Jacob Elordi Shows Off New Blonde Hair Alongside Kendall Jenner
Jacob Elordi swapped his signature dark curls for blonde hair during a Broadway night out with Kendall Jenner in New York City. Here's a look.
Credit E! News, Just Jared, TMZ, IBTimes UK, Fashion Times, Playbill, Time Out, Netflix Tudum, TheWrap, The Nightly, The Blast, Hola
Jacob Elordi has a new look, or at least the start of one.
The actor, 29, was photographed in New York City on Saturday, Nov. 7, with blonde hair showing under a black beanie, a change from the dark, tousled curls he is known for. His eyebrows also looked lighter in the photos, E! News reported.
He was with Kendall Jenner, 31, on the way to see Paranormal Activity on Broadway.
What the photos show
The photos were first shared by the gossip account DeuxMoi, and E! News, Just Jared and TMZ ran them on Nov. 8 and 9. The outlets do not describe the evening in exactly the same way:
- The hair: Entertainment Now and The Blast say the beanie covered most of it. Fashion Times says only a small section was visible and the picture was too soft to judge the eyebrows. Just Jared said he "appeared to have dyed" it. Nobody has confirmed a dye job, and no outlet has reported a wig.
- The outfits: Elordi wore a black long-sleeve top with a matching beanie. Entertainment Now and ARY News describe Jenner in a black trench coat. TMZ, IBTimes and Fashion Times give no coat detail.
- The venue: TMZ and Just Jared put them at the August Wilson Theatre. E! reported drinks beforehand, and TMZ's video shows them leaning close across a table at intermission.
- The day: Most outlets say Saturday night. Tag24 wrote "Sunday evening," but the photos were posted on Sunday.
What "Paranormal Activity" is on stage
The Broadway show is not a retelling of the movie. Playbill describes an original story set in the Paranormal Activity world, about a couple, Lou and James, who move from Chicago to London. Levi Holloway wrote it and Felix Barrett of Punchdrunk, the company behind Sleep No More, directed.
Previews began Aug. 14 and the show opened Aug. 25 at the August Wilson Theatre. BroadwayWorld reported in October that the run was extended through Feb. 28, 2027. Reviews have been mostly positive. Time Out gave it four stars and wrote that the show is "more interested in the psychology of fear than in delivering jump scares."
The film franchise premiered at a horror festival in 2007 and became a hit after its wide release in October 2009.
Elordi's looks, in order
Elordi's look has changed often. Here is what has been reported:
| When | Look | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wig pieces blended with his own hair to play Elvis in Priscilla | TheWrap |
| Nov. 2024 | A full beard and longer hair at the Marrakech Film Festival | TMZ |
| Feb. 2025 | Untamed hair and long sideburns at the Berlin Film Festival | Hello! |
| Oct. 2025 | About 10 hours of makeup and 42 prosthetic pieces as the Creature in Frankenstein | E!, via KATV |
| Jan. 11, 2026 | A layered "soft-rock mini mullet" at the Golden Globes | Man About Town |
| Sept. 2026 | A goatee at a Los Angeles lunch | The Blast |
| Nov. 7, 2026 | Blonde hair under a beanie in New York | E! News |
We found no earlier report of Elordi going blonde.
Why Frankenstein changed his work
For Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Elordi played the Creature. Del Toro told E! News at the Los Angeles premiere that it took "around 10 hours every day and about 42 pieces of makeup, prosthetics." Elordi told Netflix's Tudum, "Your skin gets washed out and covered with something new."
The performance earned him his first Oscar nomination, for best supporting actor. He lost to Sean Penn at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026.
Official trailer for Frankenstein, from Netflix.
He then played Heathcliff opposite Margot Robbie in Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, which opened at No. 1 on Feb. 13 with about $82 million worldwide and mixed reviews.
Official trailer for Wuthering Heights, from Warner Bros.
Is the new hair for a role?
Neither Elordi nor Jenner, nor their representatives, has commented on the look. E! noted it is unclear whether the change is tied to a project.
Variety reported in August that Elordi was in talks to join A24's Scapegoat, written and directed by Ari Aster and led by Scarlett Johansson, and Dread Central later said he had joined. Some coverage, citing Vogue, has linked the blonde to that film. Neither Aster nor Elordi has confirmed a connection, and nothing public describes the character or the look.
Where the two have been seen in 2026
Elordi and Jenner have not commented on their relationship. Every sighting below comes from photos or reports by the outlets named, and none includes a statement from either of them.
| When | Where | Reported by |
|---|---|---|
| April | Indio, Calif. | Hola, citing DeuxMoi and unverified accounts of the first Coachella weekend |
| Mid-May | Kauai, Hawaii | TMZ photographed them sitting close on a beach, per The Nightly |
| June 1 | Tokyo | Dinner at Udon Shin, in a photo posted by the restaurant, per The Nightly |
| Late June | Byron Bay, Australia | Photos of them walking Elordi's dog, per Page Six |
| Aug. 20 to 22 | London | Elordi attended The Dog Stars premiere without Jenner. They were photographed together at dinner afterward, including holding hands, per E! News and Page Six |
| Sept. 19 to 20 | Los Angeles | A lunch where Elordi had a goatee, per The Blast |
| Nov. 7 | New York | Paranormal Activity on Broadway, per TMZ and E! News |
| Nov. 8 | New York | Coffee in the West Village, then sitting close on a stoop, per TMZ |
Some headlines have said the two are "official." Those claims rest on photos and unnamed sources, not on anything either of them has said. The reports also disagree on small details. Page Six dated the London hand-holding to a Friday, while E! News, via ANI, said Aug. 20.
What Kendall has going on
Jenner turned 31 on Nov. 3. The eighth season of The Kardashians has been airing on Hulu since Oct. 8, and she appeared with her sisters in Skims' holiday campaign, shot by Nadia Lee Cohen. She also built the tequila brand 818 and became a global ambassador and shareholder in the drinks brand TRIP in September, according to Hello!.
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