Over the years, Alex Wolff’s movies have gone from indies to big-budget Box Office earners. One of his biggest movies is the 2024 spin-off/prequel A Quiet Place: Day One. Although cast in a supporting role, Wolff shines through with his brilliant performance. The multi-talented actor has also had a successful career as a filmmaker and musician.
Alex Wolff is one of the members of the Nat & Alex Wolff pop band, which he plays in with his older actor-musician brother Nat Wolff. Although Alex Wolff had his acting debut on Nickelodeon’s The Naked Brothers Band, most of his credits have been on the big screen. With only a few weeks to the premiere of A Quiet Place: Day One, here’s a ranking of the best 10 Alex Wolff movies.
10. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
The Kirk Jones-directed romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 was a sequel to the 2002 original My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Alex Wolff joined the cast as Bennett, a love interest of Paris Miller (Elena Kampouris), Fotoula “Toula” Portokalos-Miller (Nia Vardalos), and Ian Miller’s (John Corbett) daughter. Although he only makes minor appearances, his character’s presence helps calm the rather chaotic big Greek family and their drama.
9. Hereditary
In Ari Aster’s psychological supernatural horror film Hereditary, Alex Wolff played Peter, the 16-year-old son of Annie Graham (Toni Collette) and Steve Graham (Gabriel Byrne). He’s also the older brother of 13-year-old daughter Charlie Graham (Milly Shapiro). With a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Hereditary is a must-watch for any true horror genre fan. Although Wolff’s character is introduced in a supporting role, by the movie’s end, his importance is ultimately revealed. Hereditary, an A24 movie, was also commercially successful, grossing $82.8 million on a $10 million budget.
8. The House of Tomorrow
In the 2017 independent comedy-drama The House of Tomorrow, Alex Wolff played a dying, young up-and-coming punk rocker, Jared Whitcomb. Plagued with a heart condition, Jared enjoys every moment of his life. When he meets Sebastian Prendergast (Asa Butterfield), a recluse living with his grandmother in the dated tourist home, House of Tomorrow. Together, they formed a new punk rock band. The House of Tomorrow received generally positive reviews, with Wolff and Butterfield also receiving special praise.
7. Old
Alex Wolff plays one of the surviving heroes in M. Night Shyamalan’s body horror movie Old. Shyamalan adapted his screenplay from Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters’ French-language 2011 graphic novel Sandcastle. A group of vacationers soon discover they are trapped in a mysterious beach with fast-aging powers. Wolff plays the teenage Trent Cappa character who follows his parents to the beach at 11 years old. The M. Night Shyamalan masterpiece might have only received mixed reviews from critics. However, it was a Box Office success, earning $90.2 million on an $18 million budget.
6. My Friend Dahmer
Alex Wolff portrayed American cartoonist John “Derf” Backderf, who was a teenage friend of American serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer. Marc Meyers’ biographical psychological drama My Friend Dahmer centered around the life of Jeffrey Dahmer as a High School student before he began his murders. Actor Ross Lynch portrayed Jeffrey Dahmer, much to the delight of audiences and critics.
5. A Birder’s Guide to Everything
A Birder’s Guide to Everything is one of Alex Wolff’s earliest movie credits. Wolff joins the ensemble cast, which plays teenage birders on a mission to find an extinct bird. When the group accidentally sees an extinct Labrador duck, they must search for it again to prove their claim. Despite being released in 2013, A Birder’s Guide to Everything still holds an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
4. Oppenheimer
The Christopher Nolan biographical thriller drama Oppenheimer is unarguably one of Alex Wolff’s highest-grossing movies of his career. While the movie centered around J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the first nuclear weapon, Alex Wolff portrayed American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor Luis Walter Alvarez. The Nobel-winning physicist was one of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Although not cast as a major character, Wolff held his own against the movie’s star-studded cast.
3. The Cat and the Moon
Although one can easily consider The Cat and the Moon a stereotypical coming-of-age drama, Alex Wolff does a fantastic job with its suspense. The Cat and the Moon was written, directed, and co-produced by Wolff, who also played the protagonist, Nick. It revolves around a suicidal Nick who moves to New York to stay with his father’s old friend, Cal (Mike Epps), while his mother is at a rehabilitation center. In trying to discover himself, he meets with new friends and a love interest that gives him something to live for. The Cat and the Moon holds a 78% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an accompanying 90% audience score.
2. Jumanji Movies
Alex Wolff played the on-screen, real-life version of Dwayne Johnson’s in-game character, Spencer Gilpin. In real life, Spencer is an intelligent but awkward High School student. In the 2017 stand-alone sequel Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spencer is sucked into the Jumanji game along with three of his fellow High School mates. While in the game, Wolff’s character turns into a muscular archaeologist, Dr. Xander “Smolder” Bravestone. Wolf reprised the role in the 2019 sequel Jumanji: The Next Level. Both films grossed about $1.79 billion at the Box Office.
1. Coming Through the Rye
Alex Wolff led the cast of the 2015 coming-of-age drama Coming Through the Rye. Wolff played Jamie Schwartz in James Steven Sadwith’s feature directorial debut. Hell-bent on adapting J.D. Salinger’s famous 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye into a play, Jamie Schwartz journeys to find the author and seek his approval. Set in 1969, Jamie’s journey sees him leave Pennsylvania for New Hampshire in search of the author; no one seems to know his whereabouts. Coming Through the Rye received mostly positive reviews from critics. Alex Wolff also received praise for his breathtaking performance. If you enjoyed reading about these Alex Wolff movies, check out these 6 Lil Rel Howery comedy movie roles.
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