Will Poulter

William Jack "Will" Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is an English actor. He played the role of Gally in the film adaptation of the young-adult dystopian science fiction novel The Maze Runner in 2014 and won the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has also played the roles of Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007), Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), Kenny Rossmore in We're the Millers (2013) and Jim Bridger in The Revenant (2015).

Early life

Poulter was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Caroline (Barrah), a former nurse, and Neil Poulter, a professor of cardiology. His mother was raised in an Anglo family in Kenya, where her father was a game warden. Poulter studied at Harrodian School.

Career

Poulter played various acting roles before landing the role of Lee Carter in the 2007 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. The programme finished after a second series.