---
name: "Finn Wolfhard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/finn-wolfhard"
fi1m_id: "finn-wolfhard"
imdb_id: "nm6016511"
tmdb_id: 1442069
wikidata_id: "Q26308335"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 December 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-23T04:11:49.799349+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Finn Wolfhard

## Identity

Finn Wolfhard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/finn-wolfhard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** finn-wolfhard
- **IMDb ID:** nm6016511
- **TMDB ID:** 1442069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26308335
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Wolfhard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26308335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6016511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1442069

Actor. Born 23 December 2002 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 December 2002, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Carrie Coon](https://film.one/person/carrie-coon.md), [Gil Kenan](https://film.one/person/gil-kenan.md), [Ivan Reitman](https://film.one/person/ivan-reitman.md), [Jason Reitman](https://film.one/person/jason-reitman.md), [Mckenna Grace](https://film.one/person/mckenna-grace.md), [Paul Rudd](https://film.one/person/paul-rudd.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 64 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Drama 3, Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 1, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $880m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Wolfhard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26308335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6016511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1442069

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio.md) (80), [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md) (71), [*Ghostbusters: Afterlife*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md) (55)
- **HBO Max:** [*It Chapter Two*](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Finn Wolfhard

> Finn Wolfhard can make a young character's earnestness almost painful, and we mean that as praise. We rate him as an ensemble actor, though *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* gives him little chance to show why.

Mike Wheeler is almost painfully earnest beside the other boys in *Stranger Things* (2016). Gaten Matarazzo's Dustin is funny on purpose and Caleb McLaughlin's Lucas asks the sensible questions, leaving Wolfhard to supply the uncomfortable seriousness. We found Mike's earnestness touching, because Wolfhard lets the group's loyal leader be awkward. It is a useful quality in an ensemble: he need not be the person getting the laughs to be worth watching.

The series was his breakthrough, and it remains the clearest reason to rate him. Its first eight episodes give the young cast a well-built small-town horror story, with Millie Bobby Brown's Eleven at the centre. Wolfhard does not have to dominate that company to make his part count. The later runs grow bigger, but the early balance of personalities is what we would go back for.

His prominent film roles kept him among young people confronting the supernatural: Richie Tozier, the foul-mouthed member of the Losers' Club in *It* (2017), then Trevor Spengler in *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021). The repeated casting makes sense for an actor whose strengths include responding to a group. But there is little he can do when the group becomes too crowded. *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024) is the caution here.

Gil Kenan leaves Trevor chasing a familiar green ghost around an attic while the film attends to its many other strands. Carrie Coon's Callie has little beyond a lecture to deliver, so this is hardly a problem confined to Wolfhard. There is no fair test of his abilities in such thin material. We would not recommend the film for him, and we would not use it to dismiss him either.

With *Hell of a Summer* (2025), a horror-comedy he co-directed and co-wrote with Billy Bryk and also acted in, he begins taking responsibility for the material himself. He stays with horror, now helping to decide what the actors have to work with. Start with the first eight episodes of *Stranger Things*. For his next substantial acting part, a character with more to do than pursue a ghost would be welcome.

## Biography

Finn Wolfhard is a Canadian actor, musician and director. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he is best known for playing Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series *Stranger Things* (2016–2025).

