Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult (b. December 7, 1989 in Berkshire, England) is a British actor known for starring in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), the romantic zombie comedy Warm Bodies (2013), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), and the X-Men series (2011-2019). Since 2017, Hoult has starred mostly in dramas and independent pictures.

In May 2019, he will portray J.R.R. Tolkien in Dome Karukoski's film Tolkien, in Tolkien's young adult years. He was cast for the role around July 2017. This will be Hoult's second time portraying an author during 20th century wartime, the first being his role of J.D. Salinger in Danny Strong's Rebel in the Rye (2017).