Michael Polish, Kate Bosworth – Warner Bros. Pictures “Tomb Raider” U. S. Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Michael J. Polish
Place of Birth: El Centro, Imperial, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 30, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Croatian (paternal grandfather)
*English, German, Czech (paternal grandmother)
*Mexican (mother)
Michael Polish is an American screenwriter and film producer. Michael and his twin brother Mark Polish are informally known as the Polish brothers filmmaking team.
Michael is the son of Adriana (Araiza) and Delbert Mathew Polish. Michael’s father is from Montana, and has Croatian, English, German, and one eighth Czech, ancestry. Michael’s mother is of Mexican descent, and was born in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
Michael is married to actress Kate Bosworth.
Michael’s paternal grandfather was Matthew Thomas “Matt” Polish (the son of Mathias/Matthew Polish and Agathia/Agnes “Aggie” Tadevech/Todovich). Michael’s grandfather Matthew was born in Montana. Mathias was born in Agram, Austria (now Zagreb, Croatia), the son of Joseph Polish and Mary Thomanovich. Agathia was also born in Croatia. Mathias and Agathia were listed as Croatian speakers on the 1920 U.S. Census.
Michael’s paternal grandmother was Iva May G. Bourn (the daughter of William M. Bourn and Nettie Malinda Stepanek). Iva was born in Nebraska. William was the son of Joseph Mortimer Bourn and Elizabeth Buffington. Nettie was the daughter of Joseph Stepanek, who was from Bohemia, and of Anna Emma Statzer, whose parents were German.
Sources: Birth record of Michael Polish – http://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Michael’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org
Michael’s paternal grandfather, Matthew Thomas “Matt” Polish, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Michael’s paternal grandmother, Iva May G. (Bourn) Polish Digiovanni – http://www.familysearch.org