Ansel Elgort

Ansel Elgort

actor, producer, soundtrack

Ansel Elgort was born on Mar 14, 1994 in USA. Ansel Elgort's big-screen debut came with Carrie directed by Kimberly Peirce in 2013, strarring Tommy Ross. Ansel Elgort is known for Tokyo Vice directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, Ansel Elgort stars as Jake Adelstein and Ken Watanabe as Hiroto Katagiri. Ansel Elgort has got 9 awards and 16 nominations so far. The most recent award Ansel Elgort achieved is CinemaCon, USA. The upcoming new tvshow Ansel Elgort plays is Tokyo Vice - Season 1 which will be released on Apr 07, 2022.

Ansel Elgort is an American actor, known for playing Augustus Waters in the romance Nos étoiles contraires (2014) and the title character in the action thriller Baby Driver (2017). He was born in New York City to photographer Arthur Elgort and opera director Grethe Holby. His father is of Russian-Jewish heritage, while his mother has Norwegian and British Isles ancestry.As a child, Ansel tried out for the School of American Ballet, and attended Stagedoor Manor summer camp and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. He began his professional acting career on stage, appearing in Matt Charman's play "Regrets," which was performed off-Broadway. Ansel made his film debut in the horror remake Carrie, la vengeance (2013), and co-starred with Shailene Woodley in both the science-fiction tale Divergente (2014) (playing her character's brother) and the romantic drama Nos étoiles contraires (2014) (playing male lead Augustus Waters, who is Woodley's character's love interest). The film was based on the book by 'John Green' (XII). Ansel also had a role in Jason Reitman's drama film Men, Women & Children (2014), and returned for the sequels to Divergent, Divergente 2 : L'Insurrection (2015) and Divergente 3 : Au-delà du mur (2016). He had a cameo in La face cachée de Margo (2015), also based on a teen drama book by author Green.Ansel played the title role in Baby Driver (2017), director Edgar Wright's action film, starring opposite Lily James and Kevin Spacey. Baby Driver was critically acclaimed, and emerged as a box office hit in the summer of 2017. Ansel also starred in the 2017 book adaptation November Criminals (2017), a crime thriller. His upcoming roles include the indie films Jonathan, Billionaire Boys Club (2018), and Le Chardonneret (2019).

  • Birthday

    Mar 14, 1994
  • Place of Birth

    New York City, New York, USA
  • Also known

    Ansølo, 안셀 엘고트, Ansel Elgort

Known For

Awards

9 wins & 16 nominations

CinemaCon, USA
2017
Male Star of Tomorrow
Winner - CinemaCon Award
MTV Movie + TV Awards
2015
Best Kiss
Winner - MTV Movie Award
2015
Best Male Performance
Winner - MTV Movie Award
2015
Breakthrough Performance
Winner - MTV Movie Award
2015
Best Shirtless Performance
Winner - MTV Movie Award
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