His film roles include Richie Tozier in *It* (2017) and *It Chapter Two* (2019), and Trevor Spengler in *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021) and *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024). He appeared as the event planner in the 2026 series *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*. Wolfhard made his directorial debut with the short film *Night Shifts* (2020) and co-directed *Hell of a Summer* (2023). He has also worked as a musician with the bands Calpurnia and The Aubreys.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, dexerto.com, vancouversun.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, as Event Planner — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024), Fi1m 52, as Trevor Spengler — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-frozen-empire.md)
- *Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio* (2022), Fi1m 80, as Candlewick (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio.md)
- *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), Fi1m 55, as Trevor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md)
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Fi1m 55, as Young Richie Tozier — [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, as Mike Wheeler — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stranger Things: Tales from '85* (2026), series, Thanks
- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, as Event Planner — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Crash Land* (2026), as Sander · Producer
- *ParaNorman: The Thrifting* (2025), as Chad (voice)
- *The Legend of Ochi* (2025), as Petro
- *Hell of a Summer* (2025), as Chris · Writer, Director
- *Saturday Night* (2024), as NBC Page
- *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024), as Trevor Spengler — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-frozen-empire.md)
- *Scott Pilgrim Takes Off* (2023), series, as Teen Scott Pilgrim (voice)
- *When You Finish Saving the World* (2023), as Ziggy, Songs
- *Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio* (2022), as Candlewick (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio.md)
- *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), as Trevor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md)
- *How It Ends* (2021), as Ezra
- *A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion* (2020), as The Grandson / Yellin
- *Night Shifts* (2020), Screenplay, Director
- *Home Movie: The Princess Bride* (2020), series, as Inigo Montoya
- *JJ Villard's Fairy Tales* (2020), series, as Boypunzel (voice), Manpunzel (voice)
- *Smiling Friends* (2020), series, as Man Living in Wall (voice)
- *Rules for Werewolves* (2020), as Bobert
- *Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal* (2020), as Player (voice)
- *Duncanville* (2020), series, as Jeremy / Norman (voice)
- *Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia* (2020), Actor
- *The Turning* (2020), as Miles, Songs
- *The Addams Family* (2019), as Pugsley Addams (voice)
- *The Goldfinch* (2019), as Young Boris Pavlikovsky
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), as Young Richie Tozier — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *The Cold Open* (2019), Actor
- *Carmen Sandiego* (2019), series, as Player (voice)
- *Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness* (2018), as Herbert West (voice)
- *Dog Days* (2018), as Tyler
- *The Losers' Club* (2017), as Richie Tozier
- *It* (2017), as Richie Tozier
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, as Mike Wheeler — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *The 100* (2014), series, as Zoran
- *Aftermath* (2013), as Young Charles
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Jordie Pinsky — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Idle Hands*, Director, Screenplay
- *New-Gen*, series, as Chris (Voice)
- *Rules for Werewolves*, as Bobert
- *Ally*, as (voice)
- *Trouble Boys*, Screenplay
- *Cowboy Up*, Actor
- *Journalism 101*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-c014d783ba1b.png) Finn Wolfhard — HEYFOMO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Finn_Wolfhard_2025_%28crop%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joe Keery, Shawn Levy, David Harbour, Caleb McLaughlin, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Dacre Montgomery, Finn Wolfhard, Shannon Purser, Millie Bobby Brown and Sa (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-1291e16526eb.jpg) Joe Keery, Shawn Levy, David Harbour, Caleb McLaughlin, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Dacre Montgomery, Finn Wolfhard, Shannon Purser, Millie Bobby Brown and Sa (2017) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/David_Harbour%2C_Caleb_McLaughlin%2C_Matthew_Modine%2C_Noah_Schnapp%2C_Dacre_Montgomery%2C_Finn_Wolfhard%2C_Shannon_Purser%2C_Millie_Bobby_Brown_%26_Sadie_Sink_%2836078776891%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-998e50ae609d.jpg) Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Finn_Wolfhard_%26_Millie_Bobby_Brown_%2835820631110%29.jpg/1280px-Finn_Wolfhard_%26_Millie_Bobby_Brown_%2835820631110%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-1ae7d951096c.jpg) Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Di — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Finn_Wolfhard_%26_Millie_Bobby_Brown_%2836172496446%29.jpg/1280px-Finn_Wolfhard_%26_Millie_Bobby_Brown_%2836172496446%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-e608a227e9f2.jpg) Finn Wolfhard — Image via TMDB
- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-b003cd8d960b.jpg) Finn Wolfhard — Image via TMDB
- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-5a3edb56497d.jpg) Finn Wolfhard — Image via TMDB
- ![Finn Wolfhard speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-a0ef5b869fc4.jpg) Finn Wolfhard speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Finn_Wolfhard_%2835409178473%29.jpg/1280px-Finn_Wolfhard_%2835409178473%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Finn Wolfhard speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-b2163db006cd.jpg) Finn Wolfhard speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Stranger Things", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Finn_Wolfhard_%2835409189693%29.jpg/1280px-Finn_Wolfhard_%2835409189693%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-8306d0b93bdc.jpg) Finn Wolfhard — Image via TMDB
- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-c6b50b8db660.jpg) Finn Wolfhard — Image via TMDB
- ![Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/media/person/11852/gallery-fe47da33b876.jpg) Finn Wolfhard — Image via TMDB

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