--- name: "Fred Hechinger" canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-hechinger" fi1m_id: "fred-hechinger" imdb_id: "nm9538520" tmdb_id: 2099497 wikidata_id: "Q104902570" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 December 1999" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 9 updated: "2026-10-05T16:00:38.789277+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." --- # Fred Hechinger ## Identity Fred Hechinger - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-hechinger - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** fred-hechinger - **IMDb ID:** nm9538520 - **TMDB ID:** 2099497 - **Wikidata ID:** Q104902570 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hechinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104902570, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9538520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2099497 Actor. Born 2 December 1999 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 December 1999, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 2018–present - **Also known as:** 佛瑞德海興格, フレッド ヘッキンジャー, فرد هچینگر - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 9 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 70 (8) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 73 across 9 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 7 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 8, Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Action 2, Mystery 2, History 1 - **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $838m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hechinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104902570, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9538520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2099497 ## Coming up - *A Long Winter* (2027-01-15), as Mike ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Eighth Grade*](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) (84), [*Fear Street: 1994*](https://film.one/film/fear-street-1994.md) (74), [*Kraven the Hunter*](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) (41) - **MUBI:** [*Nickel Boys*](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) (85) - **Peacock:** [*News of the World*](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md) (65) - **Apple TV:** [*Gladiator II*](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) (64) - **HBO Max:** [*Let Them All Talk*](https://film.one/film/let-them-all-talk.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Fred Hechinger > Fred Hechinger can make the softest character in a noisy film the one we care about. We rate his vulnerable supporting work; his broader performances need firmer direction than *Gladiator II* gives him. In *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Fred Hechinger's Dmitri Kravinoff does impressions of other people's voices and is the softer of two brothers. Russell Crowe plays their father as a bully who would rather be feared than liked. We felt for Dmitri because his softness made him vulnerable in a family governed by intimidation. He was the only character in J.C. Chandor's film who prompted that response. That is a real achievement in a film whose script explains everything twice, though it is no reason to recommend the film. The small parts began with Trevor in Bo Burnham's *Eighth Grade* (2018), where Elsie Fisher makes teenage social anxiety hard to watch and worth the discomfort. Wider recognition came with Quinn Mossbacher in *The White Lotus* (2021) and the *Fear Street* trilogy that year. By 2024, Hechinger was taking leads and prominent ensemble roles alongside continued independent work. His youthful features help explain the casting: he can look endearing even when the character is behaving appallingly. Ridley Scott's *Gladiator II* (2024) is a less convincing use of him. Hechinger's Emperor Caracalla and Joseph Quinn's Geta are spoilt children handed enormous power, and both actors play them broadly. Their behaviour belongs to a different film from the one Paul Mescal is acting in, without Scott finding a way to bring the performances together. We would welcome the excess in a film prepared to accommodate it; here it makes the uneven direction harder to ignore. His part as Harper in RaMell Ross's *Nickel Boys* (2024) puts him in a film we recommend warmly, despite its length and occasional absorption in its own technique. Ross's decision to film through the two boys' eyes gives us a tender account of the reform school, though Hechinger is not the reason we would send someone to it. For his next substantial role, we would like a character as vulnerable as Dmitri and a script that does not keep explaining itself. ## Biography Fred Hechinger is an American actor. He was born on 2 December 1999 in New York City. He began his career with a supporting role as Trevor in the 2018 coming-of-age film *Eighth Grade*. Subsequent film credits include John Calley in *News of the World* (2020), Ethan Russell in *The Woman in the Window* (2021), Simon in the *Fear Street* trilogy (2021), Fred in *Let Them All Talk* (2020), Cadet Randolph Ballinger in *The Pale Blue Eye* (2022), Harper in *Nickel Boys* (2024), Daniel in *Thelma* (2024), Dmitri Kravinoff in *Kraven the Hunter* (2024) and Emperor Caracalla in *Gladiator II* (2024). On television he appeared as Quinn Mossbacher in the first season of *The White Lotus* (2021) and as Seth Warshavsky in the miniseries *Pam & Tommy* (2022). His grandfather was the education editor Fred M. Hechinger. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (9) - *Gladiator II* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Emperor Caracalla — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Fi1m 41, as Dmitri Kravinoff — [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *Nickel Boys* (2024), Fi1m 85, as Harper — [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) - *Fear Street: 1994* (2021), Fi1m 74, as Simon — [page](https://film.one/film/fear-street-1994.md) - *The Underground Railroad* (2021), Fi1m 86, as Young Arnold Ridgeway — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md) - *The White Lotus* (2021), Fi1m 85, as Quinn Mossbacher — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-white-lotus.md) - *Let Them All Talk* (2020), Fi1m 64, as Fred — [page](https://film.one/film/let-them-all-talk.md) - *News of the World* (2020), Fi1m 65, as John Calley — [page](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md) - *Eighth Grade* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Trevor — [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A Long Winter* (2027), as Mike - *Marty Supreme* (2025), as Troy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/marty-supreme.md) - *Preparation for the Next Life* (2025), as Skinner - *Pavements* (2025), as Bob Nastanovich - *Hell of a Summer* (2025), as Jason Hochberg · Producer - *Nickel Boys* (2024), as Harper — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), as Dmitri Kravinoff — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *Gladiator II* (2024), as Emperor Caracalla — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) - *Thelma* (2024), as Daniel · Executive Producer - *Butcher's Crossing* (2023), as Will Andrews - *The Pale Blue Eye* (2022), as Cadet Randolph Ballinger - *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, as Seth Warshavsky - *Italian Studies* (2022), as Matt · Co-Producer - *Fear Street: 1666* (2021), as Isaac / Simon - *The White Lotus* (2021), series, as Quinn Mossbacher — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-white-lotus.md) - *Fear Street: 1978* (2021), as Simon Kalivoda (archive footage) - *Fear Street: 1994* (2021), as Simon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/fear-street-1994.md) - *The Woman in the Window* (2021), as Ethan Russell - *The Underground Railroad* (2021), series, as Young Arnold Ridgeway — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md) - *News of the World* (2020), as John Calley — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md) - *Let Them All Talk* (2020), as Fred — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/let-them-all-talk.md) - *David* (2020), as David - *Human Capital* (2020), as Jamie Manning - *As They Slept* (2019), as Alex - *Vox Lux* (2018), as Aidan - *Alex Strangelove* (2018), as Josh - *Eighth Grade* (2018), as Trevor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) - *Love Is Not the Answer*, Actor - *Cowboy Up*, Actor - *Journalism 101*, Actor - *The Cackling of the Dodos*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Fred Hechinger at the 47th Toronto Film Festival in 2022](https://film.one/media/person/9273/gallery-9bdc6e974b30.jpg) Fred Hechinger at the 47th Toronto Film Festival in 2022 — Kuya JDL, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Fred_hechinger_tiff_2022_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - 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