Person in history
Finn Wolfhard
Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2002 · December 23
- Age this year
- 24No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- actor, musician, film actor, voice actor, and television actor. Citizenship: Canada
- Born
- 24th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Finn Michael Wolfhard is a Canadian actor, musician, and film director. He received international attention for playing Mike Wheeler on the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also played Richie Tozier in the horror film It (2017) and the sequel It Chapter Two (2019), and Trevor Spengler in the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and its sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
Early life
Early life Finn Michael Wolfhard was born on December 23, 2002, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in Vancouver , British Columbia , to a family of French and German descent with Jewish heritage. He attended Catholic school . [ 3 ] His father, Eric Wolfhard, is a researcher on Indigenous land claims in Canada . [ 4 ] He has an older brother, actor Nick Wolfhard. [ 5 ] ^ "Finn Wolfhard Takes a Lie Detector Test" . Vanity Fair . Retrieved April 7, 2025 .
Why this date
Finn Wolfhard appears on our December 23 calendar for 2002 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2002.
- September 14Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561
- June 13Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- July 27Sknyliv air show disaster
- March 1Space Shuttle Columbia
- June 5Space Shuttle Endeavour
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2002Adam HložekJuly 25
- 2002Hugo Bueno (footballer, born 2002)September 18
- 2002María Dueñas (violinist)December 4
- 2002Jordan LawlarJuly 17
- 2002Jahmyr GibbsMarch 20
- 2002Lee Eun-sang (singer)October 26
- 2002Riccardo CalafioriMay 19
- 2002Ryan GravenberchMay 16
Sources
Cite this page
“Finn Wolfhard”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/finn-wolfhard, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Finn Wolfhard
When was Finn Wolfhard born?
December 23 2002.
How old would Finn Wolfhard be today?
24 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on December 23?
Spencer Daniels, Jori Lehterä, David Szymanski and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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