<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.natandalex.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff (born December 17, 1994) is an American actor, singer - songwriter, and musician . Wolff gained recognition for composing the music for The Naked Brothers Band (2007--09), a Nickelodeon television series he starred in with his younger brother Alex that was created by their actress mother Polly Draper . Wolff's jazz pianist father Michael Wolff co-produced the series' soundtrack albums, The Naked Brothers Band (2007) and I Don't Want to Go to School (2008); the former of which ranked the 23rd spot on the Billboard 200 charts . </P> <P> Following the ending of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his brother formed the music duo Nat & Alex Wolff, and they released the album Black Sheep in 2011 . He later became known for his lead role in the film Paper Towns (2015), and other films such as Admission, Behaving Badly, and Palo Alto, each of which premiered in 2013 . Wolff also co-starred in the highly successful theatrical film, The Fault in Our Stars (2014) before portraying Ed in the film Ashby in 2015 . He portrayed Light Turner in the Netflix adaptation of Death Note (2017). </P> <P> Wolff was born in Los Angeles, California, to jazz pianist Michael Wolff and actress Polly Draper . He is the older brother to actor / musician and singer - songwriter Alex Wolff . His maternal grandfather is venture capitalist and civic leader William Henry Draper III, and he is also a nephew of venture capitalist Timothy C. Draper, cousin to actress Jesse Draper, and a great - grandson of banker and diplomat William Henry Draper, Jr . His father is Jewish, while his mother is from a Christian background; Wolff was brought up "culturally Jewish ." </P>

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