Ansel Elgort trivia: 34 facts about the actor

Ansel Elgort is an American actor. He gained recognition with his starring role in the film The Fault in Our Stars.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far.

1. Ansel Elgort was born on March 14, 1994
2. He is s an American actor, singer, and DJ
3. His DJ name is Ansølo
4. Born to photographer Arthur Elgort
5. And stage producer Grethe Barrett Holby
6. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie (2013)
7. Elgort gained wider recognition for starring as a charming teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and for his role in The Divergent Series franchise
8. In 2017, he played the title character in Edgar Wright’s action thriller Baby Driver
9. For the film he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
10. As a singer, he has released the singles “Thief” (2017) and “Supernova” (2018)
11. Elgort was born in Manhattan
12. His parents are Arthur Elgort, a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for Vogue for over thirty years
13. And Grethe Barrett Holby, an opera director
14. Elgort’s father is of Russian Jewish descent
15. His mother is of Norwegian, English, and German ancestry
16. His Norwegian maternal grandmother, Aase-Grethe was in the Norwegian resistance during World War II
17. She saved Norwegian Jewish children by moving them into neutral Sweden
18. Because of these activities, she was imprisoned in a concentration camp
19. Elgort is named after photographer Ansel Adams
20. He is the third of three children
21. He has two older siblings: sister Sophie Elgort (born 1986), a fashion photographer and brother Warren Elgort (born 1989), a cinematographer
22. At the age of nine, his mother took him to try out for School of American Ballet
23. Elgort went on to study there for 5 years
24. He attended The Professional Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and Stagedoor Manor summer camp
25. Elgort started taking acting classes at the age of twelve at LaGuardia
26. There he performed in a rendition of Hairspray with schoolmate Kyle Jean-Baptiste
27. He starred in the school’s productions of Guys and Dolls
28. In 2012, Elgort began dating his high school sweetheart, Violetta Komyshan, a ballerina
29. The couple broke up in August 2014 primarily due to the actor’s burgeoning career and hectic schedule
30. They reconciled in 2015
31. He is a skateboarder and an avid sportsman
32. He is often seen playing pickup basketball
33. As a hobby, he also took to miniature painting, displaying some of his work
34. He is an avid fan of the New York Mets, New York Jets, New York Knicks and New York Rangers