---
name: "Mike Faist"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-faist"
fi1m_id: "mike-faist"
imdb_id: "nm4576311"
tmdb_id: 1423520
wikidata_id: "Q29650179"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 January 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T21:14:40.324378+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."
---

# Mike Faist

## Identity

Mike Faist

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-faist
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-faist
- **IMDb ID:** nm4576311
- **TMDB ID:** 1423520
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29650179
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Faist, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29650179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4576311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1423520

Actor. Born 5 January 1992 in Gahanna, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 January 1992, Gahanna, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Michael David Faist, Майк Файст, מייק פייסט, مایک فیست
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Romance 2, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $206m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Faist, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29650179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4576311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1423520

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Challengers*](https://film.one/film/challengers.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*West Side Story*](https://film.one/film/west-side-story-2021.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Mike Faist is an American actor. Born on 5 January 1992 in Gahanna, Ohio, he trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He began his career on Broadway, appearing in the original productions of *Newsies* (2012–2014) and *Dear Evan Hansen* (2016–2018), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Faist transitioned to screen work with roles in independent films and television series including *Wildling* (2018) and *Panic* (2021). He gained wider recognition as Riff in Steven Spielberg's *West Side Story* (2021). Subsequent film roles include *Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game* (2022), Art Donaldson in *Challengers* (2024) and Danny in *The Bikeriders* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Challengers* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Art Donaldson — [page](https://film.one/film/challengers.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Danny — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *West Side Story* (2021), Fi1m 79, as Riff — [page](https://film.one/film/west-side-story-2021.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *East of Eden* (2026), series, as Charles Trask — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/east-of-eden.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), as Danny — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Challengers* (2024), as Art Donaldson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/challengers.md)
- *Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game* (2023), as Roger Sharpe
- *The Stories of West Side Story* (2022), Thanks
- *West Side Story* (2021), as Riff — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/west-side-story-2021.md)
- *PANIC* (2021), as Dodge Mason
- *Panic* (2021), series, as Dodge Mason
- *The Atlantic City Story* (2020), as Arthur
- *Wildling* (2018), as Lawrence
- *Deception* (2018), series, as Mekka
- *Active Adults* (2017), as Teenage Boy
- *I Can I Will I Did* (2017), as Ben
- *Our Time* (2016), as Benny
- *Touched with Fire* (2016), as Additional Psych Ward Patient
- *Yellow* (2015), as Skip
- *The Grief of Others* (2015), as Gordie Joiner
- *The Unspeakable Act* (2013), as Tony (Matthew's friend)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Glenn Lawrence

## Gallery

- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-0f454e1e29e5.jpg) Mike Faist — Sam Rubin, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Mike_Faist_2024_%28cropped-J1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-149e450fbc2b.jpg) Mike Faist — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-bfc0e4687df0.jpg) Mike Faist — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-b7922b599138.jpg) Mike Faist — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-e60934d8e32e.jpg) Mike Faist — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-8ef2de007cd5.jpg) Mike Faist — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Faist](https://film.one/media/person/11382/gallery-4fc659532482.jpg) Mike Faist — Image via TMDB

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