Nathaniel Mark Dushku (/ˈdʊʃkuË /; born June 8, 1977) is an
American actor and film director. He is the youngest of the three
elder brothers of actress Eliza Dushku.Dushku was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, the third son of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and
teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" Dushku (née
Rasmussen), a political science professor at Suffolk University in
Boston. Dushku's father was Boston-born, of Albanian heritage, with
his parents coming from the city of Korçë, and his mother, from
Idaho, is of Danish, English and Irish, and remote German, descent.
His parents were divorced in 1980.Dushku's mother is a member of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and the
children â€" Nathaniel, two older brothers, Aaron and Benjamin, and
one younger sister, Eliza, who started professional acting at age
10,â€" were raised as Mormons, although Nate, Aaron and their sister,
at least, later parted from the LDS Church.Dushku is openly gay and
married to restaurateur turned scriptwriter and film producer Amnon
(Ami) Meyer Lourie, from New York.
American actor and film director. He is the youngest of the three
elder brothers of actress Eliza Dushku.Dushku was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, the third son of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and
teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" Dushku (née
Rasmussen), a political science professor at Suffolk University in
Boston. Dushku's father was Boston-born, of Albanian heritage, with
his parents coming from the city of Korçë, and his mother, from
Idaho, is of Danish, English and Irish, and remote German, descent.
His parents were divorced in 1980.Dushku's mother is a member of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and the
children â€" Nathaniel, two older brothers, Aaron and Benjamin, and
one younger sister, Eliza, who started professional acting at age
10,â€" were raised as Mormons, although Nate, Aaron and their sister,
at least, later parted from the LDS Church.Dushku is openly gay and
married to restaurateur turned scriptwriter and film producer Amnon
(Ami) Meyer Lourie, from New York.
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