Ansel Elgort Biography
Ansel Elgort is an American actor, singer as well as a DJ, and model who rose to fame after his role as Augustus Waters(a teenage cancer patient) in the romantic film, "The Fault in Our Stars"(2014) and appearing in on-screen projects including The Goldfinch, Divergent, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Baby Driver, and Paper Towns. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie (2013). For his role in the 2017 film Baby Driver, he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy. produces his music, which he calls "Ansolo" (pronunciation; An-Solo). He modeled for Teen Vogue magazine at the age of 15. As a model, he was worked with several magazines such as Elle, Vogue, 7000, Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone, Flaunt, Seventeen, and the list goes on. In October 2018, Ansel launched Polo Red Rush men's fragrance. He has also appeared in music videos for songs like Be the One by Dua Lipa and Off da Zoinkys by J.I.D. He faced sexual assault allegations by a woman named Gabby in June 2020 who took to Twitter to state that he assaulted her in 2014 when she was 17 and he was 20. However, the actor denied all the claims and stated that it was a "brief, legal, and entirely consensual relationship". Globally, he was the 9th most-searched actor of 2020 on Google. Scroll down to know more about Ansel Elgort's Full Biography, Untold Story, Affairs, Wiki, Age, Facts, & more.
Ansel Elgort is famous for being an actor, singer as well as a DJ. He is best known for appearing playing Tommy Ross in the 2013 film "Carrie", as Caleb Prior in the 2014 film "Divergent" and Augustus Waters in the romantic film, "The Fault in Our Stars" (2014).
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Ansel Elgort was born on 14th March 1994, in Manhattan, New York City, the USA. He holds an American nationality and his ethnic background is American-White whereas he belongs Russian Jewish, Norwegian, English, and German descent. Talking about his family, he was born to his parents; Arthur Elgort (father) and Grethe Barrett Holby (mother). By profession; his father, Arthur is a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for Vogue for over 30 years, and his mother, Grethe is an opera director and theatre producer, who is also known as the founder of American Opera Projects, and currently serves as Executive Artistic Director of "Family Opera Initiative". He also has two siblings; Warren Elgort (Older Brother) (Film Editor), and Sophie Elgort (Older Sister) (Professional Photographer). His parental grandparents are Harry Elgort and Sophie while his maternal grandparents are Warren Barrett Holby and Aase-Grethe, who even saved Norwegian Jewish children by moving them into neutral Sweden during World War II. Pisces is his zodiac sign and his religion is Christian. As of 2020, he celebrated his 26th birthday and he will be celebrating his 27th birthday as of 2021 on 14th March.
Concerning his education, he attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School along with that he also took classes at the Stagedoor Manor summer camp and the Professional Performing Arts School. When he was 9, his mother took him to try out for the School of American Ballet, which he attended for five years. Elgort began taking acting classes at age 12 and at LaGuardia he performed in the American musical "Hairspray". During high school, in 2009, he also appeared in Teen Vogue alongside Polish model Jac Jagaciak in an editorial photographed by his father.
Ansel Elgort is a very cool and handsome face personality attracting a lot of people towards him. With an athletic body build, he stands tall at the height of 6 ft 4 in or 1.93 m. His balanced weight consists of 79 KG or 174 lbs. He has a pair of dark brown eyes color and his hair color is light brown. He has a fair skin complexion. His chest size is 42 inches and his waist size is 32 inches. Overall, he has got a healthy body. In the movie "The Fault In Our Stars"; Ansel Elgort's role as Augustus Waters had a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma, but is in remission after having part of his leg amputated - a demanding special effect.
Ansel Elgort Career
- Initially, Ansel Elgort started his professional career playing the lead role in an Off-Broadway production of "Regrets" in March 2012. And then, he made his first film debut with a supporting role in the horror film, "Carrie" in the year 2013.
- He then rose to fame and came to public attention after his role as Caleb Prior in the sci-fi action film, "Divergent" in the year 2014. Then, he got his further success after playing the role of Augustus Waters (a teenage cancer patient) in the romantic film, "The Fault in Our Stars" in the year 2014 alongside Shailene Woodley.
- He next co-starred in the dramatic film, "Men, Women & Children" alongside his LaGuardia classmate Timothée Chalamet. In the year 2015, he reprised his role, Caleb Prior, in "The Divergent Series: Insurgent". He also reprised his role in the third film, "The Divergent Series: Allegiant" in the year 2016.
- In the year 2017, he played the title role in the action film, "Baby Driver" & also played Addison Schacht in the drama thriller film, "November Criminals".
- In the year 2018, he starred as Joe Hunt in the crime drama film, "Billionaire Boys Club" and played the lead role as Theodore Decker in the film drama, "The Goldfinch" in the year 2019.
- He will next star in "Tokyo Vice", a TV show. He is also set to star in the lead role of Tony in a romantic musical film, "West Side Story" which is scheduled to be released on 10th December 2021. He will also be seen playing the role of journalist Jake Adelstein in a television adaption of HBO Max. He is also set to portray the role of John F. Kennedy in "Mayday 109".
- Regarding Elgort's music career, he started his career under the name Ansolo and signed a record deal with Tom Staar's new label, "Staar Traxx", and Steve Angello's label, "Size Records" in the year 2014.
- His first record, "Unite", was released on 21st April 2014, on Beatport and on 5th May on iTunes.
- His second record, "Totem" was released on July 21. In September 2015, his single, "To Life" was released.
- He also played at the Electric Zoo Festival's main stage and music event in Amsterdam in 2014, the Ultra Music Festival's main stage in March 2015, and played his first headline show on his 21st birthday on Pacha NYC.
- In the year 2015, he signed a record deal with Island/Universal Records and released his first single on the label, "Home Alone" on 8th July 2016.
- On 3rd February 2017, he released a single called "Thief" under the name Ansel Elgort. He was featured on rapper Logic's third studio album, "Everybody", released on 5th May 2017, on a song titled "Killing Spree".
- On 11th January 2018, he released a single called "Supernova".
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Ansel Elgort Personal Life and Affairs
Ansel Elgort is not married yet and he is still to get married. At present, he is assumed to be single as there are no rumors about him dating anyone. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay. He posted a nude photo of himself on social media as part of a fundraising effort to feed those affected by COVID-19 as of April 2020. On his 21st birthday, he asked friends, family, and fans to donate to the Thirst Project. An unknown woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2014 when she was 17 and he was 20 in June 2020. He then denied the allegation in a post on his Instagram page, saying that he and the woman had a "brief, legal and entirely consensual relationship".
Back then, he was in a relationship with his high school sweetheart, Violetta Komyshan (dancer) since the year 2012. The duo dated each other for two years until late August 2014. Within 6 months, they reconciled again in February 2015 and have since been together. Later, there was also news in the media that he was in a relationship with actress Kaitlyn Dever in 2014.
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At present, he is residing happily in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn since the year 2017.
Ansel Elgort Net Worth and Salary
Ansel Elgort is an American actor, singer, and DJ. He is making a cool amount of money appearing in movies and also by singing which is his major source of wealth. During the time span of seven years starting from the year 2013, he has managed to amass a wealthy worth fortune from his hit movies, songs, and endorsement deals as well. As of 2021, the net worth of Ansel is estimated to have $20 Million as per sources. In May 2019 it was revealed that Ansel can command $5 million per large-scale commercial film. However, he opted for significantly less than $5 million for the chance to appear in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story". He has also served as the brand ambassador for the designer "Thom Browne". He is living a luxurious lifestyle from his earnings and he is satisfied with his earnings.
