Background
Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sari (née Newmann), an interior designer, and Mark Ehrenreich.
Ehrenreich was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sari (née Newmann), an interior designer, and Mark Ehrenreich.
After graduating from high school, he spent years at New York University studying acting but never finished his degree.
He made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola"s independent film Tetro (2009) and appeared in Coppola"s subsequent film Twixt (2011). In 2013, he appeared in Woody Allen"s Blue Jasmine, Park Chan-wook"s Stoker and starred in Richard LaGravenese"s Beautiful Creatures. In 2016, he starred as Hobie Doyle in the Coen brothers comedy Hail, Caesar! 2005-2010
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." The meeting with Spielberg led to acting roles on television shows such as Supernatural and Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation.
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 Mission 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 was cast in a leading role in Warren Beatty"s upcoming untitled Howard Hughes project
He will star in The Yellow Birds (2016) with Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston.