David Corenswet

Corenswet was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, John Corenswet, was from a prominent Jewish family in New Orleans, and worked as a stage actor in New York City for many years before becoming a lawyer; his mother is a lawyer who specializes in nonprofit organizational conflict resolution; his sister is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Corenswet's maternal grandfather is Edward Packard, inventor of the interactive fiction genre, creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure book concept, and author of more than 50 books in that series. His maternal grandmother was a prominent Quaker activist. Corenswet graduated from The Shipley School and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama in 2016 from the Juilliard School in New York City. He applied and was accepted to Juilliard while a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania.