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Alex Wolff

Alex Wolff

Actor and director, also producer, writer and composer · Born November 1, 1997 (28) · New York City, New York, USA

Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997), known by his nickname and professionally as Alex Wolff, is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother, Nat, in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–2009), created by his mother, Polly Draper. Wolff's father, Michael Wolff, co-produced the series' soundtrack albums The Naked Brothers Band (2007) and I Don't Want to Go to School (2008), which placed on the Billboard 200 charts. After the Nickelodeon series ended, Wolff and his brother formed a music duo called Nat & Alex Wolff. They released the albums Black Sheep (2011), Public Places (2016) and Table for Two(2023). He focused his career on film roles, portraying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Patriots Day (2016) and John "Derf" Backderf in My Friend Dahmer (2017). Wolff made his directorial debut with the drama film The Cat and the Moon (2019). His other acting roles include My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Hereditary (2018), Pig (2021), Old (2021), and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Wolff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
November 1, 1997 (28)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor and director, also producer, writer and composer
Titles
34 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 18% in 30 days

What are Alex Wolff's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
28%
Survival
17%
Power
8%
Morality
8%
Society
8%
Coming of age10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 5 · Dark 8

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 9 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 12 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

13 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 13 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 13
Hero
5 of 13
Trickster
1 of 13
Shapeshifter
1 of 13
Show the 13 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Joyful
10
Dread
7
Melancholic
8
Warm
5
Other
27

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet13
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Alex Wolff's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 30 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alex Wolff's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

50 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • A Quiet Place Part III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Reuben

  • Boys for Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Jumanji: Open World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Spencer Gilpin

  • Magic Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Jeff

  • The Line(2023)

    as Tom Baxter

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • So Long, Marianne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Leonard Cohen

  • A Quiet Place: Day One(2024)

    as Reuben

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Susie Searches(2022)

    as Jesse Wilcox

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Oppenheimer(2023)

    as Luis Alvarez

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • A Good Person(2023)

    as Mark

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • O Night Divine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Hugo

  • Old(2021)

    as Trent Aged 15

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Pig(2021)

    as Amir

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Castle in the Ground(2019)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Human Capital(2019)

    as Ian Warfield

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Jumanji: The Next Level(2019)

    as Spencer Gilpin

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Cat and the Moon(2019)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Nick

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Bad Education(2019)

    as Nick Fleischman

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The House of Tomorrow(2017)

    as Jared Whitcomb

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Stella's Last Weekend(2018)

    as Oliver

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Hereditary(2018)

    as Peter Graham

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Dude(2018)

    as Noah

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Thoroughbreds(2017)

    as Party Friend (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle(2017)

    as Young Spencer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • My Friend Dahmer(2017)

    as John 'Derf' Backderf

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Patriots Day(2016)

    as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Coming Through the Rye(2015)

    as Jamie Schwartz

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Divorce(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cole

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Standoff(2016)

    as Zane

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2(2016)

    as Bennett

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Boots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Noah

  • What Does Despondent Mean? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · as Alex

  • Red Oaks(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Hair Brained(2013)

    as Eli Pettifog

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Birder's Guide to Everything(2013)

    as Timmy Barsky

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Empty Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Allen

  • The Sitter(2011)

    as Clayton

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • BrainSurge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Mr. Troop Mom(2008)

    as Alex Wolff

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Songs · as Self

  • In Treatment(2008)

    Show 7 episodes · as Max Weston

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Songs · as Alex

  • The Naked Brothers Band(2007)

    Show 40 episodes · as Alex

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie(2005)

    Songs · as Alex

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Simon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Monk(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Brian Willis

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • If She Burns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Alessandro

  • Outside of Cleveland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Max

  • Trivial Of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Enzo Mahler

  • Untold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Rudi Vrba

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles, 43 of them dated from 2002 to 2025; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

$963M worldwide

Highest rated

Hereditary (2018)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

Film career

20022025

Peak 2017 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting49 of 50: 42 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdDirecting5 of 50: 0 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting4 of 50: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing4 of 50: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleMusic3 of 50: 0 only music, 3 with another roleOther crew3 of 50: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

50 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s9 · 8 acting · 3 crew2010s22 · 22 acting · 4 crew2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 4% of 24 roles
0919

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Alex Wolff's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 28; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 34 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005)

99th percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Oppenheimer (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Alex Wolff's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles10–88 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles15–58 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles40–80 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles10–55 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles6–92 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Alex Wolff work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alex Wolff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nat Wolff shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles