Fred Hechinger

Hechinger was born in New York City to parents Sarah Rozen and Paul Hechinger.^[3] His grandfather was The New York Times education editor Fred M. Hechinger.^[4] He grew up on the Upper West Side and attended Saint Ann's School, where his classmates included fellow actors Lucas Hedges and Maya Hawke. Hechinger was a teen reporter^[5] and studied at Upright Citizens Brigade. He is Jewish.^[4][6]

In 2018, Hechinger made his acting debut as Trevor in the coming-of-age dramedy film Eighth Grade. The following year, he co-starred in Marc Meyers' drama film Human Capital, which is based on Stephen Amidon's 2004 novel of the same name. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and later released through DirecTV Cinema on March 20, 2020.^[7]

In 2020, Hechinger appeared in Paul Greengrass' Western film, News of the World, which starred Tom Hanks.

In 2021, he starred alongside Amy Adams in the Joe Wright-directed psychological thriller film The Woman in the Window; the movie had already been filmed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][8]

He appeared as Simon Kalivoda in the Netflix horror films The Fear Street Trilogy, which were released in 2021.^[9] Hechinger's breakout role came in his performance as Quinn Mossbacher in the first season of HBO's The White Lotus, which was released in the same year.

In 2024 Hechinger appeared in Ridley Scott's historical epic film Gladiator II, portraying a fictionalized version of Roman Emperor Caracalla.^[10][11] Later that year he appeared in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Kraven the Hunter, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role,^[12] in which he portrayed Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon.^[13] He co-starred with Oscar-nominated June Squibb in Thelma which received a 98 percent rating^[14] on Rotten Tomatoes.^[15] It also starred Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcom McDowell and Richard Roundtree.