Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born 7 December 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 and a Critics Choice Award
for his work.Born and brought up 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 the age of seven
in the 1996 film Intimate Relations, and appeared in several
television programmes between 1998 and 2001. Hoult's breakthrough role
came when he portrayed 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. Hoult earned wider recognition and
praise for his performance as Tony Stonem in the E4 teen comedy-drama
series Skins (2007â€"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),
the writer J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien (2019), and Peter III in the
Hulu miniseries The Great (2020).
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 and a Critics Choice Award
for his work.Born and brought up 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 the age of seven
in the 1996 film Intimate Relations, and appeared in several
television programmes between 1998 and 2001. Hoult's breakthrough role
came when he portrayed 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. Hoult earned wider recognition and
praise for his performance as Tony Stonem in the E4 teen comedy-drama
series Skins (2007â€"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),
the writer J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien (2019), and Peter III in the
Hulu miniseries The Great (2020).
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