Alden Ehrenreich
Alden Ehrenreich is an American actor. He began his career by appearing in Supernatural (2005), and Francis Ford Coppola's films Tetro (2009) and Twixt (2011). Following supporting roles in the 2013 films Blue Jasmine and Stoker, he starred in the Coen brothers comedy Hail, Caesar! (2016), for which he gained praise. Ehrenreich went on to play Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and starred in the dystopian television series Brave New World (2020). In 2023, he co-starred in the comedy Cocaine Bear and Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer. Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 22, 1989. 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.
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- 2026 · Weapons as
- 2025 · Ironheart as Joe McGillicuddy
- 2024 · Shadow Brother Sunday as Cole
- 2023 · Fair Play as Luke
- 2023 · Oppenheimer as Senate Aide
- 2023 · Cocaine Bear as Eddie
- 2020 · Brave New World as John the Savage
- 2018 · The Yellow Birds as Brandon Bartle
- 2018 · Solo: A Star Wars Story as Han Solo
- 2016 · Rules Don't Apply as Frank Forbes
- 2016 · Hail, Caesar! as Hobie Doyle
- 2015 · Running Wild as Eli
- 2014 · Maple Leaves as Jesse
- 2013 · Blue Jasmine as Danny
- 2013 · Teenage as 1940s Teenager
- 2013 · Stoker as Whip Taylor
- 2013 · Beautiful Creatures as Ethan Wate
- 2011 · Twixt as Flamingo
- 2011 · A Dentist as Alan Goldenberg
- 2010 · Somewhere as Actor at Party (uncredited)
- 2010 · Ten Fingers as Harry
- 2009 · Tetro as Bennie Tetrocini
- 2009 · Greased as Ben
- 2008 · Switcheroo as Dan
- 2005 · Supernatural as Ben Collins
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sven
- Future · Switzerland as Edward