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Ansel Elgort attends the After Party of Paramount Pictures "Men, Women & Children" at Asia de Cuba on October 9, 2014, in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2014
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Ansel Elgort attends the Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's "The Fault In Our Stars" Reunion And Bench Dedication Ceremony at Fox Studio Lot on November 20, 2014, in Century City, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2015
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Ansel Elgort attends "The Divergent Series: Insurgent" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on March 16, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2015
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Ansel Elgort attends the New York City Ballet 2015 Spring Gala at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center on May 7, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2016
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Ansel Elgort attends Maison Montaigne as they Celebrate Flagship Store In Miami's Design District Sponsored By Perrier-Jouet at Maison Montaigne Flagship on May 9, 2016, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2016
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Ansel Elgort attends the Prada show during Milan Men's Fashion Week SS17 on June 19, 2016, in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2017
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Ansel Elgort attends the screening after-party for "Baby Driver" hosted by TriStar Pictures and The Cinema Society at The Crown at Hotel 50 Bowery on June 26, 2017, in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2017
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Ansel Elgort attends a photocall to promote the film "Baby Driver" at St. Regis Hotel heliport on July 27, 2017, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Victor Chavez)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2017
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Violetta Komyshan and Ansel Elgort arrive at the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2017
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Ansel Elgort poses for a portrait during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort attends The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort (L) and Violetta Komyshan attend the 2018 InStyle and Warner Bros. 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards Post-Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Violetta Komyshan and Ansel Elgort attend the 2018 New York City Ballet Spring Gala at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center on May 3, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Actor Ansel Elgort (R) and guest attend the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort attends the Polo Red Rush Launch Party at Classic Car Club Manhattan on July 25, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2018
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Ansel Elgort attends the Levi's Times Square Store Opening on November 15, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2019
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Violetta Komyshan and Ansel Elgort attend Tom Ford FW19 Fashion Show at Park Avenue Armory on February 06, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Amber De Vos)
Gallery of Ansel Elgort
2019
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Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort attend The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Hollywood Reporter party at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Four Seasons Hotel Toronto on September 07, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel)
Achievements
Membership
Awards
Teen Choice Award
2014
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Ansel Elgort winner of Best Actor: Drama, onstage during FOX's 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Young Hollywood Award
2014
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Ansel Elgort attends the 2014 Young Hollywood Awards brought to you by Samsung Galaxy at The Wiltern on July 27, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ari Perilstein)
CinemaCon Award
2017
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Ansel Elgort accepts the Male Star of Tomorrow Award during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on March 30, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller)
Ansel Elgort winner of Best Actor: Drama, onstage during FOX's 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Ansel Elgort attends the 2014 Young Hollywood Awards brought to you by Samsung Galaxy at The Wiltern on July 27, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ari Perilstein)
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Ansel Elgort attends the After Party of Paramount Pictures "Men, Women & Children" at Asia de Cuba on October 9, 2014, in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan)
Ansel Elgort attends the Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's "The Fault In Our Stars" Reunion And Bench Dedication Ceremony at Fox Studio Lot on November 20, 2014, in Century City, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon)
Ansel Elgort attends "The Divergent Series: Insurgent" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on March 16, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Ansel Elgort attends the New York City Ballet 2015 Spring Gala at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center on May 7, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin)
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Ansel Elgort attends Maison Montaigne as they Celebrate Flagship Store In Miami's Design District Sponsored By Perrier-Jouet at Maison Montaigne Flagship on May 9, 2016, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra)
Ansel Elgort accepts the Male Star of Tomorrow Award during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on March 30, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller)
Ansel Elgort attends the screening after-party for "Baby Driver" hosted by TriStar Pictures and The Cinema Society at The Crown at Hotel 50 Bowery on June 26, 2017, in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth)
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Ansel Elgort attends a photocall to promote the film "Baby Driver" at St. Regis Hotel heliport on July 27, 2017, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Victor Chavez)
Violetta Komyshan and Ansel Elgort arrive at the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire)
Ansel Elgort poses for a portrait during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury)
Ansel Elgort attends The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Ansel Elgort (L) and Violetta Komyshan attend the 2018 InStyle and Warner Bros. 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards Post-Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici)
Ansel Elgort attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)
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Ansel Elgort attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil)
Violetta Komyshan and Ansel Elgort attend the 2018 New York City Ballet Spring Gala at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center on May 3, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman)
Ansel Elgort attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Actor Ansel Elgort (R) and guest attend the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff)
Violetta Komyshan and Ansel Elgort attend Tom Ford FW19 Fashion Show at Park Avenue Armory on February 06, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Amber De Vos)
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort attend The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Hollywood Reporter party at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Four Seasons Hotel Toronto on September 07, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel)
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colleague: Emma Roberts
2016
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Emma Roberts attends Entertainment Weekly's Popfest at The Reef on October 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/WireImage)
("Divergent" is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a...)
