# Nat Wolff

Nathaniel Marvin Wolff (born December 17, 1994), known by his nickname and professionally as Nat Wolff, is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He first gained recognition for composing the music for The Naked Brothers Band (2007–2009), a Nickelodeon television series he starred in with his younger brother, Alex, that was created by their actress mother, Polly Draper. Wolff's jazz musician father, Michael Wolff, co-produced the series' soundtrack albums The Naked Brothers Band (2007) and I Don't Want to Go to School (2008), both of which placed the 23rd spot on the Billboard 200 charts.
Following the ending of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his brother formed the music duo Nat & Alex Wolff, and they released the albums Black Sheep (2011), Public Places (2016), and Table for Two (2023). He later became known for his lead role in the film Paper Towns (2015) and starring in other films, such as Admission (2013), Behaving Badly (2013), Palo Alto (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Ashby (2015), Home Again (2017), the Netflix adaptation of Death Note (2017), Stella's Last Weekend (2018), Rosy (2018), and Mortal (2020).

## Early and personal life

Wolff was born on December 17, 1994, in Los Angeles, California, to jazz musician Michael Wolff and actress Polly Draper. He is the older brother of actor and musician Alex Wolff. His uncle is venture capitalist Tim Draper, and he is a cousin to TV personality and venture capitalist Jesse Draper. He is also a maternal grandson of venture capitalist and civic leader William Henry Draper III, and a great-grandson to banker and diplomat William Henry Draper, Jr. His father is Jewish, while his mother is from a Christian upbringing.
Wolff has Tourette's syndrome that he inherited from his father.
When Nat and his younger brother, Alex, were toddlers, they climbed out of the bathtub shouting, "We're the naked brothers band!", which inspired the name of the Nickelodeon TV series.
His father tells of Nat teaching himself to play major and minor chords on the piano when he was four years old. As his father recalls, "I asked him, 'How did you learn them?' He said, 'Dad, they're right here.' I said, 'What are those chords?' He said, 'These are my proud chords.'" Around this age, Wolff's passion for The Beatles emboldened him to start writing his own songs. Throughout the years he attended preschool, he, alongside his best friends, constructed a band called The Silver Boulders.
In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Nat held his seventh birthday party outside his apartment, which is where he and his band performed a song he composed called "Firefighters". The benefit concert was a success; it garnered over $46,000 and was donated to the families of New York City Fire Department's Squad 18.
When Wolff was eight years old, he placed a sign on his bedroom door stating: "I want to be a child actor!" As a result, his mother chose to appease Nat by allowing him to film his own sitcom titled Don't Eat Off My Plate, which served as the basis for The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie.
Despite the success of the subsequent Nickelodeon series over the course of three seasons, the network proposed to film a 30 TV movie fourth season during the school year, leading his parents to cancel the series in 2009. From the beginning, they were hesitant to expose Nat and Alex to stardom at a young age and later agreed to the series spin-off on the provision that filming would take place only during the summer and early fall, which allowed him and his brother to proceed with their enrollment at private school in New York City.

