Nat & Alex Wolff

The duo at a glance

Two brothers, one instrument

	Nat Wolff (older)	Alex Wolff (younger)
Born	Dec 17, 1994 (31)	Nov 1, 1997 (28)
Music	vocals, guitar, keys, bass	vocals, drums, guitar, piano
Register	sensitive lead; composed; melancholy	raw; volatile; haunted
Signature roles	Paper Towns · Death Note · The Stand · TFIOS	Hereditary · Pig · Old · A Quiet Place: Day One
Family	Sons of jazz pianist Michael Wolff & actress Polly Draper; current duo Nat & Alex Wolff (self-titled album, Jan 2026)

The casting gift: they are actual brothers and actual musicians. The sibling resemblance, the shorthand, the friction — none of it has to be manufactured. And because our films lean on a piano and original songs, they can score their own work.

The face studies

Same blood, opposite energy

Side by side the family signature is unmistakable: dark abundant hair, strong expressive brows, deep-set brown eyes under a slightly heavy lid, warm coloring that takes amber beautifully and goes gaunt under cold light — and a mouth that telegraphs suppression. The contrast is the casting.

Alex Wolff — the younger

Rounder. Rawer.

about to break

Fuller, rounder face; thick dark curly hair on the forehead — reads younger, unkempt
Heavy low brow over deep-set eyes; broods naturally, then breaks big (the Hereditary register)
Camera job: implode / explode; rewards the long close take, eyes pooling
Cast toward: raw volatility, quiet survival dread, understated ache

Hereditary · Pig · Old · A Quiet Place: Day One · Patriots Day

Nat Wolff — the older

Longer. Held.

holding it in

Longer, leaner, oval face; wavier, tidier dark hair — a young man who's already paid for something
Warm, slightly hooded eyes; does stillness and withholding superbly (The Stand / Death Note)
Camera job: withhold / control; holds the wide, the doorway, the small armored smile
Cast toward: sensitive lead, buried menace, a mind under pressure

Paper Towns · Death Note · The Stand · The Fault in Our Stars

How it maps to the slate

The roles we wrote for them

Ghost Notes

Nat → Daniel · the one who left

Alex → Jonah · the one who stayed

a two-hander about brothers who can't talk — and a piano

Dead Reckoning

Nat → Eli · reason, the reluctant leader

Alex → Theo · the secret, the one the island wants

Lost-style mystery; escorting their father's coffin

Alphabet City

A Wolff → the charming rogue (the Valerian)

opposite a female discovery (the Laureline)

Valerian × Kids — guerrilla NYC sci-fi

For scratch animatics

Character anchors (by type)

Used to keep a generated proof-of-concept consistent without depicting the real actors. For a real pilot/film, shoot them or use a licensed likeness.

Older brother

Late-20s/early-30s man, lean, longer oval face, wavy dark-brown hair, expressive dark brows, hooded warm-brown eyes, tapered jaw, composed and weary — a man holding something in. Fictional character, not a real person.

Younger brother

Mid/late-20s man, rounder fuller face, thick dark curly hair, heavy low brow, deep-set brown eyes, raw and haunted, younger-brother restlessness. Fictional character, not a real person.