"Divergent" is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group.
(From Director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno), Adam S...)
From Director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno), Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, and Ansel Elgort star in this powerful story about navigating our complex relationships in an era defined by social media, online exchanges, and instant gratification.
(Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus (Ansel Elgort) share a l...)
Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus (Ansel Elgort) share a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey in this powerful film based on John Green's New York Times bestseller.
(After Quentin (Nat Wolff) and Margo (Cara Delevingne) go ...)
After Quentin (Nat Wolff) and Margo (Cara Delevingne) go on an all-night adventure, Margo vanishes, in this moving romance mystery from the author of The Fault in Our Stars.
(Beyond the wall, Tris and Four face a threat more dangero...)
Beyond the wall, Tris and Four face a threat more dangerous than they ever imagined, fighting for the future of an entire city in this action-packed third Divergent adventure.
(A pair of college bound friends find themselves falling f...)
A pair of college bound friends find themselves falling for one another, but after the mysterious murder of their classmate, they must defy the authorities to uncover the truth.
(A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1...)
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' Ponzi scheme that turns out to be deadly. Stars Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Emma Roberts and Jeremy Irvine.
(This sci-fi-tinged drama follows two brothers living very...)
This sci-fi-tinged drama follows two brothers living very separate lives - inside the same body. Content to live life in shifts with one another, their delicate balance is ruined when they become emotionally involved with the same woman.
Ansel Elgort is an American actor and singer, who is best known for his role as Augustus Waters in the 2014 movie The Fault in Our Stars. He is often referred to by his stage name Ansolo. After beginning his acting career with the 2013 American horror movie Carrie which was directed with Kimberley Peirce, Elgort slowly and steadily started gaining fame in the industry.
Background
Ethnicity:
Ansel Elgort’s father is of Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. Ansel’s mother has English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and German ancestry on one side, and Norwegian on the other.
Ansel Elgort was born on March 14, 1994, in New York City, New York, the United States, to an artistic couple - father Arthur is a fashion photographer who famously worked for Vogue, and mom Grethe Barrett Holby is an opera director. Elgort is named after photographer Ansel Adams. Ansel has two older siblings, Warren, a film editor, and Sophie, a photographer.
His mother has an interesting family background: her mother (Ansel’s grandmother) worked for the Resistance during WWII. Posing as a young mother, she took Jewish Norwegian children over the border to safety in Sweden. She was found out in 1943 when the Nazis came to her door in the middle of the night and sent her to a concentration camp, where she spent 18 months. She survived and moved to the United States after the war ended.
Ansel’s parents’ artistic backgrounds inspired him and his siblings to engage in the arts at a young age. His two older siblings pursued film editing and professional photography.
Education
At the age of nine, Elgort's mother took him to try out for the School of American Ballet. He attended The Professional Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and Stagedoor Manor summer camp. While at LaGuardia, Ansel performed in a rendition of Hairspray with Kyle Jean-Baptiste. Ansel started taking acting classes at the age of twelve and starred in his high school’s productions of Guys and Dolls and the aforementioned Hairspray.
Ansel Elgort initially began his career through stage acting, until he was offered a secondary role in the 2013 movie Carrie. The film, which was directed by the well-known American film director Kimberley Pierce, is the third adaptation of a famous horror novel of the same name which was written by author Stephen King. The film mostly focuses on a girl with telekinesis power and the negative impact it has on her life.
Next, he appeared in Divergent a science fiction film directed by Neil Burger, based on the popular young adult novel of the same name, by American author Veronica Roth. The film released on 21 March 2014. It earned $151 million in North America alone, and a total of $289 million worldwide. However, it was criticized for having a predictable plot.
Elgort’s work in The Divergent series where he plays the role of Caleb is another important role of his career. The first film of the series was Divergent which was followed by The Divergent Series: Insurgent and The Divergent Series: Allegiant. The last film in the series is won't be released, due to low ratings of previous ones.
