American Horror Story

Finn Wittrock stars as the entitled son Dandy Mott in the fourth installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Career Highlights

Finn Wittrock is a Julliard trained actor who already has an extensive resume in film, television and theatre.&nbsp;Wittrock attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, followed by Julliard, and is currently a member of The Mechanicals Theatre Group in L.A., where he has also directed.Wittrock recently wrapped production on the independent drama, My All American, written and directed by Angelo Pizzo (Hoosiers and Rudy.) My All American chronicles the story of college football star “Freddie Steinmark” (Wittrock) who is diagnosed with cancer after winning the national title in 1969. Wittrock stars alongside Aaron Eckhart who portrays “Darrell Royal,” his coach at the University of Texas.&nbsp;Wittrock also appears in Universal Pictures’ highly-anticipated true-life WWII drama, Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie and based on the true life story of Louis Zamperini. He portrays the character “Francis ‘Mac’ McNamara,” who is stranded at sea on a life raft for 47 days. He stars alongside Jack O’Connell (Zamperini), Jai Courtney and Domhnall Gleeson.&nbsp;Wittrock starred in HBO’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy award-winning film The Normal Heart, directed by Ryan Murphy and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name written by Larry Kramer. The Normal Heart, which stars Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch and Jim Parsons, tells the story of a gay activist attempting to raise HIV/AIDS awareness during the onset of the crisis in New York City in the 1980’s.&nbsp;Wittrock’s additional film credits include; The Submarine Kid, which he wrote with lifelong friend Eric Bilitch, Noah directed by Darren Aronofsky, Winter’s Tale, written and directed by Akiva Goldsman, and Twelve, directed by Joel Schumacher.After graduating from Juilliard, Wittrock began his career onstage playing “Romeo” in Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., and “Marchbanks” in Shaw’s Candida at the Berkshire Theatre Festival near his hometown of Lennox, Massachusetts. He made his Broadway debut as “Happy Loman” opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols’ 2012 revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, which won both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival and Best Director of that year, respectively. Whitrock won a Theatre World Award and the Clarence Derwent Award for this performance.Wittrock followed that success with appearances at Chicago’s GoodmanTheatre opposite Diane Lane in Tennessee Williams’ critically acclaimed Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by David Cromer, and The Guardsman, directed by Gregory Mosher at The Kennedy Center. Off-Broadway, Wittrock starred in Tony Kushner’s The Illusion at the Signature Theatre and Age of Iron at the Classic Stage Co.Other regional theater credits include The Blue Deep at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; The Laramie Project with The Mechanicals Theatre Group; and productions of The Matchmaker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at A Noise Within Theatre Company.Early in his career, he originated the role of “Damon” in ABC’s All My Children. Other television credits include guest-star appearances on Criminal Minds, Law &amp; Order: SVU, Harry’s Law, CSI: Miami, Cold Case and ER. Wittrock also holds the recurring role of “Dale” in SHOWTIME’s acclaimed drama, Masters of Sex.&nbsp;Wittrock currently resides in NYC.

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Finn Wittrock stars as the entitled son Dandy Mott in the fourth installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott in FX's AHS: Freak Show

Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott | AHS: Freak Show | FX

American Horror Story: Freak Show

Finn Wittrock

Career Highlights

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Jessica Lange
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Kathy Bates
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Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott | AHS: Freak Show | FX

Finn Wittrock

Jessica Langeas Elsa Mars

Kathy Batesas Ethel Darling

Jessica Lange
as Elsa Mars

Kathy Bates
as Ethel Darling