40 Fun Facts About Finn Wolfhard

Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things, was born in which Canadian city?

Vancouver is where Finn Wolfhard was born on December 23, 2002, and where he got his first acting job, a 2012 music video for a local band.

Which bespectacled, loud-mouthed character did Finn Wolfhard play in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's It?

Richie Tozier was Finn Wolfhard's feature film debut; the 1990 miniseries of the same novel had cast Seth Green in the part.

Finn Wolfhard plays Trevor, the grandson of which original Ghostbuster, in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Frozen Empire?

Egon Spengler is the estranged father of Trevor's mother, and Finn Wolfhard's character gets his late grandfather's Ecto-1 running again to chase a ghost through town.

Finn Wolfhard fronted which indie rock band from 2017 to 2019, named after a character in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Calpurnia is the housekeeper in Harper Lee's novel; Finn Wolfhard sang lead and played rhythm guitar, and the band's only EP was titled Scout.

Finn Wolfhard voiced Candlewick, a fascist official's son, in Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion film of which tale?

Pinocchio let Finn Wolfhard record some lines in the same room as the boy voicing the puppet, because he feels he does voice work better with people around than alone in a booth.

Finn Wolfhard said in 2017 that which comedian should play his It character as an adult, a wish that came true?

Bill Hader was Finn Wolfhard's pick in a July 2017 interview and went on to play the part in It Chapter Two; co-star Sophia Lillis got her wish as well, with Jessica Chastain.

Finn Wolfhard and his bandmates starred in which rock band's 2019 music video for a cover of a-ha's Take On Me?

Weezer cast Finn Wolfhard as a young version of frontman Rivers Cuomo, in a video that pays tribute to a-ha's 1980s original.

Finn Wolfhard's character Mike Wheeler was modelled on Elliott, the young hero of which Steven Spielberg film?

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the template: Elliott hides an alien from the adults, and Finn Wolfhard's Mike hides a girl with psychic powers in his basement.

Finn Wolfhard and his Stranger Things castmates won which 2017 prize for best ensemble in a drama series?

A SAG Award went to Finn Wolfhard and the whole cast in 2017; they were nominated for the same ensemble prize in 2018 and 2020 without winning again.

Which Addams Family character did Finn Wolfhard voice in the 2019 animated film?

Pugsley has to perform the Sabre Mazurka in front of the whole clan, and Finn Wolfhard voiced him opposite Chloë Grace Moretz as his sister Wednesday.

Finn Wolfhard voiced Player, a white-hat hacker who helps plan heists, in which Netflix animated series?

Carmen Sandiego ran from 2019 to 2021, and Finn Wolfhard's Player, a boy from Niagara Falls, was named for the people playing the original computer games.

Which actress played the shelter-running mother of Finn Wolfhard's Ziggy in When You Finish Saving the World?

Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard play a mother and son who cannot connect; he had first voiced Ziggy in the 2020 audio drama the film is based on.

Finn Wolfhard and six young castmates in It shared an MTV award for playing which group of friends who battle Pennywise?

The Losers Club won Best On-Screen Team at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, where Finn Wolfhard was also nominated in the same category with his Stranger Things co-stars.

Which sibling duo cast Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things, noting he was already a 1980s movie buff?

The Duffer Brothers reckon they saw about a thousand child actors for the show, and had the hopefuls read lines from Stand by Me.

Which actress plays Nancy, the older sister of Finn Wolfhard's Mike Wheeler, in Stranger Things?

Natalia Dyer's Nancy starts out as the studious, rule-abiding Wheeler and ends up investigating Hawkins Lab; the family also has a younger sister, Holly.

Which magazine named Finn Wolfhard to its 30 Under 30 list for Hollywood and entertainment, class of 2020?

Forbes put Finn Wolfhard on the list in the same year he made his directing debut with a short comedy, while he was still a teenager.

A real attempted robbery interrupted filming of which Finn Wolfhard-directed short about a convenience store hold-up?

Night Shifts was shot in 12 hours at a real convenience store, and Finn Wolfhard had raised its budget from fans online in a single day.

Finn Wolfhard co-wrote and co-directed which slasher comedy about camp counselors stalked by a devil-masked killer?

Hell of a Summer was Finn Wolfhard's first feature as a director, and he also appears in it as a counselor named Chris.

After his first band split in 2019, Finn Wolfhard formed which group with its drummer, Malcolm Craig?

The Aubreys made their debut on the soundtrack of a horror film Finn Wolfhard starred in, weeks after his first band announced it was parting ways.

Which director cast Finn Wolfhard in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and again as an NBC page in the film Saturday Night?

Jason Reitman was the director Finn Wolfhard feared would not even look at his audition tape, because Mike Wheeler had already dressed as a Ghostbuster on Stranger Things.

