Nicholas Hoult

Acting · Born 1989-12-07 in Wokingham, England, UK

Biography

Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (/hoʊlt/; born 7 December 1989) is an English actor. He has received several accolades, including nominations for a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globes, and a Primetime Emmy Award. His successful start in cinema came at the age of 11, when he portrayed Marcus in About a Boy (2002). Before that, he had appeared in minor television and film roles in British productions, having started acting at the age of three with his debut in Intimate Relations (1996). At 17, he played Tony Stonem in the British series Skins (2007–2008), a role that helped him transition from a child star to more complex, darker characters in the film industry, leading to success and critical recognition. It would not be until a decade later that he returned to television, portraying…

Filmography

• A Single Man as Kenny
• X-Men: First Class as Hank / Beast
• Mad Max: Fury Road as Nux
• X-Men: Days of Future Past as Hank / Beast
• Superman as Lex Luthor
• The Garfield Movie as Jon (voice)
• The Favourite as Harley
• Tolkien as J.R.R. Tolkien
• Once Upon a Deadpool as Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited)
• The Banker as Matt Steiner

TV

• Skins as Tony Stonem
• The Great as Peter III of Russia
• Brass Eye as School Boy
• Peacemaker as Lex Luthor
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Special Guest
• Keen Eddie
• The Bill
• The Charlotte Church Show as Self
• Waking the Dead as Max Bryson
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self