Wyatt Oleff
Name
Wyatt Jess Oleff
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Birth date
July 13, 2003
Occupation
Actor, Second unit director or assistant director & Director
Active Years
2012-present
Wyatt Jess Oleff[1] (born July 13, 2003) is an American actor, known for portraying the role of Stanley Uris in the 2017 supernatural horror film It and its 2019 sequel, as well as the role of Stanley Barber in the coming-of-age comedy-drama Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This (2020),[2] and a young Peter Quill in the Marvel Studios superhero films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).
Early life[]
Oleff was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Doug and Jennifer Oleff, living there for the first seven years of his life.[3] He then moved to Los Angeles with his parents and began acting.[3] One of his earliest acting roles was in a commercial for Coldwell Banker.[3]
Filmography[]
- Karate Kid
- Fable - Video Game…as Stanley Uris - DLC 1 (voice)
- Jujutsu Kaisen…as Megumi fushiguro
- City on Fire - TV Series…as Charlie (8 episodes)
- The Year Between…as Neil Miller
- Stay Awake…as Ethan
- Oh, Sorry - Short…as Sam (second unit director)
- Acting for a Cause - TV Series…as Lysander (1 episode)
- The Weight of Perfection - Short…as Walker (second unit director)
- I Am Not Okay with This - TV Series…as Stanley Barber (7 episodes)
- It Chapter Two…as Young Stanley Uris
- Mighty Mike - TV Series…as Freddy The Raccoon (voice) (1 episode)
- It…as Stanley Uris
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2…as Young Peter Quill
- The History of Us…as Young Andrew
- Writer's Block - Short (directed)
- Crafty: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of the Girl in Charge of Snacks)…as Rocco - Cinematographer
- Scorpion - TV Series…as Owen
- Guardians of the Galaxy…as Young Peter Quill
- Someone Marry Barry…as J.T.
- Middle Age Rage…as Oliver Bobeck
- Once Upon a Time - TV Series…as Young Rumplestiltskin (1 episode)
- Shake It Up - TV Series…as Byron & Kid (1 episode)
- Suburgatory - TV Series…as Kevuel (1 episode)
- Animal Practice - TV Series…as Young George (1 episode)
Music video[]
- Sia: Santa’s Coming for Us…as Himself
Awards and nominations[]
- Catalina Film Festival
- 2017 — Crest Award—Acting — Guardians of the Galaxy; It (Won)[4]
- MTV Movie & TV Awards
- 2018 — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (with Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Chosen Jacobs) — It (Won)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His parents are Doug and Jennifer Oleff. They are the owners of CHALK Preschools which they originally founded in Bloomington, Illinois in 2005.
- His surname, originally spelled Olefsky, comes from his Russian Jewish heritage.
- Mother is Los Angeles-based artist Jennifer Oleff.
- Has an older brother Eli.
- He has made guest appearances on shows such as Suburgatory, Shake It Up, Once Upon a Time and Scorpion.
External links[]
Wyatt Oleff at IMDb
References[]
- ↑ Sandoval, Ana. "'IT' star Wyatt Oleff says the movie is "a coming of age story"", PulseSpikes, World Press Group, Inc., 20 September 2017.
- ↑ Hitt, Caitlyn. "'It' star Wyatt Oleff on the Losers Club's battle with Pennywise, what sets the remake apart", 8 September 2017.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPulseSpikes2 - ↑ Chidester, Jennifer. "Catalina Film Festival Wraps 7th Annual Fest with Awards in 14 Categories", Catalina Film Festival, 3 October 2017.