Alexander Draper Wolff was born on November 1, 1997, in the United States, making him an American actor and musician. He initially gained widespread recognition for his starring role alongside his older brother Nat in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band, which aired from 2007 to 2009. The show was created by their mother, Polly Draper, and the brothers released two soundtrack albums for the series, The Naked Brothers Band and I Don't Want to Go to School, which were co-produced by their father, Michael Wolff.
After the conclusion of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his older brother formed a duo called Nat & Alex Wolff and released the album Black Sheep in 2011. Following this, Wolff shifted his focus towards further acting roles. He portrayed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2016 film Patriots Day and John "Derf" Backderf in the 2017 film My Friend Dahmer. He also starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016),Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017),and Hereditary (2018).