## Career

   "Having our life turned into a mockumentary wasn't as big a deal as some would think. We took all the friendships, Alex's one liners, and my music and put it into a storyline; it was a heightened reality... The show created a great audience for us..."
During his childhood, Wolff began his acting career off-Broadway with a minor role in his mother's play Getting into Heaven (2003) and in Heartbeat to Baghdad (2004), both staged at The Flea Theater in Manhattan, New York. At this time, he frequently performed at the Improv Comedy Club, also located in Manhattan.
He later gained recognition, at the age of nine, for starring in and contributing lead vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation for the musical comedy film The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, which was written and directed by his mother, and obtained the Audience Award for a Family Feature Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2005. The film was bought by a former Nickelodeon executive as the pilot to the television series of the same name (2007–09) that was also created, showran, written, and directed by his mother, while his father co-starred, as well as produced and supervised the music. Moreover, Nat's younger brother was featured in the ensemble cast and played drums.
The series earned Nat a BMI Cable Award for composing its' music, as well as two Young Artist Award nominations and one KCA nomination for Best TV Actor. It also produced two soundtrack albums that were charted on the Billboard 200, with the single "Crazy Car" ranking #83 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wolff, who was nine when he recorded the song under the guidance of his father in the studio, is believed to be the youngest person to compose a song featured on the Billboard charts.
In 2008, Wolff, then aged 13, wrote an unreleased song called "Yes We Can" that was featured in the Nickelodeon TV series, as a tribute to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The song was overheard by Obama and his two daughters, who endorsed it and called him to express their gratitude.
Wolff's other film credits include appearing in the Nickelodeon television film special Mr. Troop Mom (2009), the romantic comedy New Year's Eve (2011), and the independent comedic drama Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011). In 2010, he starred in his brother's play What Would Woody Do? at the Flea Theater. Wolff co-starred in the comedy film Admission (2013), Palo Alto (2013), and the comedy film Behaving Badly (2014). That same year, his supporting role in the drama film The Fault in Our Stars earned him two Teen Choice Awards in the categories of Choice Movie: Scene Stealer and Choice Movie: Chemistry.
In 2015, Wolff starred in Paper Towns, his second film adaptation of a John Green novel following The Fault in Our Stars. He played the lead role, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen, a teenage boy in love with his neighbor (played by Cara Delevingne). Writing for Variety, critic Justin Chang stated: "Wolff, who's present in just about every scene, manages to hold the center as a young man who isn't overly concerned about either standing out or fitting in, and whose behavior can often be as hesitant as it is impulsive." He starred in the off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's play Buried Child with Ed Harris and Taissa Farmiga, from February 2 through March 13, 2016.
In 2017, Wolff starred in Death Note, a Netflix film based on the manga of the same name, and the romantic comedy Home Again. In 2018, he appeared in the independent thriller film Rosy and alongside his brother in Stella's Last Weekend (2018), which was written and directed by their mother, who also co-starred in the film. In 2019, he appeared in Good Posture and in 2020 appeared in Mortal.
As of 2024, Wolff and his brother have been touring with Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician Billie Eilish as the opening act for her concerts across the United States.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie | Nat Wolff / Himself | |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve | Walter | |
| 2011 | Special Things To Do | Cliff Finley | Short film |
| 2011 | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Jake Hudson | |
| 2012 | Stuck in Love | Rusty Borgens | |
| 2013 | Admission | Jeremiah Balakian | |
| 2013 | The Last Keepers | Simon | |
| 2013 | Palo Alto | Fred | |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars | Isaac | |
| 2014 | Behaving Badly | Rick Stevens | |
| 2015 | Grandma | Cam | |
| 2015 | Ashby | Ed Wallis | |
| 2015 | Paper Towns | Quentin "Q" Jacobsen | |
| 2015 | The Intern | Justin | |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Jim Nolan | |
| 2017 | Leap! | Victor | Voice role |
| 2017 | Death Note | Light Turner | |
| 2017 | Home Again | Teddy Dorsey | |
| 2018 | Rosy | Doug | |
| 2018 | Stella's Last Weekend | Jack | |
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Andrew Briggman | |
| 2019 | Good Posture | Jon | |
| 2019 | Semper Fi | Oyster | |
| 2020 | Mortal | Eric | |
| 2020 | Body Cam | Danny | |
| 2020 | Mainstream | Jake | |
| 2021 | The Great Gatsby Live Read! | Jay Gatsby | |
| 2022 | Murder at Yellowstone City | Young Jim Ambrose | |
| 2023 | Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One | Batman / Bruce Wayne | Voice role |
| 2024 | Which Brings Me to You | Will | Also producer |
| 2024 | Pavements | Scott Kannberg | |
| TBA | Play Dirty | TBA | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007–2009 | The Naked Brothers Band | Nat Wolff / Himself | Main cast; 42 episodes |
| 2009 | Mr. Troop Mom | Nat Wolff / Himself | Television film |
| 2017 | Room 104 | Elder Joseph | Episode: "The Missionaries" |
| 2020–21 | The Stand | Lloyd Henreid | Television miniseries; main cast |
| 2022 | Joe vs. Carole | Travis Maldonado | Limited series |
| 2023 | The Consultant | Craig | Main cast; 8 episodes |

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Artist | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | "Graduation" | Benny Blanco, Juice Wrld | Jasper | |
| 2024 | "Chihiro" | Billie Eilish | Love-interest | |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
| 2016 | Buried Child | Vince | The New Group | Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | The Seagull/Woodstock, NY | Kevin | The New Group | Off-Broadway |

## Albums

Soundtrack albums as part of the TV series The Naked Brothers Band
* 2007: The Naked Brothers Band: Music from the Movie
* 2007: The Naked Brothers Band
* 2008: I Don't Want to Go to School
* 2013: Throwbacks
Studio albums as duo Nat & Alex Wolff
* 2011: Black Sheep
* 2016: Public Places
* 2023: Table for Two
Singles
* 2014: Cities + It's Just Love
* 2014: Last Station + Rules
* 2014: Where I'm Goin' + Rock Star
* 2019: Cool Kids + Note

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
| 2005 | Hamptons International Film Festival | Audience Award – Family Feature Film | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie | Won |
| 2007 | BMI Awards | Cable Award | The Naked Brothers Band | Won |
| 2008 | Young Artist Awards | Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series | The Naked Brothers Band | Nominated |
| 2009 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actor | The Naked Brothers Band | Nominated |
| 2009 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Television Actor | The Naked Brothers Band | Nominated |
| 2010 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actor | The Naked Brothers Band | Nominated |
| 2014 | Young Hollywood Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Himself | Nominated |
| 2014 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Scene Stealer | The Fault in Our Stars | Won |
| 2014 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Chemistry (with Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley) | The Fault in Our Stars | Won |
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Movie Star: Male | Paper Towns | Nominated |
| 2015 | CinemaCon Awards | Rising Star | Himself | Won |