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Poulter at the Paris premiere of The Revenant in January 2016.
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Born |
William Jack Poulter 28 January 1993 Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
William Jack "Will" Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is an English actor known for his work in the films The Maze Runner (2014), Son of Rambow, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), We're the Millers (2013) and The Revenant (2015). For his work in We're the Millers, Poulter won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Poulter was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Caroline (Barrah), a former nurse, and Neil Poulter, a professor of cardiology. His mother was raised in an Anglo family in Kenya, where her father was a game warden. Poulter studied 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 (filmed in Queensland, Australia), 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.