David Dastmalchian – “The Promise” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: possibly Kansas, United States
Date of Birth: July 21, 1977
Ethnicity: Iranian, German, English, Italian, Irish, distant French
David Dastmalchian is an American actor. He is the son of Pamela Lynn “Pam” (Erie) and Hossein M. Dastmalchian.
He has said:
I have Irish, English, Iranian, Italian, and on and on and on… I believe actually a very small amount! [of French ancestry]… imho we’re all pretty much distant cousins…
David’s surname appears to be an Iranian surname, Dastmalchi, spelled with an Armenian surname suffix.
David’s maternal grandfather was Carl Andrew Erie (the son of Andrew Michael Erie and Mary Jane Mitchell). Andrew was the son of Peter Andrew Erie and Elizabeth Jane Schmitt, who were born in Illinois, both of them to German parents. Mary Jane was the daughter of James Marshal Mitchell and Bell/Belle.
David’s maternal grandmother is Pattie “Pat” Hunter (the daughter of Lloyd Hunter and Mildred).
Sources: Obituary of David’s maternal grandfather, Carl Andrew Erie – http://www.legacy.com
David’s maternal great-grandfather, Andrew Michael Erie, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org