Alden Caleb Ehrenreich (/ˈɛərənraɪk/; born November 22, 1989) is
an American actor. He began his career by appearing in 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.
He went on to play Han Solo in the fantasy film Solo: A Star Wars
Story (2018) and starred in the dystopian television series Brave New
World (2020).Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California. 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. After
graduating from high school, he studied acting at New York University
at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, but never finished his degree.
In 2009, he co-founded "The Collectin" with his friend Zoë Worth, a
group of New York actors, writers, producers and directors who
collaborate on films and theater performances.Ehrenreich was
discovered at a friend's bat mitzvah reception by Spielberg, who
watched a comedy video created by Ehrenreich and a friend, "which
began in the present and eventually cut to 20 or 30 years later, with
Mr. Ehrenreich, in a kimono, screaming to stop a wedding." Ehrenreich
has described the comedic performance he gave in the movie as, "I ran
around as a skinny little punk, trying on girls' clothes and eating
dirt." He was then contacted by DreamWorks, a studio which Spielberg
helped found, and met with its casting director. Spielberg said that
Ehrenreich
an American actor. He began his career by appearing in 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.
He went on to play Han Solo in the fantasy film Solo: A Star Wars
Story (2018) and starred in the dystopian television series Brave New
World (2020).Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California. 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. After
graduating from high school, he studied acting at New York University
at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, but never finished his degree.
In 2009, he co-founded "The Collectin" with his friend Zoë Worth, a
group of New York actors, writers, producers and directors who
collaborate on films and theater performances.Ehrenreich was
discovered at a friend's bat mitzvah reception by Spielberg, who
watched a comedy video created by Ehrenreich and a friend, "which
began in the present and eventually cut to 20 or 30 years later, with
Mr. Ehrenreich, in a kimono, screaming to stop a wedding." Ehrenreich
has described the comedic performance he gave in the movie as, "I ran
around as a skinny little punk, trying on girls' clothes and eating
dirt." He was then contacted by DreamWorks, a studio which Spielberg
helped found, and met with its casting director. Spielberg said that
Ehrenreich
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