Nicholas Hoult
- Actor
- Producer
- Executive
Nicholas Hoult was born on December 7, 1989 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK as Nicholas Caradoc Hoult. His parents are Glenis 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, Dame Anna 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 in About a Boy (2002), alongside Hugh Grant. In 2005, he starred in his first American film Hạnh Phúc Mong Manh (2005) as Nicolas Cage's son. At age 17, he received recognition for starring as Tony Stonem in the BAFTAs-awarded British teen-drama series Thể Xác (2007). Later he played the role of Kenny Potter in the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man (2009) after being discovered by director Tom Ford.
Hoult was cast as Hank / Beast in the X-Men franchise and starred in the films X-Men: Thế Hệ Thứ Nhất (2011), X-Men: Ngày Cũ Của Tương Lai (2014), X-Men: Cuộc Chiến Chống Apocalyspe (2016) and X-Men: Phượng Hoàng Bóng Tối (2019).
He also starred as "R" in the romance / horror zombie film Tình Yêu Zombie (2013), Jack in Jack và Đại Chiến Người Khổng Lồ (2013), Nux in Max Điên: Con Đường Tử Thần (2015) and British novelist J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, in the biographical film Nhà Văn Tolkien (2019).
His breakthrough role was as a child when he starred as Marcus Brewer in About a Boy (2002), alongside Hugh Grant. In 2005, he starred in his first American film Hạnh Phúc Mong Manh (2005) as Nicolas Cage's son. At age 17, he received recognition for starring as Tony Stonem in the BAFTAs-awarded British teen-drama series Thể Xác (2007). Later he played the role of Kenny Potter in the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man (2009) after being discovered by director Tom Ford.
Hoult was cast as Hank / Beast in the X-Men franchise and starred in the films X-Men: Thế Hệ Thứ Nhất (2011), X-Men: Ngày Cũ Của Tương Lai (2014), X-Men: Cuộc Chiến Chống Apocalyspe (2016) and X-Men: Phượng Hoàng Bóng Tối (2019).
He also starred as "R" in the romance / horror zombie film Tình Yêu Zombie (2013), Jack in Jack và Đại Chiến Người Khổng Lồ (2013), Nux in Max Điên: Con Đường Tử Thần (2015) and British novelist J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings, in the biographical film Nhà Văn Tolkien (2019).