Nick Hoult
Born	Nicholas Caradoc Hoult 7 December 1989 (1989-12-07) (age 20) Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996 — present

Nicholas Caradoc "Nick" Hoult^[1] (born 7 December 1989)^[2][3][4] is an English actor and model^{[citation needed]}, best known for the role as Marcus Brewer in the 2002 film, About a Boy, and in Skins as cold, calculating, popular main character Tony Stonem.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected filmography 4 Radio 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Hoult, the third of four children,^[5] was born in Wokingham, Berkshire, the son of Glenys, a piano teacher, and Roger Hoult, a pilot for British Airways.^[6] His siblings are James, Rosie and Clarista. His great aunt was Dame Anna Neagle.^[6] He attended Ranelagh Church of England School in Bracknell, Berkshire, but left in year 12 to focus on his acting career.^[7]

[edit] Career

Hoult attended the Sylvia Young stage school, made his professional debut in the 1996 film Intimate Relations, and worked mainly in television, until the success of About a Boy, in which he played a nerdy 12-year-old named Marcus, alongside Hugh Grant's rich London Lothario.

While at sixth form, he gained a lead role as Tony Stonem in the first two series of E4 drama Skins. Hoult has been nominated for a Walkers Home Grown Talent Award.^[8]

In 2004 he appeared in Mystery Hunters.

In 2009 he made his stage debut at London's Trafalgar Studios in New Boy, which is based on the novel by William Sutcliffe.

In August 2009 Nicholas Hoult participated in the Help Give Them A Voice campaign. He played a teenage girl in a short film released to support the campaign.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2002	Judge John Deed	Jason Powell	1 episode "Everyone's Child"
	About a Boy	Marcus Brewer	Main Role
2005	Wah-Wah	Ralph Compton
2006	The Weather Man	Mike Spritzel
	Kidulthood	Blake
2007	Coming Down the Mountain	David Philips
	Skins	Tony Stonem	Main cast member, 2 series (2007–08)
2008	Wallander	Stefan Fredman	1 episode (Sidetracked)
2009	A Single Man	Kenny Potter
2010	Clash Of The Titans	warrior

[edit] Radio

• Jack's Love (2005) as Jack

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nicholas Hoult at the Internet Movie Database
• About a Boy interview with Hoult

Persondata
NAME	Hoult, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor, model
DATE OF BIRTH	7 December 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH