Who are Bruce Springsteen’s parents? All about The Boss’ family ahead of Jeremy Allen biopic release

The trailer from Bruce Springsteen’s biopic, titled Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, was dropped on June 18, 2025. The film is all set to be released in theatres on October 24, 2025.

Scott Cooper has written and directed the film, which is based on the book Deliver Me From Nowhere. It stars Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffmann, Marc Maron, and David Krumholtz. It focuses on the creation of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska during a pivotal time in his life.

The news has brought focus to Bruce Springsteen’s personal life. The singer was born on September 23, 1949, in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA, to Adele Zerilli and Douglas Springsteen, per his IMDb. His father was a bus driver and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother was a legal secretary and of Italian descent. He grew up in a Catholic household.

Here are more details of his family life.

All about the family of Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen is loved among his fans as a songwriter and a musician. He was born as Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen in 1949. He has two younger sisters - Virginia and Pamela Springsteen, according to a report in History Cooperative.

His music is influenced by his community, where everyone knew each other. His music reflects small-town atmosphere, economic struggles, and close community ties. He was exposed to music, including a mix of rock, jazz, and blues, from an early age. At his young age, he was also profoundly influenced by Elvis Presley. His 1956 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was a pivotal moment in his life.

A report in Distractify mentioned how his mother, Adele, worked hard to make ends meet for their family as they faced financial struggles for years. But, despite their struggles, they never stepped back from supporting their son, Bruce Springsteen.

The 75-year-old rock singer called his mother “real smart, real strong, real creative,” according to a report in Distractify. He admired her for buying him a guitar with her hard-earned money, which set him on his path to a musical career.

Speaking about his relationship with his parents, Bruce Springsteen told Esquire magazine in 2018:

“My mother was kind and compassionate and very considerate of others’ feelings. She trod through the world with purpose, but softly, lightly. All those were the things that aligned with my own spirit. That was who I was. They came naturally to me.”

He then added:

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“My father looked at all those things as weaknesses. He was very dismissive of primarily who I was. And that sends you off on a lifelong quest to sort through that.”

Springsteen had a complicated relationship with his father, Douglas Springsteen, which also inspired several of his songs, including - Independence Day, Adam Raised a Cain. He also spoke about his relationship with his father in interviews, where he described how simple conversations between them would turn into screaming matches. Douglas passed away in 1998, per the Los Angeles Times.

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