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Nicholas Caradoc Hoult
RISING STAR
Awards
Nick has been nominated for awards such as British
Academy Award, and Critics Choice Award. In 2010, Hoult
was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, voted on
by the British public. Other nominations include a Walkers
Home Grown Talent Award.
His middle name “Caradoc” means “the beloved one” in
Welsh.
He is greatly inspired by Muhammad Ali and sleeps under
a poster of the champ.
Holt was included in Forbes magazine’s 2012 list of ‘30
under 30’.
Praise for Hoult
“Nick takes his job very, very seriously. I guess that
comes from being a child actor, where you have to be
disciplined from such an early age.”- Tom Ford, designer
& screenwriter.
“While Nick still looks quite young and naïve, there’s
a wolfishness to him. These qualities make him very
interesting to directors. The variety of roles he’s doing
will be good for him in the long-run – he’ll keep shape-
shifting, and keep making choices that are a bit different
and riskier.” - Owen Harris, director
UP CLOSE BIRTH NAME:
Nicholas Caradoc Hoult
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He was once a choir boy and can play the trombone. OCCUPATION:
Actor
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His favourite sport is basketball.
Born to Glenis and Roger Hoult, Nick is the third of four
children. His mother is a piano teacher and father a
pilot. His great-aunt Dame Anna Neagle was one of the
most popular actresses of the 1930s. alongside Hugh Grant in About a Boy (2002), for which he
won several nominations and awards. In 2005, he starred
in his first American film  The Weather Man as Nicolas
Cage’s son.
Nick was just three when a director spotted him watching
his brother in a play, and remarked on the child’s ability to
concentrate. At age 17, he received recognition for starring as Tony
Stonem in the BAFTA-awarded British teen drama
series Skins (2007) for two seasons until 2008. Later he
played the role of Kenny Potter in the Oscar-nominated
film  A Single Man (2009) after being discovered by
director Tom Ford. He was also chosen as one of the
models for Tom Ford’s eyewear campaign.
Soon, the talented little Hoult kickstarted his career with
dramas such as Casualty and The Bill. When he was in the
sixth grade, he landed an important role in E4’s ground
breaking youth drama, Skins. He has never looked back.
Nick attended the reputed Sylvia Young Theatre School in
London. He practised ballet along with his sisters and was
involved in productions of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker
with the national ballet.
His filmography so far includes Intimate Relations (1996)
and a breakthrough role as Marcus Brewer
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BIRTH DATE:
7 December, 1989
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PLACE OF BIRTH:
Wokingham, UK
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YEARS ACTIVE:
1996–present
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In late 2010, Nicholas Hoult was cast as Beast in X-Men:
First Class (2011), and reprised his role in the X-Men
franchise in later films  X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). He then starred as R
in the zombie horror-romance Warm Bodies (2013)
alongside Teresa Palmer. In 2015 he starred in Mad Max:
Fury Road. He’ll now be seen in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, set
to hit the theatres this month.
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QUICK FACTS
Nationality:
British
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