Birth Name: David Paul Cronenberg
Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada
Date of Birth: March 15, 1943
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
David Cronemberg is a Canadian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and actor. He is the son of Jewish parents Esther (Sumberg), a musician, and Milton Cronenberg, a writer and editor. Milton was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and Esther was born in Toronto; all of his grandparents were from Lithuania.