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2 | [[caption-width-right:250: [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Witness him.]]]] |
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4 | Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born 7 December 1989 in Wokingham, England) is an English actor. |
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6 | As a child actor, his breakthrough role was Marcus Brewer in 2002's ''Film/AboutABoy'' with Creator/HughGrant. He's since moved onto more adult roles, starring as Tony Stonem on ''Series/{{Skins}}'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] in [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]]'s ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and Nux in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. |
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8 | !! Selected filmography: |
9 | * ''Film/AboutABoy'' (2002) as Marcus Brewer |
10 | * ''Film/TheWeatherMan'' (2005) as Mike Spritzel |
11 | * ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (2007 -- 2008) as Tony Stonem |
12 | * ''Film/ASingleMan'' (2009) as Kenny Potter |
13 | * ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'' (2010) as Eusebios |
14 | * ''VideoGame/FableIII'' (2010) as Elliot (voice only) |
15 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' (2011 -- 2019) as [[ComicBook/BeastMarvelComics Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast]]: |
16 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (2011) |
17 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014) |
18 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016) |
19 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'' (2018) (Cameo) |
20 | ** ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' (2019) |
21 | * ''Film/WarmBodies'' (2013) as R |
22 | * ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' (2013) as [[Literature/JackTheGiantKiller Jack]] |
23 | * ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' (2015) as Nux |
24 | * ''Film/TheFavourite'' (2018) as Robert Harley |
25 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Watership Down|2018}}'' (2018) as Fiver (voice only) |
26 | * ''Film/{{Tolkien}}'' (2019) as Creator/JRRTolkien |
27 | * ''Film/TheCurrentWar'' (2019) as Nikola Tesla |
28 | * ''Series/TheGreat'' (2020-) as Peter III |
29 | * ''WesternAnimation/CrossingSwords'' (2020) as Patrick (voice only) |
30 | * ''Film/ThoseWhoWishMeDead'' (2021) as Patrick Blackwell |
31 | * ''Film/TheMenu'' (2022) as Tyler Ledford |
32 | * ''Film/{{Renfield|2023}}'' (2023) as Renfield |
33 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldMovie'' (2024) as Jon Arbuckle |
34 | * ''Film/{{Nosferatu|2024}}'' (2024) as Thomas Hutter |
35 | * ''Film/{{Superman|2025}}'' (2025) as [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] |
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37 | !! Associated Tropes |
38 | * FakeAmerican: As [=Hank McCoy=] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. |
39 | * PromotedFanboy: |
40 | ** He was a fan of the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' films growing up, and was of course eventually cast as Beast in ''[[Film/XMenFirstClass First Class]]''; he's said that he was rather starstruck acting alongside Creator/HughJackman, playing Wolverine, in ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Days of Future Past]]''. |
41 | ** When he showed up on Creator/MichaelRosenbaum's ''Inside of You'' podcast, he made sure to make it immediately clear that he was a big fan of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' growing up and regards Rosenbaum's take on Lex Luthor, who Hoult is playing in Creator/JamesGunn's ''Film/{{Superman|2025}}'', as his favorite and the definitive in his eyes. |
42 | * RomanceOnTheSet: After meeting Creator/JenniferLawrence on the set of ''X-Men: First Class'', they dated on and off for around four years, before breaking up permanently after the filming of ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' was completed. |
43 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: He's yet to land a leading role in a franchise but he's come up close a couple of times: |
44 | ** He was in the top three contenders to play Newt Scamander in the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series but ended up losing out to to Creator/EddieRedmayne. |
45 | ** He was the runner-up for the role of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] in ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'' before the casting of Creator/RobertPattinson. Reportedly the people at Creator/WarnerBrothers and director Creator/MattReeves liked him, but he didn't get the part because they were worried about his appearances in the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' films diluting the Batman brand, since it's one of their most lucrative intellectual properties. |
46 | ** He was also a runner-up for the role of [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] in ''Film/{{Superman|2025}}'' before the casting of Creator/DavidCorenswet. However, the producers still held out a hand for him, as he was cast as [[ComicBook/{{Lex Luthor}} Lex Luthor]] a couple of months later. |
47 | ** Multiple filming delays due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic caused him to quit ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning''. Creator/EsaiMorales took over him as the villainous Gabriel. |
48 | ** He was also in the running for Rooster for ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', losing out not only to Creator/MilesTeller but to Creator/GlenPowell, who in a twist was a CastTheRunnerUp as he also auditioned for the role and instead was cast as Hangman. |
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