Dustin Neil Diamond is an American actor, musician, director, and standup comedian widely known for his role as Samuel Screech Powers in the television shows Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell The College Years and Saved by the Bell The New Class.
Diamond was born on January 7, 1977, in San Jose, California. His father taught digital electronics for a computerprocessing firm and his mother was a computer operator for Pacific Bell. He attended Zion Lutheran School. His father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His mother had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Dustins maternal grandmothers family has lived in the American South for many generations.
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