Dan Levy — actor with roots in the Russian Empire
Dan Levy is a Canadian-American actor, writer and producer who co-created Schitt's Creek with his father, Eugene Levy, and played David Rose in the series. In 2020 the show set the record for most Emmy wins by a comedy series in a single season, and Dan won four Emmys that night.
"Nasielsk (Russian-ruled Poland) to Glasgow, 1891; later to Canada"
Migration storyTracing the roots — Nasielsk (Poland)
His paternal grandmother, Rebecca Kudlatz, was born in Glasgow in 1910 to Polish Jewish parents. Her grandparents, Samuel and Nellie Kudlatz, had come to Glasgow in 1891 from Nasielsk, a town in the Russian-ruled Kingdom of Poland; the family later moved on to Canada.
Great-great-grandson of Samuel and Nellie Kudlatz, who left Nasielsk in the Russian-ruled Kingdom of Poland for Glasgow in 1891. Their son Louis, his great-grandfather, was born in Russian Poland in 1880. The family history was presented to his father, Eugene Levy, in The Reluctant Traveler (Apple TV+).
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Nasielsk (Poland). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"Love is love. It shouldn't have to be a radical statement."