Portrait of Ansel Elgort

Ansel Elgort

Acting

Biography

Ansel Elgort (born March 14, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie (2013) and gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and for his supporting role in The Divergent Series (2014–2016). In 2017, he played the title character in Edgar Wright's action thriller Baby Driver, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his lead role in The Goldfinch (2019) and his performance in the lead role of Tony in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story.

Born: March 14, 1994

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA

Filmography

2022
Tokyo Vice

as Jake Adelstein

2021
2019
The Goldfinch

as Theodore Decker

2018
Jonathan

as Jonathan / John

2018
2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Narrator (voice)

2018
2017
2017
2016
Allegiant

as Caleb Prior

2015
Paper Towns

as Mason (uncredited)

2015
Insurgent

as Caleb Prior

2014
2014
The Fault in Our Stars

as Augustus Waters

2014
Divergent

as Caleb Prior

2013
Carrie

as Tommy Ross