Alden Ehrenreich
Birthdate: Nov 22, 1989
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Alden Ehrenreich (birthname: Alden Caleb Ehrenreich) has been a favorite of many major filmmakers, starting with Francis Ford Coppola, who cast him opposite Vincent Gallo in the noirish Tetro (2009), with Klaus Maria Brandauer and Carmen Maura, and earning $2.6 million. After appearing in an uncredited role in Sofia Coppola’s Los Angeles drama, Somewhere (2010), Ehrenreich reunited with Coppola for the commercially failed Twixt (2011), with Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, and Ben Chaplin, and premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Writer-director Richard LaGravenese cast Ehrenreich in the lead opposite Alice Englert in the romantic gothic, Beautiful Creatures (2013), which failed at the box office despite a cast including Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, and Emma Thompson. Ehrenreich joined Korean filmmaking master Park Chan-wook for his English-language debut, Stoker (2013), produced by Tony and Ridley Scott and co-starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, and Jacki Weaver, but earning only $12 million on its $12 million budget.
Alden Ehrenreich then joined Woody Allen for his Oscar-winning Blue Jasmine (2013), starring Cate Blanchett (who won the Best Actress Oscar), Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Bobby Cannavale, and Michael Stuhlbarg, and proving to be a big hit for Sony Pictures Classics with $99 box office. Ehrenreich received nearly a dozen award nominations for his performance in the Coen Brothers’ Hollywood comedy, Hail, Caesar! (2016), with Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Francis McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum, grossing a healthy $63.6 million globally.
For Warren Beatty (as director-writer-producer-star), Alden Ehrenreich co-starred with Beatty (as Howard Hughes) and Lily Collins in Rules Don’t Apply (2016), with Annette Bening and Matthew Broderick, but the movie bombed at the box office with a poor $3.9 million return. After starring in the Iraq War film, The Yellow Birds (2017), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and co-starred Tye Sheridan, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston, Ehrenreich starred in director Ron Howard’s first Star Wars foray, Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), with Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandiwe Newton, and Paul Bettany, but was one of the few Lucasfilm production to fail to turn a profit, with a disappointing $393.2 million global box office.
After co-starring with Phoebe Dynevor in writer-director Chloe Domont’s highly acclaimed drama, Fair Play (2023), premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Alden Ehrenreich co-starred in Elizabeth Banks’ dark comedy, Cocaine Bear (2023), with Keri Russell and Ray Liotta. Ehrenreich co-starred in one of the most anticipated movies of 2023, Christopher Nolan’s atom bomb epic, Oppenheimer (2023), with Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, and Kenneth Branagh.
Personal Details
Alden Ehrenreich was born and raised in Los Angeles by his parents Sari Newmann (interior designer) and Mark Ehrenreich (accountant). He is an only child. He began acting at a young age at his elementary school, Palisades Elementary School, and studied during his high school years at Crossroads School. He attended but left his studies at New York University. In New York, Ehrenreich co-founded the film-theater group, The Collection, in 2009. Ehrenreich’s height is 5’ 10”.
Filmography
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Previous (5)
- 2023 | OppenheimerasSenate Aide
Oppenheimer
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
- 2023 | Cocaine BearasEddie
Cocaine Bear
An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
- 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars StoryasHan Solo
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in an epic action-adventure that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes.
- 2016 | Hail, Caesar!asHobie Doyle
Hail, Caesar!
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
- 2013 | Beautiful CreaturesasEthan Wate
Beautiful Creatures
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.
Some Facts About Alden Ehrenreich
Discovered: Alden Ehrenreich was discovered by Steven Spielberg at the bat mitzvah of a friend of Spielberg’s daughter.
Filmmaker Magnet: Given the relatively few movies in which Ehrenreich has appeared, he has worked with several world-class directors including Christopher Nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Park Chan-wook, Joel and Ethan Coen, Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, and Ron Howard.
