Actor Will Poulter began his career during his school years, making his big-screen debut in The Son of Rambo. To become a popular actor at the moment, Will was helped by roles in such films as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, We are the Millers, and The Maze Runner. For his talented acting in 2014, Poulter was awarded a BAFTA.
Will Jack Poulter was born in the family of Nal Poulter, who was a physician by profession, and Caroline Poulter, who worked as a nurse. The boy was born in London, UK, in 1993. Date of birth: January 28. Will was not an only child, he has a sister and brother.
Childhood years in the biography of Will Poulter
Will's acting talent was noticeable from an early age. He was interested in creativity, and especially attracted to acting. Because of such inclinations, the boy was sent to receive education not in an ordinary school. The choice fell on The Harrodian School, because it was in this place that, in addition to the standard training program, an acting course was taught separately. The school was private, closed and located in the southwest of London.
In the process of obtaining basic education, Will Poulter's natural talent began to unfold more and more brightly. For this reason, one of the teachers strongly recommended that parents take a gifted child to auditions and selections. Already at that time there was no doubt that Will was waiting for an exclusively acting career.
The future famous actor really began his career in childhood. For the first time he got to the shooting, having passed the selection in the television series "Magic Mirror". Despite the fact that the boy got a very small role, he was able to gain the necessary experience. In addition, they paid attention to a talented child, one way or another. And already a really great success came to the novice actor in 2007, when he was able to pass the casting for a role in a full-length film.
Acting work
In the filmography of Will Poulter today, there are more than fifteen different projects. Among them there are both big roles in full-length films and work in television films, serials.
His debut role, after which Will began to be actively invited to the shooting, was the work in the movie "Rambo's Son". This tape was presented in 2007 at a major film festival and received a lot of positive responses.
In 2008, the television film "School of Comedy" was released, in which Will got one of the central roles. After it became clear that this project was commercially successful, a television series of the same name was launched, in which Poulter also entered the cast. The show's first season kicked off in 2009. And in 2010, Will's creative biography was replenished with a role in the new series - "The Fades". And in the same year a new wave of success awaited the young actor: a movie from the Chronicles of Narnia series was released, where Will played one of the leading roles. Perhaps it was after this film that Will felt the taste of real fame and became quite famous, his character was remembered, and critics praised the boy's acting.
Between 2011 and 2013, Will Poulter appeared in projects such as We Are Miller (this was another high-profile film for the artist), Plastic, Wild Bill. And in 2014, the Maze Runner movie was released, which made Will even more in demand as a young actor. In 2018, the second part of this film story was released, in which Poulter returned to his role, playing a character named Gally.
In subsequent years, the list of films in which Will Poulter appeared was replenished with such films as Survivor, War Machine, Detroit, The Newborn.
In 2018, the full-length film "Black Mirror: Brandashmyg" was aired, which is associated with the popular TV series of the same name. Here Will played the character of Colin Ritman.
At the end of summer 2019, the horror movie Midsummer, starring Will Poulter, is due to go to the box office.
Personal life, love and relationships
As a teenager, Will had a romantic relationship with a girl named Zoe. In 2014, it was said that the actor was dating Cressida Bonas, but later these rumors were dispelled by the young people. Today it is known that Will does not have a wife, nor does he have a permanent girlfriend.