Ansel Elgort

'Ansel Elgort' (qv) is an American actor, known for playing Augustus Waters in the romance _The Fault in Our Stars (2014)_ (qv) and the title character in the action thriller _Baby Driver (2017)_ (qv). He was born in New York City to photographer 'Arthur Elgort' (qv) and opera director 'Grethe Holby' (qv). His father is of Russian-Jewish heritage, while his mother has Norwegian and British Isles ancestry.As a child, Ansel tried out for the School of American Ballet, and attended Stagedoor Manor summer camp and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. He began his professional acting career on stage, appearing in 'Matt Charman' (qv)'s play "Regrets," which was performed off-Broadway. Ansel made his film debut in the horror remake _Carrie (2013)_ (qv), and co-starred with 'Shailene Woodley' (qv) in both the science-fiction tale _Divergent (2014)_ (qv) (playing her character's brother) and the romantic drama _The Fault in Our Stars (2014)_ (qv) (playing male lead Augustus Waters, who is Woodley's character's love interest). The film was based on the book by 'John Green' (XII). Ansel also had a role in 'Jason Reitman' (qv)'s drama film _Men, Women & Children (2014)_ (qv), and returned for the sequels to Divergent, _The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)_ (qv) and _Allegiant (2016)_ (qv). He had a cameo in _Paper Towns (2015)_ (qv), also based on a teen drama book by author Green.Ansel played the title role in _Baby Driver (2017)_ (qv), director 'Edgar Wright' (qv)'s action film, starring opposite 'Lily James' (qv) and 'Kevin Spacey' (qv). Baby Driver was critically acclaimed, and emerged as a box office hit in the summer of 2017. Ansel also starred in the 2017 book adaptation _November Criminals (2017)_ (qv), a crime thriller. His upcoming roles include the indie films _Jonathan_ (qv), _Billionaire Boys Club (2018)_ (qv), and _The Goldfinch (2019)_ (qv).::atrob1