Will Poulter
Biography
Will Poulter is an English actor whose early roles included Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007) and appearances in the comedy series School of Comedy. He portrayed Eustace Scrubb in the Narnia film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Worldwide recognition came with We're the Millers (2013), and in 2014 he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He played Gally in The Maze Runner (2014) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and later appeared in The Revenant (2015), Detroit (2017), and Midsommar (2019). He took the role of Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023). On television, he acted in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) and earned Primetime Emmy nominations for Dopesick and The Bear. His other films include Wild Bill (2011), Plastic (2014), Glassland (2015), and Warfare (2025).
33years old
Turns 34 on January 28in 103 days
- Born London
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- William Jack Poulter (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 19 years2007 to 2026
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A role that slipped away
Poulter went after the part of Augustus Waters in The Fault in Our Stars, but the audition did not work out and the role went to another actor.
Early training
Poulter started a drama course at the University of Bristol in 2012. After a year he left it because he was offered a part in The Maze Runner.
Big break
Poulter called his role as Gally in the 2014 film adaptation of The Maze Runner a turning point in his career.
Will Poulter movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader2010as Eustace Scrubb
IMDb rating 6.3179K votes
Most often with
Wes Ball directed two of these films. Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Wes BallDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2018
All films by Wes Ball
Also two films together5 more actors
- Jack ReynorMidsommar (2019) and Glassland (2015)
- Kaya ScodelarioMaze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) and The Maze Runner (2014)
- Dexter DardenMaze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) and The Maze Runner (2014)
- Thomas Brodie-SangsterMaze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) and The Maze Runner (2014)
- Ki Hong LeeMaze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) and The Maze Runner (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 Will Poulter's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.8 billion
14 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 14 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$846M29.7% of the total
- 2$533M18.7% of the total
- 3$416M14.6% of the total
- 4$348M12.2% of the total
- 5$288M10.1% of the total
- 6$270M9.5% of the total
- 7$48M1.7% of the total
- 8$35M1.2% of the total
$62.9 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total