In 2014, he played Fordy in the crime film Plastic, directed by Julian Gilbey and starring Ed Speleers, Alfie Allen, Sebastian De Souza and Emma Rigby. Though he loved the script and auditioned for the role of Augustus Waters, he was denied the part in The Fault in Our Stars. He also appeared as a caretaker in the music video for Rizzle Kicks' song "Skip to the Good Bit". In 2013, he played Kenny in We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. 2013–present: mainstream recognition and further work Poulter at the London premiere of We're the Millers in 2013 In 2012, Poulter began studying drama at the University of Bristol where he lived in Badock Hall, however dropped out after a year in order to pursue acting full time. The cast included a host of British talent with Leo Gregory, Neil Maskell, Liz White, Iwan Rheon, Olivia Williams, Jaime Winstone, Andy Serkis, and Sean Pertwee, and scored a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer. In 2011, Poulter starred alongside Charlie Creed-Miles as Bill's son Dean, in the British independent film Wild Bill, directed by Dexter Fletcher. The pilot was picked up as a six-part series in 2011, of which Poulter was not included. In 2010, he appeared in the BBC Three pilot The Fades, a 60-minute supernatural thriller written by Jack Thorne. In 2010, he played the role of Eustace Scrubb in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was filmed in Queensland, Australia, and was accompanied by some members of his family. He performed with other young comedic actors in School of Comedy, which aired its pilot on Channel 4's Comedy Lab on 21 August 2008, before being commissioned for a full series in 2009. Poulter played the role of Lee Carter in the 2007 movie Son of Rambow, alongside his co-star Bill Milner. Thankfully I've been able to call myself a full-time actor since." Career 2007–2012: Early work I was not certain of whether acting could be my long-term guaranteed career path and then I got offered The Maze Runner and that's ultimately why I left. I always had an ambition to go to university and study drama. In 2023 Poulter stated, "The dropping out part is 100% true. Poulter began studying drama at the University of Bristol in 2012, before dropping out after a year. And to find something like drama, which I loved so much. That's the most demoralising thing, as a kid. He struggled in school due to dyslexia and developmental coordination disorder, saying in 2013, "It felt like it didn't matter how hard I tried, I wasn't getting anywhere. He was a pupil at Harrodian School, whose well-known acting graduates include George MacKay and Robert Pattinson. Poulter was born on 28 January 1993 in Hammersmith, London, the son of Neil Poulter, a professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at Imperial College London, and Caroline ( née Barrah), a former nurse who was brought up in Kenya. In 2023, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. In 2021, he had a leading role in the Hulu miniseries Dopesick, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Poulter starred in the first and third film of the dystopian science fiction film trilogy The Maze Runner (2014–2018), the period epic film The Revenant (2015), the crime drama film Detroit (2017), the interactive science fiction film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), and the folk horror film Midsommar (2019). He received critical praise for his starring role in the comedy film We're the Millers (2013), for which he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He first gained recognition for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the fantasy adventure film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). William Jack Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is an English actor.
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