Personal life

Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sari (née Newmann), an interior designer, and Mark Ehrenreich. His stepfather, Harry Aronowitz, is an orthodontist. He is from a Jewish family (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland), and was raised in Reconstructionist Judaism. His parents were both passionate about film and Ehrenreich grew up watching "a lot of movies."

Ehrenreich began acting at the Palisades Elementary School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and continued doing so at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. After graduating from high school, he studied at New York University studying acting, but never finished his degree. In 2009, he co-founded "The Collectin" with his friend Zoë Worth in New York. that consists of actors, writers, producers and directors who collaborate on films and theater performances.

Career

2005-10

Ehrenreich was discovered at a friend's bat mitzvah reception by Steven Spielberg, when Spielberg watched a comedy video created by Ehrenreich and a friend, "which began in the present and eventually cut to 20 or 30 years later, with Mr. Ehrenreich, in a kimono, screaming to stop a wedding." Ehrenreich has described the comedic performance he gave in the movie as: "I ran around as a skinny little punk, trying on girls' clothes and eating dirt." He was then contacted by DreamWorks, a studio which Spielberg helped found, and met with its casting director. The meeting with Spielberg led to acting roles on television shows such as Supernatural and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In 2007, Ehrenreich auditioned and won the role of Bennie Tetrocini in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro. Coppola requested Ehrenreich read a passage from The Catcher in the Rye for his main audition. The film was released in limited release in 2009 and received generally positive reviews from critics; praising Ehrenreich's performance. In 2011, he played a minor role in Coppola's subsequent film Twixt and appeared alongside Natalie Portman in the Sofia Coppola-directed Miss Dior Cherie commercial.

2013-present

In 2013, he starred as Ethan Wate in the film adaptation of the novel Beautiful Creatures, and appeared as Whip Taylor in Park Chan-wook's thriller film Stoker. He then played the stepson of Cate Blanchett in the Woody Allen-directed drama film Blue Jasmine. In 2016, Ehrenreich became more widely known for his co-leading role as Hobie Doyle in the Coen brothers film Hail, Caesar!, alongside a cast that included Josh Brolin and George Clooney. Many critics praised Ehrenreich's performance in particular. Ehrenreich will star in a leading role in Warren Beatty's upcoming romantic comedy-drama Rules Don't Apply, to be released on November 11, 2016. He will star in The Yellow Birds (2016) with Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston.

In March 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ehrenreich was one of a number of actors to audition for the role of Han Solo for the upcoming Star Wars anthology film, and had made the final shortlist. On April 16, 2016, Deadline.com reported that he was the frontrunner for the role following a series of secret screen-tests. On May 5, 2016, Ehrenreich was cast as Han Solo, with the film following Solo's early life before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Switcheroo!	Dan	Short film
2009	Tetro	Bennie Tetrocini
2009	Greased	Ben	Short film
2010	Somewhere	Actor at Party	Uncredited
2010	Ten Fingers	Harry	Short film
2011	Twixt	Flamingo
2011	A Dentist	Alan Goldenberg	Short film
2013	Beautiful Creatures	Ethan Wate
2013	Stoker	Whip Taylor
2013	Blue Jasmine	Danny Francis
2013	Teenage	1940s Teenager
2015	Running Wild	Eli
2016	Hail, Caesar!	Hobie Doyle
2016	Rules Don't Apply	Frank Forbes	Completed
2017	The Yellow Birds	Brandon Bartle	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Supernatural	Ben Collins	Episode: "Wendigo"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sven	Episode: "Built to Kill, Part 2"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result
2013	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Romance	Beautiful Creatures	Nominated
	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock (with Alice Englert)		Nominated
2014	Gold Derby Award for Best Ensemble Cast	Blue Jasmine	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]