Finn Wolfhard directed a stop-motion music video for Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) by which former Beatle?

George Harrison took the song to number one in the United States in 1973, and Finn Wolfhard's animated video for it arrived in December 2025, more than fifty years later.

Finn Wolfhard's near-perfect Russian accent at audition won him the part of young Boris in which literary adaptation?

The Goldfinch director John Crowley had wanted an authentic Russian actor for Boris until he heard Finn Wolfhard's audition.

In which 2020 gothic horror film did Finn Wolfhard play Miles, an orphan placed in the care of a new governess?

The Turning moves Henry James's 1898 ghost story to 1994, with Finn Wolfhard as one of two children whose parents have been killed.

Which actor wrote and directed When You Finish Saving the World, casting Finn Wolfhard as a livestreaming musician?

Jesse Eisenberg wrote the story first as an Audible original with Finn Wolfhard in the cast, then made the screen version his first feature as a director.

Which actor plays Maxim, the hunter who raised Finn Wolfhard's Petro, in the A24 fantasy film The Legend of Ochi?

Willem Dafoe's Maxim leads a band of boys hunting the creatures of a Black Sea island, until Finn Wolfhard's Petro, his adopted son, finally stands up to him.

Finn Wolfhard and three Stranger Things co-stars competed against each other in a 2017 episode of which celebrity show?

Lip Sync Battle pitted Finn Wolfhard against Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin in an episode billed as The Cast of Stranger Things.

Which title did Finn Wolfhard give his debut solo album, released in 2025 after a fifty-song writing challenge?

Happy Birthday came out in June 2025 through AWAL; Finn Wolfhard chose its songs after challenging himself to write fifty before the end of 2022.

Finn Wolfhard had to audition again for the 2017 film It after which director replaced Cary Fukunaga?

Andy Muschietti kept Finn Wolfhard, the only actor cast in both versions; losing the part the first time had left him free to take Stranger Things.

Which actress plays Phoebe, the science-minded younger sister of Finn Wolfhard's Trevor, in Ghostbusters: Afterlife?

Mckenna Grace was an avid fan of the films before she was cast, and her Phoebe is the one who ends up fighting Gozer with her grandfather's proton pack.

Finn Wolfhard made his modeling debut in a Fall/Winter 2019 campaign for which luxury fashion house?

Saint Laurent's campaign came out in May 2019, a year in which Finn Wolfhard also appeared in three feature films.

Which friend co-directed Finn Wolfhard's first feature and acted beside him in When You Finish Saving the World?

Billy Bryk also played the cashier in Finn Wolfhard's first short as a director, and the two co-wrote and co-starred in their camp slasher as well as directing it.

Finn Wolfhard made his television debut in 2014 as Zoran in which post-apocalyptic science fiction series?

The 100 gave Finn Wolfhard one episode in its second season, two years after his first screen job in a music video and two years before Stranger Things.

Finn Wolfhard played a young Stefan Babcock in the Guilt Trip music video for which Canadian punk rock band?

PUP's video set is also where Finn Wolfhard met Malcolm Craig, the drummer he would go on to play with in two bands of his own.

Which rapper was the musical guest when Finn Wolfhard hosted Saturday Night Live in January 2026?

A$AP Rocky shared the bill, and Finn Wolfhard's opening monologue brought on his Stranger Things co-stars Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo.

Finn Wolfhard won Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film for Ghostbusters: Afterlife at which annual ceremony?

The Saturn Awards gave Finn Wolfhard the prize at their 50th anniversary ceremony, which covered films released across 2021 and 2022.

Finn Wolfhard's first band made its television debut in July 2018 as musical guest on which late-night talk show?

Jimmy Kimmel Live booked the band five weeks after its debut EP came out, when Finn Wolfhard was 15.

In the ensemble comedy Dog Days, Finn Wolfhard's thoughtful character Tyler does which job?

Pizza delivery boy Tyler was one of Finn Wolfhard's first film parts, in a Ken Marino comedy about dogs and their owners whose lives cross in Los Angeles.

Finn Wolfhard's father, Eric, who helped produce his first short film, works as a researcher in which field?

Indigenous land claims in Canada are Eric Wolfhard's research field, and Finn Wolfhard has spoken up for Indigenous children in his own advocacy work.

Finn Wolfhard funded his first short film as a director in a single day through which crowdfunding website?

Indiegogo backers pledged the full 26,000 Canadian dollars within a day of Finn Wolfhard launching the campaign in December 2019.

Finn Wolfhard voiced the teenage version of which Bryan Lee O'Malley character in a 2023 Netflix anime miniseries?

Scott Pilgrim's adult voice in the series is Michael Cera, back from the 2010 film with the rest of its main cast, while Finn Wolfhard plays him as a teenager.