Ansel Elgort (born March 14,
1994) is an American actor, music producer, and DJ under the stage name
"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).
Born March 14, 1994 (age 21), Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Occupation Actor, disc-jockey, musician, singer,
producer
Years active 2012–present
Parent(s) Arthur Elgort
Grethe Barrett Holby
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. His father is of Russian Jewish descent, and his mother is of
English, German, and Norwegian ancestry. His maternal grandmother, Aase-Grethe,
was in the Norwegian resistance during World War II, and saved Norwegian Jewish
children by moving them into neutral Sweden; because of these activities, she
was imprisoned in a concentration camp.
Elgort has two older
siblings, Warren, a film editor, and Sophie, a photographer. At the age of
nine, his mother took him to try out for School of American Ballet. He attended
The Professional Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and
Stagedoor Manor summer camp. Elgort started taking acting classes at the age of
twelve and starred in his high school's productions of Guys and Dolls and
Hairspray.
Career
Acting
Elgort's acting career began
through professional stage acting, in Regrets, by Matt Charman. His film debut
was a secondary role in the 2013 remake of Carrie. His first highly publicized
role was in Divergent as Caleb, the brother of Beatrice Prior (Shailene
Woodley). The film, based on a popular young adult novel by Veronica Roth, was
released on March 21, 2014.
In May 2013, immediately
after the filming of Divergent was completed, it was announced that Elgort
would play Augustus Waters in the film adaptation of John Green's novel The
Fault in Our Stars, opposite Woodley who would play Hazel Grace Lancaster. The
film followed the story of Hazel, a teenage cancer patient, who is forced by
her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls
in love with Waters, an ex-basketball player and amputee. The film, directed by
Josh Boone, was released on June 6, 2014. Elgort next co-starred in the comedy
film Men, Women & Children, directed by Jason Reitman and released in
October 2014. He also reprised his role, Caleb Prior, in The Divergent Series:
Insurgent, the second film of the book series Divergent. The film was released
March 20, 2015.
On June 23, 2014, Deadline
announced that Elgort had been cast in the titular role in Van Cliburn. Based
on the biography by Howard Reich, the film will depict Van Cliburn's rise to
fame in 1958 when, in the midst of the Cold War, Cliburn won the first
International Tchaikovsky Competition in piano - an extraordinary event, since
Cliburn was from the USA. The adaptation will be produced by Wyck Godfrey and
Marty Bowen, who also produced The Fault in our Stars. In January 2015, Elgort
had also signed to play the lead, Addison Schacht, in the book adaptation The
November Criminals with Chloë Grace Moretz. Elgort then reunited with Moretz to present
the award for Best Visual Effects at the 2015 Oscars.
Elgort is represented by CAA
and Brookside Artist Management's Emily Gerson Saines.
Music
Under the name
"Ansølo", Elgort created a SoundCloud account to publish electronic
dance music, and he has remixed songs such as "Born to Die" by Lana
del Rey. In a livestream in February 2014 he stated he had signed a record deal
with Tom Staar's new label Staar Traxx and Steve Angello Size Records.
His first record
"Unite" was released on April 21, on Beatport, and May 5, 2014 on
iTunes. His second record, "Totem", was released July 21 on Beatport
and iTunes.[citation needed]
He played in the Electric
Zoo Festival main stage in 2014, Ultra Music Festival main stage in March 2015,
played in red light dance music event in Amsterdam in 2014, opened some The
Chainsmokers shows, a NERVO show, and some others shows with his friends Nicky
Romero and Martin Garrix . He played his first headline show on his 21st
birthday on Pacha NYC.
Personal life
Elgort has been dating
Violetta Komyshan, his high school sweetheart, since 2012. The couple broke up
in August 2014 primarily due to the actor's burgeoning career and hectic
schedule but reconciled after five months of separation.
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