Ansel Elgort
Biography
Ansel Elgort is an American actor and singer whose film work ranges from romantic drama to action and musicals. Born in New York City, he trained in ballet and took up acting classes as a teenager, and his first professional job was a lead in the Off-Broadway play Regrets in 2012. He made his screen debut in the 2013 remake of Carrie, then drew wider notice as Caleb Prior in Divergent (2014) and as Augustus Waters in The Fault in Our Stars (2014), reprising the Divergent role in Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). He played the title character in Edgar Wright's Baby Driver (2017), earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a musical or comedy. Later came Steven Spielberg's West Side Story (2021) and the crime series Tokyo Vice, which he starred in and executive produced from 2022 to 2024. Under the name Ansølo he has released electronic dance music.
32years old
Turns 33 on March 14in 124 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Ansølo and Ansolo
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 8 years2013 to 2021
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First role
Elgort's first professional acting job was a lead in the Off-Broadway production Regrets, which premiered in March 2012, just days after his 18th birthday and a few months before he finished high school.
Big break
Elgort auditioned for Baby Driver in 2014 by lip syncing and dancing to a song he picked himself, and the part earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
A role that slipped away
Elgort was shortlisted to play Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and after Alden Ehrenreich won the part he said he felt some relief because being cast would have forced him to change his DJ name, Ansølo.
Early training
Elgort tried out for the School of American Ballet when he was nine years old, and he spent five years studying there.
About the name
Using the name Ansølo, Elgort started a SoundCloud account to share electronic dance music, and he remixed tracks such as Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die."
Behind the camera
Elgort played the lead role of journalist Jake Adelstein in Tokyo Vice and was also one of the series' executive producers.
Ansel Elgort movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Schwentke directed two of these films. Shailene Woodley appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Shailene Woodley's page
Judy Greer's page
Robert SchwentkeDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2016
Also two films together12 more actors
- Naomi WattsAllegiant (2016) and Insurgent (2015)
- Octavia SpencerAllegiant (2016) and Insurgent (2015)
- Kevin SpaceyBillionaire Boys Club (2018) and Baby Driver (2017)
- Chloë Grace MoretzNovember Criminals (2017) and Carrie (2013)
- Kate WinsletInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Tony GoldwynInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Mekhi PhiferInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Ray StevensonInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Daniel Dae KimAllegiant (2016) and Insurgent (2015)
- Jai CourtneyInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Suki WaterhouseBillionaire Boys Club (2018) and Jonathan (2018)
- Ben Lloyd-HughesInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ansel Elgort's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
8 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$307M21.0% of the total
- 2$297M20.3% of the total
- 3$289M19.8% of the total
- 4$227M15.5% of the total
- 5$179M12.3% of the total
- 6$85M5.8% of the total
- 7$76M5.2% of the total
- 8$1.7M0.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.