Dane DeHaan was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His father, Jeff DeHaan, is a computer programmer, and his mother, Cynthia Boscia, is an executive at Knoll Furniture. Dane DeHaan has an older sister, Meghann, and had what the New York Times Magazine has described as a "very normal, super-supportive childhood". Dane DeHaan attended Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania for three years, and appeared in community theater. He switched to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for his senior year, where he was "around artists for the first time". He graduated from the university in 2008.
