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Will Poulter

Will Poulter's birth name is William Jack Poulter. He belongs to middle class family, his mother was a former nurse and his father was a professor of cardiology. He has one brother and two sisters. He completed his education from Harrodian School, where he actively participated in the/ Drama club. He mentioned in his interview that his drama teacher was the one who encouraged him to give audition for the movie, Son of Rambow.

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He is an English actor, whose net worth is $5,000,000. He started his career as a child actor. His first project was to play the lead role in Son of Rambow in the year 2007. At that time he was mainly cast because of his boyish face having a quizzical, Perma raised eyebrows, which suited the character for the film. Though you will see them in a striking shape now, but still if you will notice him closely, you can see that 12 year boy who was cast for his very first role in Son of Rambow. You can see a lot his pictures on search engines, his twitter account or Instagram account.

Career Path

After completing the first project successfully, he worked on several other projects, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, in 2010; We're the Millers, in 2013; The Maze Runner, Plastic, in 2014 and The Revenant, Glassland, in 2015.

Apart from these big projects, he also worked on several other projects. Like, he performed with other young comic actors in the School of Comedy, whose pilot was aired, in 2008 on the Channel 4's Comedy Lab. They completed two seasons of it. After that he was seen performing in The Fades, which was a supernatural thriller of 60 minutes.

After this he started filming a small British film known as the Wild Bill, in 2010 which was released in 2012 and he received a lot of positive reviews for his performance.

He might be seen as Pennywise, the clown, who is a leering villain. A character earlier played by Tim Curry in a film based on Stephen King's It, by Cary Funkunaga. He was somewhat in mid forties when he played this role, so Fukunaga made this decision to cast Poulter to showcase a younger version of it. Since the film will be having two parts, Poulter will be seen in both of them as the killer clown.

Awards

For the role of Gally, in The Maze Runner, in 2014, he won the BAFTA rising star award. Also, he won the MTV Movie Awards for Best Fight for the same movie, which he shared with Dylan O'Brien.  The movie was based on a science fiction novel showcasing the adaptation of a young adult. In the same year he also got awarded for the Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Kiss award (shared with Emma Roberts and Jennifer Aniston) by MTV Movie Award for his outstanding performance in the movie We're the Millers.

Other Interests

He loves acting and has a great zeal for football. He also supports the British film industry and said that his favourite movie is Stand By Me which was released in 1986.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 28 Jan, 1993
Age: 27 yrs
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birth Place: London
Education: The Harrodian School
Gender: Male
Description: British actor
Twitter Id: PoulterWill
Net Worth 2021: 5 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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