Finn Wolfhard turned heads with his breakthrough role as Mike Wheeler, the lovable lead of Netflix's 'Stranger Things' and while he is all set to enter his teenhood in the upcoming Season 3, 2019 will be quite the Wolfhard year. The now 16-year-old actor is known for his role in the Netflix series, and made his mark in horror movies with his perfect comical timing in his role as Richie Tozier in Andy Muschietti’s big-screen adaptation of the Stephen King classic 'IT'.

While this year, his most significant project will remain the Netflix series, Wolfhard has quite a lot to look forward to. However, first let's see where this actor actually comes from. Let's just say, Wolfhard has always been an insanely creative boy.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to a family of French, German and Jewish descent, Wolfhard is the son of Eric Wolfhard, a screenwriter, and he also has an older brother named Nick. Wolfhard actually developed his interest in acting from his father and to help the latter promote his scripts.

In an interview with Vulture, he explained, "It’s insanely hard for my dad... A lot of the reason why I also got into this was to sell his scripts. Hey, if I was in show business, I can promote: 'Hey, check it out — you’re in the film business? That’s cool. My dad’s in the film business.'”

Wolfhard's caring nature has perhaps even extended out to his character Mike who also uses his influence to help out his friend Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) who somehow seems to be the most victimized character ever. As Will's go-to buddy, Wolfhard has won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Barely a year after starring on 'Stranger Things', Wolfhard extended out into his interest in music and formed the band Calpurnia where he took up vocals and rhythm guitar, and was joined by Malcolm Craig (drums), Ayla Tesler-Mabe (lead guitar, vocals) and Jack Anderson (bass).

The band was recruited by Weezer in February this year, as the four members were featured in their new video 'Take On Me'. What is really admirable about Wolfhard is that he isn't interested in the fame following him. Instead, he is deeply intrigued by the art of filmmaking, although he did start off his career on Craigslist.

He is also set to set star alongside Brooklynn Prince ('The Florida Project'), and Mackenzie Davis ('Tully', 'Halt and Catch Fire') in 'The Turning', another horror film which has been directed by 'The Runaways' filmmaker Floria Sigismondi. However, soon he will divert from his roles in unnatural worlds as he all set to play a pivotal role in 'The Goldfinch' coming from director John Crowley's adaptation of Donna Tartt's novel.

Wolfhard will play the teenage Boris Pavlikovsky, an interesting and dangerous character in the story, whom the book's main character meets in Las Vegas for the first time. It will be interesting to see how the actor comes up with a complex accent that involves Russian, Ukrainian, and Australian dialects.