Finn Wolfhard Biography

Finn Wolfhard (born December 23, 2002) is a Canadian actor and musician. His acting roles include Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things and Richie Tozier in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's It.

As a musician, he is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the rock band, Calpurnia.

Early life

Wolfhard was born in Vancouver, Canada, to a family of French, German and Jewish descent. His father, Eric Wolfhard, is a researcher on aboriginal land claims.

Career

Acting

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

In 2016, Wolfhard began to play the role of Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things. He auditioned for the role via video after seeing an open casting call. The cast of the series won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

He played 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, 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.

In the Netflix animated series Carmen Sandiego, he will voice "Player", the titular character's chief accomplice and friend. The series, consisting of twenty episodes, is due to premiere in 2019.

On September 22, 2017, it was announced that Wolfhard had been cast as Tyler, an altruistic and thoughtful pizza delivery boy, in the Ken Marino directed film, Dog Days. In addition, Wolfhard was also cast in Amblin"?s haunted house film The Turning, based off the adaptation of Henry James"?s novella The Turn of the Screw.

In 2018, Wolfhard joined the cast of The Goldfinch, the John Crowley-directed adaptation of the Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, playing Young Boris Pavlikovsky, a Ukrainian student and troublemaker.

Music

Aside from acting, Wolfhard is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Vancouver-based rock band, Calpurnia. They are signed to Royal Mountain Records in the United States and Canada, and Transgressive Records and its imprint, paradYse, for Europe and the United Kingdom.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Aftermath	Young Charles	Short film
2017	It	Richie Tozier
2018	Dog Days	Tyler	Completed
2019	The Turning	Miles	Post-production
	The Goldfinch	Young Boris	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The 100	Zoran	Episode: "Many Happy Returns"
2015	Supernatural	Jordie Pinsky	Episode: "Thin Lizzie"
2016-present	Stranger Things	Mike Wheeler	Main role
2017	Young Math Legends	Young Gauss	Animated shorts by Flatland on VHX
2019	Carmen Sandiego	Player (voice)	Main role

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Guest Grumps	Himself	2 episodes

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
2012	Facts	"Retro Oceans"
2013	Hey Ocean!	"Change"
2014	PUP	"Guilt Trip"	as Young Stefan Babcock
2016	PUP	"Sleep In The Heat"	as Young Stefan Babcock
2017	Spendtime Palace	"Sonora"	Co-Directing and starring

Discography

With Calpurnia

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film - Teen Actor	Stranger Things
2017	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout TV Star
2017	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2018	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series