Nicholas Hoult Age, Wife, Net Worth & Biography

Nicholas Hoult is 36 years old. The English actor, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, on December 7, 1989, is married to Bryana Holly and is best known for playing Tony Stonem in Skins, Beast in the X-Men films, Peter III in The Great and Lex Luthor in Superman (2025). A child actor who became a household name as a teenager, Hoult has spent three decades moving between blockbusters, period dramas and independent film — and he remains one of Britain’s most in-demand leading men.

Nicholas Hoult Quick Facts

Full Name	Nicholas Caradoc Hoult
Date of Birth	December 7, 1989
Age	36 years old
Birthplace	Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Wife	Bryana Holly
Children	4
Occupation	Actor
Net Worth	Approx. $8 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	About a Boy; Skins; X-Men; Superman

Who Is Nicholas Hoult?

Nicholas Hoult is an English actor whose career began in childhood and has never slowed down. He first won attention as the awkward schoolboy Marcus Brewer in About a Boy (2002), opposite Hugh Grant, and became a British household name as the manipulative teenager Tony Stonem in the E4 drama Skins (2007–2008). As an adult he has played Beast in four X-Men films, the war boy Nux in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Emperor Peter III in the Hulu comedy The Great (2020–2023) and Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s Superman (2025).

Hoult has been nominated for a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, and he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2012. His range is unusually wide: he has played a zombie romantic lead in Warm Bodies (2013), J. D. Salinger in Rebel in the Rye (2017), Nikola Tesla in The Current War (2017), J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien (2019) and Thomas Hutter in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024). Like his Superman co-star David Corenswet, Hoult is a former child actor who built his adult career on a mix of franchise work and prestige drama — and, like fellow rising star Drew Starkey, he has made the jump from television favorite to film leading man.

Nicholas Hoult’s Early Life & Background

Nicholas Caradoc Hoult was born on December 7, 1989, in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, to Glenis Hoult, a piano teacher, and Roger Hoult, a commercial pilot. His middle name, Caradoc, comes from Middle Welsh and means “beloved one.” His paternal great-aunt was Anna Neagle, the celebrated stage and film actress. He is the third of four children, with an older brother and two sisters, and he grew up in the village of Sindlesham, near Wokingham.

Hoult was discovered at the age of three, when a theatre director saw him in a production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. As a child he studied ballet and performed in Swan Lake and The Nutcracker with the English National Ballet. At twelve he shifted his focus to acting and enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. He later attended Ranelagh School in Bracknell and Farnborough Sixth Form College, where he studied English literature, biology and psychology — but after filming the first series of Skins, he left his studies to act full-time. He also played the trombone, sang in a choir and played basketball for the Reading Rockets, later becoming a club ambassador.

Nicholas Hoult’s Career

Hoult made his screen debut at the age of five in the film Intimate Relations (1996), and appeared as a child in television series including Casualty, Silent Witness and The Bill. His breakthrough came at twelve, when he was cast as Marcus Brewer in About a Boy (2002), the film adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel. The film earned more than $130 million worldwide, and Hoult’s performance as the lonely schoolboy opposite Hugh Grant won him the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth. He followed it with roles in Wah-Wah (2005) and The Weather Man (2005), and at sixteen he was cast as Tony Stonem in Skins, the E4 teen drama that made him a star in Britain. He made his West End debut in March 2009 in the play New Boy at the Trafalgar Studios, and that same year he played Kenny Potter in Tom Ford’s A Single Man, earning a BAFTA Rising Star nomination in 2010.

Hoult’s adult career took off in 2011, when he was cast as Hank McCoy, also known as Beast, in X-Men: First Class — a role he studied by watching Kelsey Grammer’s performance in the earlier films, and one he would reprise in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). In between he played the title role in Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), the zombie romantic lead in Warm Bodies (2013) and the war boy Nux in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), for which he shaved his head, followed a strict diet and performed real stunts in the Namibian desert. He also played J. D. Salinger in Rebel in the Rye (2017), Nikola Tesla in The Current War (2017) and Robert Harley in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite (2018).

From 2020 to 2023, Hoult starred as Emperor Peter III in Hulu’s The Great, opposite Elle Fanning — a performance that earned him two Golden Globe nominations and a Primetime Emmy nomination. He followed it with a run of distinctive film roles: the chef’s assistant in the satirical horror The Menu (2022), the title character in Renfield (2023), Thomas Hutter in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024) and a juror in Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 (2024). In 2025 he played Lex Luthor opposite David Corenswet’s Superman in James Gunn’s Superman, describing the villain as obsessive, determined and relentless. He is set to return as Lex Luthor in Man of Tomorrow (2027), and his upcoming films include David Leitch’s How to Rob a Bank and Tom Ford’s Cry to Heaven, both due in 2026.

Facts About Nicholas Hoult

• His middle name, Caradoc, comes from Middle Welsh and means “beloved one.”
• His paternal great-aunt was Anna Neagle, a celebrated stage and film actress.
• As a child he studied ballet and performed in Swan Lake and The Nutcracker with the English National Ballet.
• He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2012.
• He graduated from Ferrari’s Corso Pilota driving school in 2022 and has competed in Ferrari Challenge events, winning a “Track Attack” race at Watkins Glen in 2024.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nicholas Hoult?

Nicholas Hoult is 36 years old. He was born on December 7, 1989, in Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

Who is Nicholas Hoult’s wife?

Nicholas Hoult’s wife is Bryana Holly. Hoult referred to Holly as his wife at the 2024 Governors Awards in November 2024.

What is Nicholas Hoult’s net worth?

Nicholas Hoult’s net worth is approximately $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth (2026).

What is Nicholas Hoult best known for?

Nicholas Hoult is best known for playing Tony Stonem in Skins, Beast in the X-Men films, Peter III in The Great and Lex Luthor in Superman (2025).

How many children does Nicholas Hoult have?

Nicholas Hoult has four children with Bryana Holly: their first child was born in 2018, their second in 2022, and they later welcomed twins.

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