Line #30 Creator/FinnWolfhard


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3	->''"Is this the kid from ''The IT Clown''?"''
4	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/JakeAndAmir Jake Hurwitz]]''' in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbt-AoxP-9I&ab_channel=Headgum Off Days: Games]]''
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6	Finn Wolfhard (born December 23, 2002 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor and musician.
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8	He is best known for his roles as Mike Wheeler in the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/StrangerThings'', and Richie Tozier in the [[Film/It2017 2017]]-[[Film/ItChapterTwo 2019]] film adaptation of Creator/StephenKing's novel ''Literature/{{It}}''.
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10	Wolfhard was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Calpurnia, which was formed in 2017 and disbanded in 2019. He later formed a new band titled The Aubreys with Malcolm Craig, a former bandmate from Calpurnia.
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13	!!Filmography
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15	[[AC:As actor]]
16	* ''Series/The100'' (2014, episode "Many Happy Returns"): Zoran
17	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (2015, episode "Thin Lizzie"): Jordie Pinsky
18	* ''Series/StrangerThings'' (2016 -- present): Mike Wheeler
19	* ''Film/{{It\|2017}}'' (2017): Richie Tozier
20	** ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' (2019)
21	* ''Film/{{Dog Days\|2018}}'' (2018): Tyler
22	* ''[[WesternAnimation/HowardLovecraftAndTheFrozenKingdom Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness]]'' (2018): Herbert West
23	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Addams Family\|2019}}'' (2019): Pugsley Addams
24	* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' (2019 -- 2021): Player
25	* ''Film/TheGoldfinch'' (2019): Boris Pavlikovsky
26	* ''Series/HomeMovieThePrincessBride'' (2020): Inigo Montoya
27	* ''Film/TheTurning'' (2020): Miles Fairchild
28	* ''Film/OmniboatAFastBoatFantasia'' (2020)
29	* ''Film/RulesForWerewolves'' (2020): Bobert
30	* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' (2020, episode "Desmond's Big Day Out"): Man Living in Wall and Bliblies
31	* ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' (2021): Trevor
32	** ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'' (2024)
33	* ''Film/WhenYouFinishSavingTheWorld'' (2022): Ziggy Katz
34	* ''WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio'' (2022): Candlewick
35	* ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' (2023): Teen Scott Pilgrim
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37	[[AC:As director]]
38	* ''Film/NightShifts'' (2020) (also writer)
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41	!!His career provides examples of:
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43	* PromotedFanboy:
44	** He's a huge fan of Music/NinjaSexParty and the WebVideo/GameGrumps in general, and not only has he appeared on the the show three times (twice in ''Guest Grumps'' and once on ''Ten Minute Power Hour''), but he also got to play young!Danny in the music video for "Danny Don't You Know". Arin and Danny also happen to be fans of ''Series/StrangerThings'', so it's a win-win situation.
45	** He's also a big fan of WebVideo/JakeAndAmir, to the point he was a few times to their ''If I Were You'' podcast [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbt-AoxP-9I&ab_channel=Headgum and eventually appearing in a Headgum sketch]].
46	** Finn was obsessed with ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' as a child. He provides the voice for Young Scott in ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', which he describes as fulfilling "a childhood dream"
47	* {{Typecasting}}:
48	** He seems to have a knack for playing kids/teens caught up in the supernatural. Besides [[Series/StrangerThings his most famous role]], one of his earliest roles was in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he's also appeared in the 2017 version of ''Film/{{It\|2017}}'' and its sequel, ''WesternAnimation/{{The Addams Family\|2019}}'', an adaptation of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'', and ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
49	** A shockingly large number of his roles are strongly associated with TheEighties: ''Series/StrangerThings'' and the first ''Film/{{It\|2017}}'' movie are both set entirely in TheEighties and ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' is a sequel to a film released in 1984 and which made an indelible mark on '80s pop culture (as referenced in ''Series/StrangerThings''). He also appears as a young Rivers Cuomo in the music video for Music/{{Weezer}}'s cover of "Take on Me", set in 1985. This apparently partly reflects personal preference, though--by his own account, he's a [[FanOfThePast big fan of '80s culture and fashion]], and so is completely at home taking '80s roles.
50	** His character in ''Film/{{It\|2017}}'' is revealed to like other boys, in ''Film/TheGoldfinch'' he kisses another boy, and the makers of the new ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' reboot are looking to cast him as an openly LGBT Blue Ranger. [[spoiler:Inverted by ''Stranger Things'', where his character is unknowingly the target of another boy's affection but is himself dating a girl.]]
51	* {{ThrowItIn}}:
52	* Wolfhard has repeatedly been praised by cast and directors as being a rather good improviser and the one most likely to go off script.
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54	!!Trivia
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56	* Finn Wolfhard has social anxiety and has admitted to having difficulty with large crowds of people.
57	* Wolfhard started acting to build credentials for a future career in directing.
58	* Wolfhard owned a VHS player until he was 9, despite the dominance of [=DVDs=] at the time.
59	* On the set of ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'', Wolfhard was allowed to [[ThrowItIn make his own jokes]] rather than use ones provided to him by the director.
60	* Wolfhard's father is a lawyer specializing in indigenous land claims, and Finn Wolfhard started a campaign to bring awareness to difficulties faced by First Nations people in Canada.

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