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Ehrenreich in 2018
Born	Alden Caleb Ehrenreich (1989-11-22) November 22, 1989 (age 35) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Alden Caleb Ehrenreich (/ˈɛərənraɪk/; born November 22, 1989) is an American actor. He began his career by appearing in the television series Supernatural (2005), and in Francis Ford Coppola's films Tetro (2009) and Twixt (2011). Following supporting roles in the 2013 films Blue Jasmine and Stoker, his breakthrough came in 2016 with a lead role in the Coen brothers' comedy Hail, Caesar!, for which he gained praise.

Ehrenreich played Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and starred in the dystopian television series Brave New World (2020). .....

Early life

Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the only child of Sari (née Newmann), an interior designer, and Mark Ehrenreich, an accountant. He is named after the director Phil Alden Robinson, a family friend. His stepfather, Harry Aronowitz, is an orthodontist. Ehrenreich is Jewish; his ancestors were Jewish emigrants from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland, and he was raised in Reconstructionist Judaism.

Ehrenreich began acting at the Palisades Elementary School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and continued doing so at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. After graduating from high school, he studied acting at New York University at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, but never finished his degree. In 2009, he co-founded "The Collectin" with his friend Zoë Worth, a group of New York City actors, writers, producers and directors who collaborate on films and theater performances.

Career

Ehrenreich was discovered at a friend's bat mitzvah reception by Steven Spielberg, who watched a comedy video created by Ehrenreich and a friend, "which began in the present and eventually cut to 20 or 30 years later, with Mr. Ehrenreich, in a kimono, screaming to stop a wedding." Ehrenreich has described the comedic performance he gave in the movie as, "I ran around as a skinny little punk, trying on girls' clothes and eating dirt." He was then contacted by DreamWorks, a studio which Spielberg helped found, and met with its casting director. The meeting with Spielberg led to acting roles on television shows such as Supernatural and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Ehrenreich in 2018

In 2007, Ehrenreich won the role of Bennie Tetrocini in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro. Coppola asked Ehrenreich to read a passage from The Catcher in the Rye for his main audition. The film was released in limited release in 2009 and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Ehrenreich's performance. In 2011, he played a minor role in Coppola's subsequent film Twixt and appeared alongside Natalie Portman in the Sofia Coppola-directed Miss Dior Cherie commercial.

In 2013, he starred as Ethan Wate in the film adaptation of the novel Beautiful Creatures, and appeared as Whip Taylor in Park Chan-wook's thriller film Stoker. He then played the stepson of Cate Blanchett in the Woody Allen-directed drama film Blue Jasmine. In 2016, Ehrenreich became more widely known for his co-leading role as Hobie Doyle in the Coen brothers film Hail, Caesar!, alongside a cast that included Josh Brolin and George Clooney. Many critics praised Ehrenreich's performance in particular. That same year, Ehrenreich starred in the leading role of Frank Forbes in Warren Beatty's romantic comedy-drama Rules Don't Apply. He then starred in The Yellow Birds with Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

Ehrenreich starred as Han Solo in the Star Wars anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), following Solo's early life before the events of the original 1977 Star Wars. He headlined the Brave New World series on NBC, based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley.

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In 2024, he joined Zach Cregger's horror thriller film Weapons (2026). He also joined Anton Corbijn's Switzerland, alongside Helen Mirren, set to film in Fall 2024.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
2009	Tetro	Bennie Tetrocini	Francis Ford Coppola
2010	Somewhere	Actor at Party	Sofia Coppola	Uncredited
2011	Twixt	Flamingo	Francis Ford Coppola
2013	Beautiful Creatures	Ethan Wate	Richard LaGravenese
	Stoker	Whip Taylor	Chan-wook Park
	Blue Jasmine	Danny Francis	Woody Allen
	Teenage	1940s Teenager	Matt Wolf	Documentary
2016	Hail, Caesar!	Hobie Doyle	Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
	Rules Don't Apply	Frank Forbes	Warren Beatty
2017	The Yellow Birds	Brandon Bartle	Alexandre Moors
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Han Solo	Ron Howard
2023	Fair Play	Luke	Chloe Domont
	... Bear	Eddie	Elizabeth Banks
	Oppenheimer	Senate Aide	Christopher Nolan
	Shadow Brother Sunday	Cole	Himself	Short film; also writer
2026	Weapons	0TBA	Zach Cregger	Post-production

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Supernatural	Ben Collins	Episode: "Wendigo"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sven	Episode: "Built to Kill, Part 2"
2020	Brave New World	John the Savage	Main role, 9 episodes
2025	Ironheart	Joe McGillicuddy	Upcoming miniseries

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Alden Ehrenreich para niños