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Ansel Elgort
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American actor, singer, DJ and record producer
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Ansel Elgort is an American actor, disc jockey, and model born in New York City on March 14, 1994. He is a male who holds United States citizenship and is of Russian American and Norwegian American ethnic heritage. Elgort was educated at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and speaks English as his native language. He is the son of Arthur Elgort and adheres to Christianity and Judaism.
His professional career began in 2013, encompassing work in acting and music. In the music field, he is associated with the contemporary R&B genre and has been signed to Island Records. His musical style also includes pop, dance, EDM, soul, and synthpop. He performs under the name Ansolo, with music available for streaming on SoundCloud.
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Film & TV
Manhattan, New York, USA
Ansel Elgort (born March 14, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie (2013) and gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and for his supporting role in The Divergent Series (2014–2016). In 2017, he played the title character in Edgar Wright's…
Known for
- The Stories of West Side Story — Self2022
- Tokyo Vice — Jake Adelstein2022
- Something's Coming: West Side Story — Self2021
- West Side Story — Tony2021
- The Goldfinch — Theodore Decker2019
- Billionaire Boys Club — Joe Hunt2018
- Jonathan — Jonathan / John2018
- Why Can't We Get Along — Self2018
- Face to Grace — Self2018
- Basketball: A Love Story — Narrator (voice)2018
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1994
Discography
- Home Alone2016
- All I Think About Is You2017
- Thief2017
- You Can Count on Me2017
- Supernova2018
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 268,986
- Total plays
- 2,801,565
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Ansel Elgort (born March 14, 1994) is an American actor and DJ under the stage name Ansolo (sometimes stylized as Ansølo). As a film actor, he is known for playing Tommy Ross in Carrie (2013), Caleb Prior in The Divergent Series (2014) and Augustus Waters in The Fault in Our Stars (2014). Early life Elgort was born in Manhattan. His parents are Arthur Elgort, a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for Vogue for over thirty years, and Grethe Barrett Holby, an opera director. <a href=
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1994-03-14 ) March 14, 1994 (age 32) , New York City, U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor singer
- Years active
- 2012–present
- Parents
- Arthur Elgort (father) Grethe Barrett Holby (mother)
- Relatives
- Sophie Elgort (sister) Sam Morril (cousin)
- Also known as
- Ansølo
- Genres
- Hip-hop R&B soul electronic
- Instruments
- Vocals turntables
- Labels
- Island Universal (2015–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Father
- Arthur Elgort
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
- Record label
- Island Records
- Official website
- soundcloud.com/ansolo
- Image
- Ansel Elgort (35875410045) (colour edited).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ansel Elgort
- date of birth
- 1994-03-14
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- social media followers
- 591000
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Norwegian Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Ansel Elgort (born March 14, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie (2013). He gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and for his supporting role in The Divergent Series (2014–2016).
In 2017, Elgort played the title character in Edgar Wright's action thriller Baby Driver, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. After starring in Steven Spielberg's musical film West Side Story (2021), he portrayed Jake Adelstein in the crime series Tokyo Vice from 2022 to 2024.
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