Ansel Elgort made his film debut in the 2013 American supernatural horror ‘Carrie’ directed by Kimberly Peirce. The film received a mixed response from critics but managed to gross over $84.8 million on a budget of $30 million. The following year, he portrayed ‘Caleb Prior’ in the Neil Burger-directed American dystopian science fiction action film ‘Divergent.’ The film, despite opening to a mixed reception, was a commercial success and grossed over $288.9 million on a budget of $88 million. That same year, he also played the role of ‘Augustus Waters’ in the American coming-of-age romance film ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ directed by Josh Boone. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and performed exceptionally well at the box office, grossing over $307.2 million on a budget of $12 million. In 2015, he reprised his role as ‘Caleb Prior’ in the American dystopian science fiction action film ‘The Divergent Series: Insurgent,’ the sequel to the 2012 film ‘Divergent.’ The film received a mixed response from critics and grossed over $297.3 million on a budget of $110 million. Elgort continued to star in films like ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ (2016), ‘Baby Driver’ (2017), ‘November Criminals’ (2017), ‘Jonathan’ (2018), ‘Billionaire Boys Club’ (2018), ‘The Goldfinch’ (2019), and ‘West Side Story’ (2021). He was last seen playing the role of ‘Jake Adelstein’ in the American crime drama television series ‘Tokyo Vice’ in 2022.
The movie, which is based on John Green’s novel of the same name, follows the journey of two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Gus Waters – both cancer patients – who meet and fall in love with each other. The two also travel together to meet her favourite author, though it does not turn to be what she expected.
Baby Driver revolves around a gifted but partially hearing-impaired driver who is indentured into working for a mafia boss, but just as he is about to be free from a life of crime and begin anew with his girlfriend, he gets pulled into another dangerous heist. Starring Ansel Egbort in the lead role, it is an action-packed thriller film.
Tony falls for Maria after spotting her a high school dance. Their romance worsens the war between the two rival gangs – the Jets and the Sharks.
In a futuristic society where each adult must choose one of five factions for life, Tris Prior trains to join Dauntless, the faction of the brave, hiding that she is a Divergent who will not fit into any group. However, after uncovering a plot to kill all Divergents, she must use her divergence to save the world.
Men, Women & Children is a comedy-drama film which revolves around the lives of few high school teenagers and their parents. Since the internet has changed their relationships, as well as the way they communicate, they try to deal with these issues.
The Goldfinch is a drama film which tells the story of Theo Decker, a young boy in New York, who loses his mother to a terrorist bombing. He is soon taken in by a wealthy family. However, unable to get over the grief, Theo decides to steal ‘The Goldfinch’, a painting from the museum. However, this soon draws him to the world of crime.
The second installment in The Divergent Series, the movie finds Tris Prior, Four, the rest of the Divergents, and the Factionless going to war against Jeanine Matthews and the Dauntless faction. Eventually captured, Tris unlocks a box to reveal that the faction system was an experiment and that the world is waiting outside the walled city.
Carrie White, a misfit teenage girl who is regularly bullied in school and abused at home by her religious fanatic mother, discovers that she has telekinetic powers following a fateful experience. On Prom Night, she is subjected to a particularly devilish prank that takes the life of her partner, causing her to unleash devastating terror on her oppressors.
In this third movie in the The Divergent series, Tris, her brother, Caleb, and her lover, Four, escape the walled Chicago and come across truths that shatter previous knowledge. Facing dangers that threaten humanity, Tris is forced to make bold decisions in order to survive.
Based on real events, Billionaire Boys Club is a crime drama thriller film which tells the story of a group of boys from wealthy families in 1980s LA, who come up with a scam that allows them to earn a lot of money in a short time. However, things don’t go well, and eventually it leads to murder.
Based on a novel, the movie follows Quentin ‘Q’ Jacobsen who is infatuated with his friend and neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Margot suddenly disappears one day leaving a number of clues for Quentin. Quentin and his friends decide to follow the clues so that Quentin can find her and tell her how he feels.
Ansel Elgort Awards
| The Fault in Our Stars | Best Kiss | 2015 |
