Fred Hechinger

Fred Hechinger is one of the young actors I watch most closely. Born in New York in 1999, he already carries that hard-to-fake quality of seeming genuinely odd and genuinely human at once. His supporting turns in Eighth Grade and News of the World showed range, but it was The White Lotus that convinced me, the way he layered cluelessness over loneliness was genuinely impressive. He is not physically imposing, yet the camera keeps finding him. With directing already on his resume, I suspect he is more interested in shaping stories than chasing fame, and that makes his trajectory worth following.

Name (English)

Fred Hechinger

Name (Japanese)

フレッド・ヘッキンジャー

Reading

ふれっど・へっきんじゃー

Born

December 2, 1999 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

actor / film director

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fred.hechinger/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Hechinger
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104902570

Tags

• New York
• actor
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.