Owen Thiele


Owen Thiele is an American actor and podcaster known from the comedy series Adults and tv series ''Overcompensating.''

Early life

Thiele was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. He attended school at Center for Early Education and Crossroads School. Thiele studied theater at the Adderley School in Pacific Palisades. He spent a month at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out.

Career

Acting

Thiele worked on the web series Eighty-Sixed with Cazzie David. He made an appearance on Hailey Bieber's YouTube interview series, Who’s in My Bathroom?. He also appeared in the Taylor Swift music video for her single "The Man" and recorded videos with Emma Chamberlain. He also appeared in the Taylor Swift music video for "You Need to Calm Down".
His acting roles went on to include I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and Hacks. He was cast in the second season of the comedy series Dollface. He had a "breakout" role in the 2023 mockumentary comedy film Theater Camp as costume director Gigi Charbonier. That year, he appeared as Archer March in romantic comedy film Zoey 102, a spin-off from Nickelodeon comedy drama series Zoey 101. He appeared in 2023 film Parachute, directed by Brittany Snow in her directorial debut.
In 2024, he was cast in Amazon Prime Video series Overcompensating. He appeared in A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter at Christmas 2024. That year, he began developing Off Color, a semi-autobiographical comedy for Amazon Prime Video, with Brian Gallivan, Ilana Glazer, and Kent Alterman and Sarah Babineau among its executive producers. He was also cast in FX pilot Adults, created by The Tonight Show writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw. Adults has been renewed for a second season by FX.
He will appear in 2025 film Idiotka, set in the fashion industry with Camila Mendes.

Podcast

In 2024, Thiele started his own podcast In Your Dreams on Alex Cooper’s Unwell network, featuring guests such as Molly Gordon, Rachel Sennott and Emma Chamberlain.

Music

His debut single "Some Like It Hot" was written by Wynne Bennet and Fiona Bevan and released in 2018. He also sings on the soundtrack of the film Theatre Camp.

Personal life

Thiele was adopted from birth by music producer Bob Thiele Jr. and his wife, who were unable to have children due to cervical cancer. He is openly gay.