The films in the series are based on the Divergent novels by Veronica Roth, a renowned American author. The story takes place in a dystopian society which is divided into five factions. When teenagers reach the age of sixteen, they are to choose a faction, which may either be the faction they were born in, or another one they favor. The movies include themes of love, friendship, war, and betrayal. All the films in the series have earned huge success worldwide.
His next role was in the film The Fault in Our Stars, which was a film adaptation of a novel of the same name by John Green. The Fault in Our Stars, a 2014 American romantic drama film, can be considered the most significant work in Ansel Elgort’s career. The film was directed by the American screenwriter and director Josh Boone, and other than Elgort, it starred popular actors like Shailene Woodley and Nat Woolf. Elgort plays the love interest of Woodley in the movie, who appears as a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel Grace.
The character of Hazel attends a support group where she meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player, played by Elgort. The film received mostly positive reviews and Woodley’s and Elgort’s performances were highly appreciated. The film became a huge hit.
It became a blockbuster, grossing more than $307 million worldwide. It also received numerous awards including the 15th Golden Trailer Awards for Best Romance, and Teen Choice Award 2014 for Choice Movie: Scene Stealer. A Hindi remake of the film was announced by India’s Fox Star Studio in August 2014.
Ansel has also wrapped up a role in the comedy Men, Women & Children (2014) starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner. In 2015 he appeared in a cameo role in Paper Towns, an American mystery and comedy film, which was directed by Jake Schreier. The film is an adaptation of a 2008 novel of the same name by John Green.
In 2016, Elgort was on a shortlist of actors for the role of Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story. After Alden Ehrenreich was cast in May 2016, Elgort expressed some relief, saying that, if he had been cast, he would have had to change his DJ name, Ansølo.
In 2017, Elgort played the title role in the action film Baby Driver, directed by Edgar Wright, and also starring Lily James and Kevin Spacey. Elgort's audition in 2014 required him to lip-sync and dance to the song of his choosing. The film received positive reviews and performed well at the box office. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination for it. Also that year, Elgort played Addison Schacht in the drama thriller film November Criminals, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, starring again with Chloë Grace Moretz.
Elgort stars in the film Billionaire Boys Club, opposite Kevin Spacey, Cary Elwes, Emma Roberts, and Taron Egerton, and directed by James Cox. Due to claims of sexual harassment by Spacey, the future of the film was uncertain and no release date was set. The film was initially released through video on demand on July 17, 2018, prior to a limited release in theaters on August 17, 2018, by Vertical Entertainment.
Elgort will next headline The Goldfinch, an adaptation of Donna Tartt's novel, scheduled for release in September 2019. On October 1, 2018, it was reported that Elgort had been cast in the lead role of Tony in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of West Side Story. Filming will commence in 2019.
Elgort is not active in political questions. Once he was asked if he wants to be involved in politics more, and he responded: "I feel as though I need to do more, and I think everyone can do more. It’s hard when you have a life and things, but I would like to continue to help. Maybe I’ll subsidize the arts or the schools or things that the [Republican] party is cutting."
He also commented on Trump's presidency: "He’s a total mess. The biggest thing is him embarrassing us and cutting things that we need, cutting down social services. People need that stuff. That’s what makes us a good country. I’m not happy with his presidency, but hopefully, this is a big eye-opener and we’ll be able to not allow this to happen again. At the same time, it seems as though we had a bunch of eye-openers and people never learned. I’m a little lost. Learning about humans and realizing that we continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. Maybe in the next 10 years, we’ll have someone like Obama again and then after that, it will go back to an idiot."
Personality
Ansel Elgort is quite the dancer. Ansel opened up to Jimmy Fallon about his early dancing days, saying: “I started in ballet. I wasn't very good, to be honest. I got more into tap-dance because my dad took me to see Savion Glover at the Joyce Theater. I can tap dance a little bit. But the thing about the tap dancing is I always got stuck. I got so obsessed with tap dancing."
Ansel Elgort believes that it's imperative to have brakes from technology and social media.
As a kid, he used to watch the old movie collection of his father and eventually developed an interest in acting.
He is an avid dog lover. He has a golden retriever “Galo” and a labrador retriever “Dia.”
Interests
miniature painting
Politicians
Barack Obama
Writers
Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Sport & Clubs
basketball
Music & Bands
Raffi, Mat Zo, Commodores, Adam Lambert
Connections
In 2012, Elgort began dating his high school sweetheart, Violetta Komyshan, a ballerina. The couple broke up in August 2014 primarily due to the actor's burgeoning career and hectic schedule but reconciled in 2015.