Finn wolfhard

**Finn Wolfhard** (born December 23, 2002) is a Canadian actor, musician, screenwriter, and director.

His acting roles include Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series *Stranger Things* (2016–present), for which he has won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series out of three nominations. His film roles include Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel *It* (2017) and its sequel *It: Chapter Two* (2019), Boris Pavlikovsky in the drama film *The Goldfinch* (2019), the voice of Pugsley Addams in *The Addams Family* (2019), and Trevor in the upcoming supernatural film *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021). Wolfhard made his directorial debut with the comedy short film *Night Shifts* (2020).

As a musician, he was the lead vocalist and guitarist for the rock band Calpurnia, and he is currently a member of The Aubreys.

## Early life

Wolfhard was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to a family of French, German, and Jewish descent. He attends Catholic school. His father, Eric Wolfhard, is a researcher on aboriginal land claims. He has an older brother, actor Nick Wolfhard.

## Career

### Acting

Wolfhard got his first acting job from Craigslist. He made his acting and television debut as Zoran in *The 100*, followed by a role as Jordie Pinsky in *Supernatural*.

In 2016, Wolfhard began portraying Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series *Stranger Things*. He auditioned for the role via video after seeing an open casting call. Wolfhard, along with his castmates, won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. He and co-stars Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin competed against one another in a 2017 episode of Spike's *Lip Sync Battle*.

He also currently stars in the Netflix animated series *Carmen Sandiego* as "Player", the title character's chief accomplice and friend. The series premiered on January 18, 2019.

Wolfhard made his feature film debut playing Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King's *It*, which was released on September 8, 2017. The casting of Wolfhard in both *Stranger Things* and *It*, both set in the '80s, had been a coincidence. According to Wolfhard, he had been initially cast as Richie when Cary Fukunaga was attached as director and co-writer, but when Fukunaga left the project over creative differences, the role fell through which allowed him to pursue *Stranger Things*. Once Andy Muschietti became attached to *It*, Wolfhard had to re-audition for the role of Richie.

On October 20, 2017, Wolfhard parted ways with his former agency, APA, and fired former agent Tyler Grasham following allegations that Grasham had sexually assaulted aspiring young male actors. Wolfhard himself had not been assaulted. On January 9, 2018, Wolfhard signed with talent agency, CAA.

In 2018, Wolfhard played Tyler, an altruistic and thoughtful pizza delivery boy, in the Ken Marino-directed ensemble comedy film, *Dog Days*.

In 2019, Wolfhard reprised his role as young Richie in flashbacks for the sequel *It Chapter Two* (2019). He also co-starred in *The Goldfinch*, the John Crowley-directed adaptation of the Donna Tartt's novel, playing Young Boris Pavlikovsky, a Ukrainian student and troublemaker. Wolfhard had not been the director's first choice. He had wanted to cast an authentic Russian actor for Boris, but Wolfhard's near perfect Russian accent in his audition helped him get the role. Also that year, Wolfhard provided the voice of Pugsley Addams in an animated remake of *The Addams Family*, which premiered on October 11.

On May 27, 2019, Wolfhard made his modeling debut in Saint Laurent's Fall/Winter '19 campaign.