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Alex Wolff

Birthplace: Manhattan

Born: 1997-11-01

Occupations recorded in source

actor; composer; drummer; film actor; film director; musician; singer-songwriter; songwriter; television actor

Biography from Wikipedia

Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother, Nat, in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–2009) that was created by his mother, Polly Draper. Wolff's 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 were placed on the Billboard 200 charts.

After the Nickelodeon series ended, Wolff and his brother formed a music duo called Nat & Alex Wolff, and they released the albums Black Sheep (2011), Public Places (2016) and Table for Two (2023). He focused his career on film roles, portraying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Patriots Day (2016) and John "Derf" Backderf in My Friend Dahmer (2017). Wolff made his directorial debut with the drama film The Cat and the Moon (2019). His other acting roles include My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Hereditary (2018), Pig (2021), Old (2021), and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024).

Sources & attribution

Wikidata · revision
Wikidata contributors · CC0

Wikipedia · revision 1374255388
Wikipedia contributors; original introduction, prose paragraphs; HTML formatting removed · CC BY-SA 4.0

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