Jaren Lewison

Jaren Lewison (born December 9, 2000) is an American actor who is best known for portraying Ben Gross in the television series Never Have I Ever. Jaren Miles Lewison grew up in Dallas, Texas, in a Jewish family. He has one sister named Mikayla. For 14 years he attended Levine Academy, a Conservative Jewish day school in Dallas where his mother taught kindergarten. He graduated in 2019 from Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas. In high school, he was captain of the varsity football team and was a varsity powerlifter. He also did theater. As a senior, he portrayed William Shakespeare in his school's adaptation of the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love. The production was chosen to perform at the 2019 International Thespian Festival.