1. Alex Wolff focused his career on film roles, portraying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Patriots Day and John "Derf" Backderf in My Friend Dahmer.
17 Facts About Alex Wolff
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Alex Wolff made his directorial debut with the drama film The Cat and the Moon.
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Alex Wolff's other acting roles include My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hereditary, Pig, Old, and A Quiet Place: Day One.
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Alex Wolff is the younger brother of actor and musician Nat Wolff.
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Alex Wolff has Tourette's syndrome that he inherited from his father.
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Alex Wolff began his acting career at the age of 6 in the musical comedy film The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie that was written and directed by his mother and screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2005.
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Alex Wolff contributed lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation for both the film and series; their father produced and supervised the music.
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In 2007, Alex Wolff portrayed the young boy in the Fall Out Boy music video "The Take Over, the Breaks Over".
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Alex Wolff made a cameo in the Nickelodeon TV movie Mr Troop Mom and the USA police-procedural, comedic television drama Monk, both in 2009.
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Alex Wolff later appeared in the comedy film The Sitter and starred alongside Brendan Fraser in the independent film HairBrained.
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In 2015, Alex Wolff starred in the indie drama Coming Through the Rye.
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Alex Wolff made his directorial debut with The Cat and the Moon, which he wrote and starred in.
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In 2020, Alex Wolff participated in Acting for a Cause, a live classic play and screenplay reading series, created, directed and produced by Brando Crawford.
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Alex Wolff played Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and Warren Straub in This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan.
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Alex Wolff received a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Best Actor at the Brooklyn International Film Festival for his lead role in the film HairBrained in 2013.
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On October 11,2018, Alex Wolff received the Auteur Award at the San Diego International Film Festival.
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Alex Wolff received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for his performance in the film Castle in the Ground.