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Nicholas Hoult

Born
December 7, 1989
Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born December 7, 1989) is an English actor. His body of work includes supporting work in big-budget mainstream productions and starring roles in independent projects in both the American and the British film industries. He has been nominated for awards such as a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Born and raised in Wokingham, Berkshire, Hoult was drawn to acting from a young age and appeared in local theatre productions as a child. He made his screen debut at age seven in the 1996 film Intimate Relations, and appeared in several television programmes between 1998 and 2001. Hoult's breakthrough role came when he played Marcus Brewer in the 2002 comedy-drama film About a Boy, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. He achieved wider recognition and praise for his performance as Tony Stonem in the E4 teen comedy-drama series Skins (2007–2008). His transition to adult roles began with the 2009 drama film A Single Man, for which he earned a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination, and the fantasy film Clash of the Titans (2010). He was cast as the mutant Hank McCoy in Matthew Vaughn's 2011 superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in later instalments of the series. In 2013, Hoult played the lead title role in the fantasy adaptation Jack the Giant Slayer and starred as a zombie in romantic comedy Warm Bodies. Following a supporting role in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Hoult starred in a number of independent films before portraying various real-life figures such as Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford in the historical black comedy The Favourite (2018), writer J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien (2019), and Peter III in the Hulu comedy-drama series The Great (2020–present). In 2021, he starred in the survival thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead.
Known For
Deadpool 2
(2018)
Beast (uncredited)
Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015)
Nux
The Garfield Movie
(2024)
Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Hank McCoy / Beast
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Hank McCoy / Beast
X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016)
Hank McCoy / Beast
The Menu
(2022)
Tyler
Once Upon a Deadpool
(2018)
Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited)
The Favourite
(2018)
Harley
Clash of the Titans
(2010)
Eusebios
Renfield
(2023)
Renfield
Those Who Wish Me Dead
(2021)
Patrick Blackwell
Jack the Giant Slayer
(2013)
Jack
Warm Bodies
(2013)
R
The Banker
(2020)
Matt Steiner
Collide
(2016)
Casey Stein
Full Filmography
Acting
Intimate Relations
(1996)
Bobby
Mr White Goes To Westminster
(1997)
John
About a Boy
(2002)
Marcus Brewer
The Weather Man
(2005)
Mike Spritzel
Wah-Wah
(2005)
Ralph Compton - 14 years
Kidulthood
(2006)
Blake
Coming Down the Mountain
(2007)
David Philips
A Single Man
(2009)
Kenny Potter
Clash of the Titans
(2010)
Eusebios
Heavy Rain
(2010)
X-Men: First Class
(2011)
Hank McCoy / Beast
Rule Number Three
(2011)
Matt
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
(2012)
Self - Hank McCoy
Jack the Giant Slayer
(2013)
Jack
Warm Bodies
(2013)
R
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Hank McCoy / Beast
Young Ones
(2014)
Flem Lever
Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015)
Nux
Dark Places
(2015)
Lyle Wirth
Equals
(2015)
Silas
Kill Your Friends
(2015)
Steven Stelfox
X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016)
Hank McCoy / Beast
Collide
(2016)
Casey Stein
Sand Castle
(2017)
Matt Ocre
Rebel in the Rye
(2017)
J.D. Salinger
Newness
(2017)
Martin Hallock
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
(2017)
Self
The Current War
(2018)
Nikola Tesla
The Favourite
(2018)
Harley
Once Upon a Deadpool
(2018)
Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
(2018)
Beast (uncredited)
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Hank McCoy / Beast
Tolkien
(2019)
J.R.R. Tolkien
True History of the Kelly Gang
(2019)
Sgt. Fitzpatrick
A Life on Screen, Hugh Grant
(2019)
Self
The Banker
(2020)
Matt Steiner
Those Who Wish Me Dead
(2021)
Patrick Blackwell
The Menu
(2022)
Tyler
Renfield
(2023)
Renfield
Nosferatu
(2024)
Thomas Hutter
The Garfield Movie
(2024)
Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Superman
(2025)
Lex Luthor
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