14 Facts About Alden Ehrenreich

1.

Alden Ehrenreich began his career by appearing in Supernatural, and Francis Ford Coppola's films Tetro and Twixt .

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Alden Ehrenreich went on to play Han Solo in the space Western film Solo: A Star Wars Story and starred in the dystopian television series Brave New World .

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3.

Alden Ehrenreich is the only child of Sari, an interior designer, and Mark Ehrenreich, an accountant.

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4.

Alden Ehrenreich is named after the director Phil Alden Robinson, a family friend.

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5.

Alden Ehrenreich is Jewish; his ancestors were Jewish emigrants from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland, and he was raised in Reconstructionist Judaism.

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6.

Alden Ehrenreich began acting at the Palisades Elementary School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and continued doing so at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California.

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7.

In 2007, Alden Ehrenreich won the role of Bennie Tetrocini in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro.

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8.

Coppola asked Alden Ehrenreich to read a passage from The Catcher in the Rye for his main audition.

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9.

Alden Ehrenreich then played the stepson of Cate Blanchett in the Woody Allen-directed drama film Blue Jasmine.

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10.

That same year, Alden Ehrenreich starred in the leading role of Frank Forbes in Warren Beatty's romantic comedy-drama Rules Don't Apply.

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11.

Alden Ehrenreich then starred in The Yellow Birds with Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

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12.

Alden Ehrenreich starred as Han Solo in the Star Wars anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story, following Solo's early life before the events of the original 1977 Star Wars.

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13.

Alden Ehrenreich headlined the Brave New World series on NBC, based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley.

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14.

Alden Ehrenreich's upcoming projects include Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks, Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, and will have a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries Ironheart.

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