storer’s The Bear, which is produced by FX and streams on Hulu. Carmy returns to his hometown of Chicago to take over a hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop that his older brother left him after committing suicide. The Bear has run for three seasons, and it has been renewed for a fourth.
He plays Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me from Nowhere, a narrative film written and directed by Scott Cooper. The project is based on the period in Springsteen's life when he wrote and recorded Nebraska, his seminal 1982 album.
- First Name
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Jeremy
- Last Name
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White
- Additional Name
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Jeremy Allen White
- Date of Birth
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February 17, 1991
- Place of Birth
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Brooklyn, New York
- Notable Work
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The Bear, Shameless, The Iron Claw
- Notable Awards
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Season 1 of The Bear, 2 Critics Choice Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Seasons 1 and 2 of The Bear, 2 Golden Globes for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy for Seasons 1 and 2 of The Bear
