Finn Wittrock

Wittrock in 2014, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Peter L. Wittrock, Jr.

Place of Birth: Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 28, 1984

Ethnicity:
*father – Danish, Norwegian, Austrian, German
*mother – Irish

Finn Wittrock is an American actor and screenwriter. His roles include the films Winter’s Tale, Unbroken, My All American, The Submarine Kid, The Big Short, La La Land, Landline, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Write When You Get Work, If Beale Street Could Talk, Plus One, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Judy, Semper Fi, Long Weekend, Deep Water, and Luckiest Girl Alive, and television’s Halloweentown High, All My Children, The Normal Heart, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, and Ratched, as well as on stage.

Finn is the son of actor Peter Wittrock, who worked at Lenox’s Shakespeare & Company theatre, and college professor Kate Claire Crowley. He was raised partly in Los Angeles. He is married to Sarah Roberts, with whom he has a son.

Finn’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth Ralph Wittrock (the son of Edwin Christian Wittrock and Edith Annette Jonassen/Johnson). Kenneth was born in Illinois. Edwin was the son of a Danish father, Ernest Wittrock, and of a Norwegian mother, Christine Olsen/Olesen/Olson. Edith was Norwegian, the daughter of Edward Martin Jonassen and Anna Christine/Kristine Monge.

Finn’s paternal grandmother was Charlotte Elizabeth Hennig (the daughter of Ludwig/Louis Hennig and Philippine/Filippina Hennig). Charlotte was born in Illinois, to Austrian parents. Ludwig was the son of Johann Jakob Hennig and Karolina/Caroline Merck/Merk. Philippine was the daughter of Christian Hennig and Elisabetha Margareta Faber.

Finn’s maternal grandfather was Michael John Crowley (the son of John Joseph Crowley and Ellen T. Murphy). Michael was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Irish parents, from Macroom, County Cork. John was the son of Michael Crowley and Mary Herlihy. Ellen was the daughter of John Murphy and Hannah Nevill/Neville/Nevile.

Finn’s maternal grandmother likely was Helen Patricia Leahy (the daughter of John Thomas Leahy and Mary E. Heade). Helen was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parents who were also born in Massachusetts, both of them to Irish parents. John was the son of John Leahy and Julia Sullivan. Mary was the daughter of Patrick Heade/Head and Mary Catherine Marlow.

Sources: Family history of Finn Wittrock –

Finn’s paternal grandfather, Kenneth Ralph Wittrock, on the 1930 U.S. Census –

Finn’s paternal grandmother, Charlotte Elizabeth Hennig, on the 1930 U.S. Census –