Will Peltz

Peltz was born in New York City,^[1] the son of Nelson Peltz, a billionaire businessman and model Claudia Heffner. Peltz's father is Jewish. Specifically of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent, while his mother has German, Welsh, and English ancestry.^[2][3] Peltz celebrated his bar mitzvah.^[4]

He has seven siblings, including actress Nicola Peltz, and two half-siblings from his father's previous marriages.^[2][5]

Peltz played ice hockey in his youth, advancing to Tier III Junior hockey with the Jersey Hitmen.^[6]

Peltz became interested in acting while reading scripts with his sister Nicola.^[1][7] In 2009, he moved to Los Angeles and secured his first roles in film productions.^[7]

In 2014, he had his first major role in Jason Reitman's drama film Men, Women & Children. That same year, he starred in the horror film Unfriended as Adam Sewell.

He and his sister actress Nicola Peltz have matching Hebrew tattoos on their ribs, that read: "family".^[8]

He has been in a relationship with American fashion model Kenya Kinski-Jones, daughter of American record producer Quincy Jones and German actress Nastassja Kinski, since 2011.^[9] The couple announced their engagement in July 2025.^[10] They were married on June 13, 2026 in Westchester County, New York.^[11]