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in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series '' The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–09), which was created by the boys' mother

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. Wolff and his brother released two soundtrack albums for the series, '' The Naked Brothers Band'' and ''

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'', which were co-produced by their father Michael Wolff. Subsequent to the conclusion of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his older brother formed a duo called

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, and released the albums ''

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'' (2011) and ''Public Places'' (2016). The brothers also co-starred in their mother's comedy-drama film '' Stella's Last Weekend'' (2018). Wolff focused his career on film roles, portraying

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in '' Patriots Day'' (2016) and John "Derf" Backderf in ''

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'' (2017). His other acting roles include ''

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'' (2016), '' Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2018). Wolff made his directorial debut with the drama film ''

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'' (2019).

Personal life

Wolff was born in

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, New York City, to actress and writer

and

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Michael Wolff. He is the younger brother of actor and musician

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. His father is Jewish and his mother is Christian. Wolff is a maternal grandson of venture capitalist and civic leader

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, a nephew of venture capitalist

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, a cousin of actress Jesse Draper, and a great-grandson of banker and diplomat

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Career

Wolff began his acting career at the age of 6 in the 2005 musical comedy film '' The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie'', written and directed by his mother. It was commissioned by

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as the pilot to the television series '' The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–2009) which was also created, produced, written and directed by his mother. 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 and the song "Crazy Car" ranked #83 on the ''

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'' charts. In 2007, he portrayed the young boy in the

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music video "

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". Wolff made a cameo in the Nickelodeon TV movie '' Mr. Troop Mom'' and the

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police-procedural, comedic television drama ''

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'', both in 2009. He also starred in his playwriting ''What Would Woody Do?'' at

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—which was directed by his mother—and the

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medical drama ''

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'', both in 2010. Wolff later appeared in the comedy film ''

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'' (2011) and starred alongside

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in the

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''HairBrained'' (2012). In 2015, he starred in the indie drama '' Coming Through the Rye''. In 2016, he had a supporting role in the comedy sequel ''

'' and played terrorist

in the drama '' Patriots Day'', about the

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. In 2018, Wolff starred in the supernatural horror film ''

''. He made his directorial debut with 2019's ''

'', which he also wrote and starred in. In 2020, Wolff participated in ''

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'', a live classic play and screenplay reading series, created, directed and produced by Brando Crawford. Wolff played Algernon in ''

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'' by

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and Warren Straub in ''

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'' by

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. The reading raised funds for non-profit charities including

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. Wolff co-produced the second reading.

Awards

For Wolff's work on ''The Naked Brothers Band'' series and film, he obtained a

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Cable Award in 2007, Audience Award for a Family Feature Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2005, and was nominated for a

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both in 2008 and 2009. 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. On October 11, 2018, Wolff received the Auteur Award at the

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. He received a

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nomination for Best Actor at the

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in 2021, for his performance in the film ''

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''.Brent Furdyk
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''

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'', March 30, 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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