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My Take
Finn Wolfhard is my favorite case study in surviving child stardom with your soul intact. Most kids who blow up the way he did with Stranger Things either burn out or stay trapped in one role forever. Wolfhard quietly built escape routes: horror films like It, voice work, and a genuine music career that reads as passion rather than vanity project. There is an unforced, slightly awkward authenticity to him that the camera loves. He reached his twenties without a single tabloid meltdown, which in his cohort is nearly miraculous. I suspect his most interesting decade is still ahead, possibly behind the camera rather than in front of it.
Overview
Finn Michael Wolfhard (born December 23, 2002) is a Canadian actor, musician, and film director. He received international attention for playing Mike Wheeler on the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also played Richie Tozier in the horror film It (2017) and its sequel It Chapter Two (2019), and Trevor Spengler in the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and its sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen E…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Finn Wolfhard
- Name (Japanese)
- フィン・ウルフハード
- Reading
- ふぃん・うるふはーど
- Born
- December 23, 2002 (age 23)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / musician / film actor / voice actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Stranger Things | — | |
| Notable work | It | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Musician — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.