English actor Nicholas Hoult made his acting debut as a child in the film Intimate Relations (1996). He gained wider recognition at age 11 for his starring role in the comedy-drama film About a Boy (2002). At the age of 17, he played the character Tony Stonem in the British series Skins (2007âÂÂ2008), a role that helped him transition to mature roles. At the Trafalgar Theatre in London, he starred in the play New Boy in 2009.
Hoult expanded to films with the drama A Single Man (2010), for which he received a BAFTA nomination. His subsequent film roles include X-Men (2011âÂÂ2019), Warm Bodies (2013), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), ' (2015), The Favourite (2018), Tolkien (2019), The Menu (2022) Renfield (2023), Juror #2 (2024), Nosferatu (2024), and Superman (2025). For his portrayal of Peter III of Russia in the satirical series The Great (2020âÂÂ2023), he earned nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.