Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997),[1] 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) that was created by their 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), both of which were placed on the Billboard 200 charts.
When Alex and his older brother, Nat, were toddlers, they climbed out of the bathtub and called themselves "the naked brothers band", which inspired the name of the subsequent Nickelodeon TV series.[6] As a young child, Alex taught himself how to play the saxophone, as well as drums by viewing footage of Ringo Starr.
Although the Nickelodeon TV show The Naked Brothers Band remained successful over three seasons, the network proposed to film a 30 TV movie fourth season during the school year, leading his parents to cancel the series in 2009.[12] From the beginning, they were hesitant to expose Alex and Nat to stardom at a young age[13] and later agreed to the series spin-off on the provision that filming would take place only during the summer and early fall, which allowed him and his brother to proceed with their enrollment at private school in New York City.[14][15][16]
It was not until he was 9 years old that he gained fame after the film was commissioned by a former Nickelodeon executive as the pilot to the television series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–2009), which was also created, showran, written, and directed by his mother.[6][16] He contributed lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation for both the film and series; their father produced and supervised the music. The show released two soundtrack albums that were placed on the Billboard 200 charts and the song "Crazy Car" ranked #83 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
In 2018, Wolff starred in the supernatural horror film Hereditary. He made his directorial debut with The Cat and the Moon (2019), which he also wrote and starred in.[18]
Since 2024, Wolff and his brother are touring with Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician Billie Eilish as the opening act for her concerts across the United States.[11]
Awards
For Wolff's work on The Naked Brothers Band series and film, he obtained the Audience Award for a Family Feature Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2005,[21] a Broadcast Music, Inc. Cable Award in 2007, and was nominated for a Young Artist Award both in 2008 and 2009.[22][23] He also received a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Best Actor at the Brooklyn International Film Festival for his lead role in the film HairBrained in 2013.[24] On October 11, 2018, Wolff received the Auteur Award at the San Diego International Film Festival.[25]
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