Nicholas Hoult
- Actor
- Producer
- Executive
Nicholas Hoult was born on December 7, 1989 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK as Nicholas Caradoc Hoult. His parents areGlenis Hoult,a piano teacher and Roger Hoult, a pilot. He has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. His great-aunt was one of the most popular actresses of her time, DameAnna Neagle.He attended Sylvia Young Theatre School, a school for performing arts, to start acting as a career.
His breakthrough role was as a child when he starred as Marcus Brewer inAbout a Boy (2002),alongsideHugh Grant.In 2005, he starred in his first American filmThe Weather Man (2005)asNicolas Cage's son. At age 17, he received recognition for starring as Tony Stonem in the BAFTAs-awarded British teen-drama seriesSkins (2007).Later he played the role of Kenny Potter in the Oscar-nominated filmA Single Man (2009)after being discovered by directorTom Ford.
Hoult was cast as Hank / Beast in the X-Men franchise and starred in the filmsX-Men: First Class (2011),X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014),X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)andDark Phoenix (2019).
He also starred as "R" in the romance / horror zombie filmWarm Bodies (2013),Jack inJack the Giant Slayer (2013),Nux inMad Max: Fury Road (2015)and British novelist J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, in the biographical filmTolkien (2019).
His breakthrough role was as a child when he starred as Marcus Brewer inAbout a Boy (2002),alongsideHugh Grant.In 2005, he starred in his first American filmThe Weather Man (2005)asNicolas Cage's son. At age 17, he received recognition for starring as Tony Stonem in the BAFTAs-awarded British teen-drama seriesSkins (2007).Later he played the role of Kenny Potter in the Oscar-nominated filmA Single Man (2009)after being discovered by directorTom Ford.
Hoult was cast as Hank / Beast in the X-Men franchise and starred in the filmsX-Men: First Class (2011),X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014),X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)andDark Phoenix (2019).
He also starred as "R" in the romance / horror zombie filmWarm Bodies (2013),Jack inJack the Giant Slayer (2013),Nux inMad Max: Fury Road (2015)and British novelist J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, in the biographical filmTolkien (2019).
