1. William Jack Poulter was born on 28 January 1993 and is an English actor.
28 Facts About Will Poulter
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Will Poulter first gained recognition in School of Comedy and then for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the adventure film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and his starring role in the comedy film We're the Millers.
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Will Poulter won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2014.
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William Jack Poulter was born on 28 January 1993 in Hammersmith, London, the son of Neil Poulter, a professor of preventive cardiovascular medicine at Imperial College London, and Caroline, a former nurse who was brought up in Kenya.
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Will Poulter was a pupil at Harrodian School, whose well-known acting graduates include George MacKay and Robert Pattinson.
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Will Poulter struggled in school due to dyslexia and developmental coordination disorder, but found that he loved drama, which "gave [him] a sense of purpose".
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Will Poulter began studying drama at the University of Bristol in 2012, before leaving after a year when he got offered a part in The Maze Runner.
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Will Poulter played the role of Lee Carter in the 2007 film Son of Rambow, alongside his co-star Bill Milner.
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Will Poulter performed with other young comedic actors in School of Comedy, which aired its pilot on Channel 4's Comedy Lab on 21 August 2008, before being commissioned for a full series in 2009.
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The pilot was picked up as a six-part series in 2011, of which Will Poulter was not included.
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In 2011 Will Poulter starred alongside Charlie Creed-Miles as Bill's son Dean, in the British independent film Wild Bill, directed by Dexter Fletcher.
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In 2012 Will Poulter began studying drama at the University of Bristol where he lived in Badock Hall.
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Will Poulter dropped out after a year in order to pursue acting full-time.
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In 2013 Will Poulter played Kenny in We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis.
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Will Poulter appeared as a caretaker in the music video for Rizzle Kicks' song "Skip to the Good Bit".
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Will Poulter went on to describe the film, and his role in it, as "a turning point" in his career.
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In 2015 Will Poulter starred as Shane in the Irish indie film Glassland, directed by Gerard Barrett and co-starring Jack Reynor and Toni Collette.
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In 2014 Will Poulter won the BAFTA Rising Star Award, voted for by the public.
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In 2014 Will Poulter was chosen as one of 23 upcoming actors to feature in July's issue of Vanity Fair, with all actors being named "Hollywood's Next Wave".
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Will Poulter played Jim Bridger in the revenge-thriller The Revenant, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
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Will Poulter's performance was praised by Metros Matt Prigge, who called him "terrifyingly confident".
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Will Poulter was originally cast as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the two supernatural horror films It and It Chapter Two, both based on Stephen King's 1986 epic supernatural horror novel of the same name.
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However, it was announced in June 2016 that Bill Skarsgard had been cast instead as Will Poulter became unavailable after the departure of its initial director Cary Fukunaga.
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In 2018 Will Poulter reprised his role as Gally in Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the third and final instalment of the Maze Runner film series.
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Will Poulter played the role of OxyContin sales representative Billy Cutler in Hulu's 2021 drama miniseries Dopesick.
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Will Poulter's performance was nominated for a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for this role.
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In October 2021, Will Poulter was cast as Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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In September 2024, Will Poulter was named as an Ambassador of dementia charity Alzheimer's Research UK.