Nathaniel Marvin Wolff is an American actor and musician He gained recognition for composing the music for The Naked Brothers Band 20072009 a Nickelodeon television series he starred in with his younger brother Alex that was created by their actress mother Polly Draper Wolffs jazz pianist father Michael Wolff coproduced the series soundtrack albums The Naked Brothers Band 2007 and I Dont Want to Go to School 2008 both of which ranked the 23rd spot on the Top 200 Billboard Charts 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 costarred 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