FAIR LAWN’S FAME: Meet the 4th Grader Playing Young Bruce Springsteen in the New Biopic
photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
FAIR LAWN, NJ – North Jersey is once again taking the spotlight on the national stage! A local talent, Matthew Pellicano Jr., a fourth-grade student from Lyncrest Elementary School in Fair Lawn, is now gracing the big screen, starring as the younger version of the legendary Bruce Springsteen in the new biopic, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”
The film, which chronicles the making of Springsteen’s raw and introspective 1982 Nebraska album, hit theaters on October 24, 2025. Pellicano’s role as “Young Bruce” shines a light on the Boss’s childhood roots right here in New Jersey.
