Interesting Biography Facts
Real name
Finn Wolfhard
Occupation
actor, singer
Birth Date
December 23, 2002
Age
21 years
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Birthplace
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Education
high school
Nationality
Canadian
Finn Wolfhard family members
Father's Name
Eric Wolfhard
Mother's Name
Mary Jolivet
Siblings names
Nick Wolfhard (brother)
Who are Finn Wolfhard parents?
Eric Wolfhard (father)
Date of birth: September 14, 1965
The actor’s father was born in the family of Michael and Nora Wolfhard. He is a well-educated person, who studied art and policy in the University of British Columbia and then got Bachelor of Laws in the University of Toronto. Eric is a person of a solid and serious profession. He is a historical researcher. The man specializes in aboriginal land issues. Eric has an account on Twitter. Obviously, he is proud of his talented son Finn. He often posts pics of the actor at various public events on his page. In addition, the man manages Finn’s career and is present at most of his interviews. According to his son’s words, he wrote several movie scripts and dreams to make films, based on them, but nobody of reputable producers is interested in his projects.
Mary Jolivet (mother)
It turns out, that Finn inherited his acting skills from his mother’s side. Her aunt from the paternal side, Rita Jolivet, was a silent actress. In addition, it was Mary, who taught Finn to love and understand music. She introduced her son to the Beatles and other legendary bands when her cute little son was just 7. Around that age she gave a guitar to his hands, so now her son makes music as a member of the rock band “Calpurnia”, which he co-founded.
Mary was born in Vancouver, Canada, where her father Lawrence Charles Jolivet moved in the late 1930s. There he married a cute girl, named Trish, and they gave birth to Mary (Finn’s mother) and her brother Timothy. Lawrence, the actor’s grandfather, comes from the French city of Dieppe, so the actor obviously has French roots.
Mary studied visual display and design at Langara College. In the early 1980s, she also attended Institut Catholique de Paris, where studied French culture. For many years she served as the assistant of her husband Eric. Later she began to work for the brand Dormouse Design, which creates clothes for kids. But she never gets tired to tell, me that her main job is that one of a mother. She gave birth to two talented sons – Finn and Nick.
Finn Wolfhard siblings
Nick Wolfhard (older brother)
Date of birth: October 21, 1997
Finn’s older sibling, whose full name is Nicholas, is busy with entertaining people, too. He positions himself as a voice actor and promises “some big new project soon” to his fans through Instagram. The young man has already presented a number of his works. He lent his pleasant voice to Yugo Nansui in the anime “Beyblade” and Danny in “Under Wraps”. He likes anime, is a very humorous person and is the big fan of his younger brother Finn, which becomes the hero of his posts from time to time.
Bio
Finn has a bushy haircut and a boyish face, which makes him so cute and special at the same time. He is just 16, but he has already become a renowned movie and TV actor and aspiring musician. He has already starred in “It”, the horror movie, based on Steven King’s book, and depicted the demon chaser Mike Wheeler in the series “Stranger Things”.
He was born in a family of two well-educated people Eric and Mary Wolfhard and grew up with an older brother Nick. The boy fell in love with music at the age of 7 and started to play the bass guitar around that time, too. Two years later he developed a high interest in acting and convinced his mother to help him. He began his career by participating in ads. He found his first acting gigs as a freelancer at Craigslist. The boy was obviously talented, and his father Eric understood it. He hired an agent for his son, and soon Finn started making his first TV appearances. Together with his brother, he played in a short film “Aftermath”. In addition, he appeared in one episode of “Supernatural”.
His career took an unexpected turn in 2015 when he got the script of “Stranger Things” in his hands. In spite of his young age, he understood at first sight, that the show would become a hit. “I was ready to play any role in the project”, the actor confessed in his interview.
Currently, Finn stars in new films and series. In 2019 fans will see him as Ukrainian Boris in the film “The Goldfinch”. The adult version of this hero is played by a Welsh star Aneurin Barnard.
Interesting and fun facts
- He earned $30, 000 per episode of “Stranger Things”.
- He prefers to buy vinyl versions of his favorite albums. The teenager considers himself as a pop-music fan. One of his favorite bands is “Twin Peaks”, which plays indie rock. He is in good terms with the band member Cadien Lake James.
- He had never dated his Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown, although the chemistry between them was noticeable through the screen. He explained, that Milly and he are both weird kids, and that caused the fluids, which generated dating rumors. By the way, he is single and doesn’t go out with anybody. “Calm down, I am still a kid”, he used to say in his interview.
- He is a big fan of Steven King, and he tells about it on Instagram. Nevertheless, Finn didn’t read his novel “It” up to the end, although he played a part in the movie, based on it. “I’ve read just the first two chapters of it. This is too long”, the actor said.
- His pet is a cute tabby cat.
- In 2020 Finn graduated from high school. He planned to “do the good things” after that.
- Since 2021 he has been dating a girl named Elsie Richter, 1 year his senior. He keeps extremely private about his relationships.
- In 2023 he acts in the 5th season of “Stranger Things”. Finn dreams to do more scenes with Gaten Matarazzo this season. Finn supposes that Gaten is very funny and he really likes acting with him.
- In addition to acting, he also does a lot of music. In 2019 he founded the new musical band “The Aubreys”. In 2021-2022 the band released several singles, including the super popular “Sand in My Bed”.