Jaren Lewison

Jaren Miles Lewison (born December 9, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Ben Gross in the television series Never Have I Ever.

Early life and education
Jaren Lewison was born on December 9, 2000. He 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 2019, Lewison began attending college at the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in psychology with minors in forensics and criminology. He filmed Never Have I Ever while being a full-time student at USC.

Acting career
His most notable role to date is in the main cast of Lang Fisher and Mindy Kaling's Netflix show, Never Have I Ever, as Ben Gross. He had a recurring role as Joshua in the children's television series Barney & Friends from 2008 to 2009, and he portrayed Young Robert in the TV series Lone Star in 2010. In 2012, he starred as Roman DiRizzo in the TV movie Bad Fairy, and in 2015, he appeared as Kyle Peterson in the TV movie Away and Back.