William Jack "Will" Poulter is an English actor.
He is notable for his roles as Lee Carter in Son of Rambow, Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Kenny Rossmore in We're the Millers, and Gally
in the film adaptation of the young-adult dystopian science fiction novel The Maze Runner.
In 2014, Poulter won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Life and career Poulter was born in Hammersmith, London, the
son of Caroline, a former nurse, and Neil, a professor of cardiology.
He was educated at Harrodian School.
Poulter played various acting roles before landing the role of Lee Carter in the 2007
movie Son of Rambow, which was released to positive reviews, and praise for the performances
of Poulter and his co-star Bill Milner.
He also performed with other young comedic actors in School of Comedy, which aired its
pilot on Channel 4's Comedy Lab on 21 August 2008.
School of Comedy was then commissioned for a full series by Channel 4, which began airing
on 2 October 2009.
The programme finished after a second series.
In 2009, he was selected to play the role of Eustace Scrubb in the film The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and was accompanied by some members of his
family.
The movie was first screened on 10 December 2010.
The film opened to mixed reviews, but Poulter's performance was well received.
In 2010, he appeared in the BBC Three pilot The Fades, a 60-minute supernatural thriller
written by Skins writer, Jack Thorne.
The pilot has been commissioned to be written as six-part series with almost entirely a
new cast.
Poulter began filming a small British independent film called Wild Bill, directed by Dexter
Fletcher, at the end of 2010.
It centres around Bill Hayward, played by Charlie Creed-Miles, who, on parole after
spending eight years in prison, finds his two sons, Dean and Jimmy, living alone abandoned
by their mother.
With the attention of social services now focused on the boys, Bill struggles to play
good dad while keeping out of jail as Jimmy gets in trouble with some dangerous acquaintances
of Bill's past.
The film was released on 23 March 2012 to extremely positive reviews, with praise heaped
on Poulter's performance.
In 2011, Poulter appeared with the popular British blogger and his School of Comedy co-star
Jack Harries on his YouTube channel by the name of JacksGap in a video called Jack and
Will.
In 2013, he played Kenny in We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis.
While the film opened to mixed reviews, the performances of the cast were well-received,
especially Poulter.
For his role in the film, Poulter won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
He also appears as a caretaker in the music video for Rizzle Kicks' song "Skip to the
Good Bit".
In 2014, he played Fordy in the crime film Plastic directed by Julian Gilbey and starring
Ed Speleers, Alfie Allen, Sebastian De Souza and Emma Rigby.
The film was critically panned on release.
In 2014, he is to be seen as Gally in the film adaption of The Maze Runner alongside
Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario, Jack in Kids in Love, a film produced by Ealing Studios
in which he plays the protagonist alongside Alma Jodorowsky, Sebastian de Souza and Cara
Delevingne, and the film "Glassland", directed by Gerard Barrett and also starring Jack Reynor
and Toni Collette.
In 2014, Poulter won the BAFTA Rising Star Award, voted for by the public.
Other actors nominated for the award were Lupita Nyong'o, George MacKay, Léa Seydoux
and Dane DeHaan.
The same year, he also won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for his performance in We're the Millers.
In 2014, 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".
Other actors featured included Dylan O'Brien, Jack Reynor, and Tye Sheridan.
Poulter is soon to play Pvt.
John Bartle, the protagonist, in the film adaptation of the novel The Yellow Birds.
The film is to be written and directed by David Lowery, and also star Benedict Cumberbatch
and Tye Sheridan.
Poulter is also due to join Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in the revenge-thriller "The
Revenant", directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
The film centers on a 1820s frontiersman on a path of vengeance against those who left
him for dead after a bear mauling.
Filmography Awards and nominations
References
External links Will Poulter at the Internet Movie Database
Interview with Will Poulter