Will Poulter's Biography
Will Poulter (full name William Jack Poulter) is a BAFTA award winner in the "Rising Star" category and an MTV Movie Awards winner for "Breakthrough of the Year," "Best Fight," and "Best Kiss." He co-starred with big screen legends Tom Hardy and Leonardo DiCaprio in Alejandro González Iñárritu's western "The Revenant," which won the Golden Globe in 2016, received a record 12 Oscar nominations, won three of them, and was a box office triumph.
Childhood
The actor was born on January 28, 1993, in London's Hammersmith area to a family of medical professionals. His mother Caroline was a nurse, and his father Neil was a doctor and professor of cardiovascular medicine at Imperial College London. Will has an older brother and sister Ed and Jo, and a younger sister named Charlotte. His maternal grandfather was a prominent wildlife conservation specialist who worked in Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve, where Will's mother spent her childhood.
Career Path
In 2007, the young Londoner made his debut in a lead role in the family film "Son of Rambow," which premiered at Sundance and received warm audience reviews. He played Lee Carter, an unruly schoolboy who decides to make a film with his friend Will Proudfoot (played by Bill Milner). A year later, the talented teenager appeared in the pilot for Channel 4's Comedy Lab project "School of Comedy." The actor later referred to these two projects as his main universities in the profession.
Each key character in the film faced temptation from one of the deadly sins: Will's character, the bratty Eustace, battled greed, while his cousin Lucy (Georgie Henley) conquered envy and Edmund (Alexander Keynes) wrestled with pride. For this role, Poulter was nominated for a Saturn Award in the "Best Young Actor" category.
2022 saw the premiere of "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" starring Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton. Based on Agatha Christie's novel, the story follows Bobby, a vicar's son who witnesses a stranger's death—but not before the dying man utters the mysterious phrase that gives the series its title. Together with his friend, he tries to solve this mystery....His desire to be successful and at the same time a good person. At the same time, he understands perfectly well that he cannot have it both ways. When he took a job at Purdue Pharma, he dreamed that he would be of benefit, that he would be involved in a real pharmaceutical revolution. And for a while, Billy, like most of his colleagues, believed the owners' false assurances that their drug is not addictive and does not harm.
Will Poulter's Personal Life
The famously eyebrowed British actor keeps his private life pretty under wraps. Rumor has it he was once told to get his eyebrows "fixed," but he wasn't having it.
Will Poulter Now
In 2023, Poulter filmed the drama "On Swift Horses," based on Shannon Pufahl's novel. He portrays Lee, the newlywed husband of Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones). Lee's brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) – a dangerous, impulsive racing obsessive – disrupts their happiness.He also starred in the horror-comedy "Death of a Unicorn" with Jenna Ortega – about a family that kills a unicorn for its magical horn, which naturally comes with terrifying consequences.
These days, Will says he's increasingly drawn to socially conscious projects:
I feel that in my work and in the people I work with, there is a real opportunity in the role of storyteller to reflect on society and, hopefully, to influence people's perspectives, as well as positively motivate progressive actions. But again, I also realize that I'm an actor, not an activist. If I were an activist, I would quit my job and dedicate myself entirely to activism. I'm very fortunate that my job provides a certain platform.
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