Anecdotes

"Discovered" by Steven Spielberg at the Bar Mitzvah of a friend of Spielberg's daughter.

In 2009, he co-founded the theater/film company "The Collectin" with Zoë Worth.

Last name is pronounced "air-ren-rike", and means "rich in honour" in German.

Alden's ancestry is seven eighths Ashkenazi Jewish and one eighth British Isles (the latter from a paternal great-grandmother). His Ashkenazi ancestors came to the U.S. from Russia, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland. Alden was raised in Reconstructionist Judaism, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

He is named after Field of Dreams (1989) director Phil Alden Robinson who is a close friend of his parents.

Auditioned for Peter Parker/Spider-Man in L'extraordinaire Spider-Man (2012) and Harry Osborn in L'extraordinaire Spider-Man 2 (2014).

He has worked with six directors who have won the Academy Award for Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Warren Beatty, and Ron Howard.