Will Poulter Biography

William Jack "Will" Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is an English actor. He is notable for his roles as Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007), Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), and Kenny in We're the Millers (2013).

Life and career

Poulter was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Caroline, a former nurse, and a father who is a professor of cardiology. He was educated at Harrodian School. He played various acting roles before landing the role of Lee Carter in the 2008 movie Son of Rambow, which was released to positive reviews, and praise for the performances of Poulter and his co-star Bill Milner. He also performed with other young comedic actors in School of Comedy, which aired its pilot on Channel 4's Comedy Lab on 21 August 2008. School of Comedy was then commissioned for a full series by Channel 4, which began airing on 2 October 2009. He then did the second series of the programme and appears as a whole new collection of characters.

In 2009, he was selected to play the role of Eustace Scrubb in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (filmed in Queensland, Australia), and was accompanied by some members of his family. The movie was first screened on 10 December 2010. The film opened to mixed reviews, but Poulter's performance was well-received.

In 2010, he appeared in the BBC Three pilot The Fades, a 60-minute supernatural thriller written by Skins writer, Jack Thorne. The pilot has been commissioned to be written as six-part series with almost entirely a new cast.

Poulter began filming a small British independent film called Wild Bill, directed by Dexter Fletcher, at the end of 2010. It centres around Bill Hayward, played by Charlie Creed-Miles, who, on parole after spending eight years in prison, finds his two sons, Dean (Poulter) and Jimmy (Sammy Williams), living alone abandoned by their mother. With the attention of social services now focused on the boys, Bill struggles to play good dad while keeping out of jail as Jimmy gets in trouble with some dangerous acquaintances of Bill's past. The film was released on 23 March 2012 to extremely positive reviews, with praise heaped on Poulter's performance.

In 2011, Poulter appeared with the famous British vlogger and School of Comedy co-star Jack Harries on his YouTube channel by the name of Jacksgap in a video called Jack and Will.

In 2013, he played Kenny in We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. He will appear as Fordy in Plastic directed by Julian Gilbey and starring Ed Speleers, Alfie Allen and Danny Trejo, and Gally in the film adaption of The Maze Runner alongside Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario. Poulter's current project is Kids In Love, a film produced by Ealing Studios in which he plays the protagonist alongside Alma Jodorowsky, Sebastian de Souza and Cara Delevingne.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Son of Rambow	Lee Carter	Nominated " British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer Nominated " Young Artist Award for Best Performance in an International Feature Film (shared with: Bill Milner)
2010	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Eustace Scrubb	Nominated " Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role " Male Nominated " Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor Nominated " London Critics Circle Film Award for Young British Performer of the Year
2012	Wild Bill	Dean	Nominated " London Critics Film Award for Young British Performer of the Year
2013	We're the Millers	Kenny
2013	Plastic	Fordy	post-production
2014	The Maze Runner	Gally	post-production
TBA	Kids In Love		filming

Television Work

Year	Title	Role
2007	Comedy Shuffle	Find Your Folks Presenter
2008	Comedy Lab " School of Comedy	Various
2008	Lead Balloon	Sweet Throwing Boy
2009"2010	School of Comedy	Various