--- name: "Will Poulter" canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-poulter" fi1m_id: "will-poulter" imdb_id: "nm2401020" tmdb_id: 93491 wikidata_id: "Q1319882" roles: ["Actor"] born: "28 January 1993" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 10 updated: "2026-10-05T11:45:03.841130+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Will Poulter ## Identity Will Poulter - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-poulter - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** will-poulter - **IMDb ID:** nm2401020 - **TMDB ID:** 93491 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1319882 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Poulter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319882, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2401020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93491 Actor. Born 28 January 1993 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 28 January 1993, Hammersmith, London, England, UK - **Active:** 2007–present - **Also known as:** William Poulter, William Jack Poulter - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 10 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 71 (4), 2020s 73 (5) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 10 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 3 of 10 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Adventure 3, Action 2, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Science Fiction 2 - **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,898m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Poulter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319882, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2401020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93491 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Midsommar*](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md) (79), [*Warfare*](https://film.one/film/warfare.md) (76), [*The Revenant*](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) (74) - **Disney+:** [*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3*](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.md) (71), [*Dopesick*](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md) (68), [*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md) (56) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Underground Railroad*](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md) (86), [*Wild Bill*](https://film.one/film/wild-bill.md) (74) - **Hulu:** [*Son of Rambow*](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Will Poulter > Will Poulter can keep a voice steady while letting a face betray panic, and make a powerful fool funny without labouring the joke. We rate him highly; the parts do not always give him enough to do. In *Warfare* (2025), Will Poulter’s Erik keeps his voice level while his eyes show how frightened he is. He is the officer, and the effort to sound capable gives us something specific to watch amid the fighting. We found him quietly distressing because he makes that fear visible without letting it take over the voice. Garland and Mendoza give the men jobs rather than stories about home, and Poulter finds enough in the immediate task to make Erik a person. We rate him for that precision, especially in an ensemble where a small change of expression has to tell us so much. His early films included *Son of Rambow* (2007), followed by the comic breakthrough of *We're the Millers* (2013). Jim Bridger in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s *The Revenant* (2015) gave him a supporting role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, with room for his facility with American accents. Then came *Detroit* (2017) and Ari Aster’s *Midsommar* (2019), continuing the move into harsher material. Those choices make sense for an actor who can give an unpleasant character an inner life. He need not soften someone to make them worth watching, and taking on those parts has not required him to discard his expressiveness. James Gunn puts that expressiveness to comic use in *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023), where Poulter’s Adam Warlock is a golden man-child whose strength far exceeds his sense. Poulter is funny in every scene he has, but there are too few of them, and the film repeatedly seems to forget him. Fred Raskin, Tatiana S. Riegel and Greg D’Auria share the editing credit, and the present-day story repeatedly runs past the natural end of a scene. More Poulter would not cure that slackness, though it might make the waiting more agreeable. We would welcome a comedy that keeps him employed for more of its running time. ## Biography William Jack Poulter (born 28 January 1993) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the sketch series School of Comedy (2009) and for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Poulter received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2014 following his performance in We're the Millers (2013). He is also known for roles in The Maze Runner (2014) and its sequel The Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), The Revenant (2015), Midsommar (2019), and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018). He has received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the miniseries Dopesick (2021) and the series The Bear (2022–). In 2023 he played Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He appeared as Erik in the film Warfare (2025). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) - *I Love Boosters* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Grayson — [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md) - *Warfare* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Erik — [page](https://film.one/film/warfare.md) - *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023), Fi1m 71, as Adam Warlock — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.md) - *Dopesick* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Billy Cutler — [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md) - *The Underground Railroad* (2021), Fi1m 86, as Sam — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md) - *Midsommar* (2019), Fi1m 79, as Mark — [page](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md) - *The Revenant* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Jim Bridger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) - *Wild Bill* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Dean — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-bill.md) - *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), Fi1m 56, as Eustace Scrubb — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md) - *Son of Rambow* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Lee Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md) ## Complete filmography (35) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Union County* (2026), as Cody · Producer - *I Love Boosters* (2026), as Grayson — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md) - *On Swift Horses* (2025), as Lee - *Warfare* (2025), as Erik — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/warfare.md) - *Death of a Unicorn* (2025), as Shepard - *The Bear* (2023), as Luca - *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023), as Adam Warlock — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.md) - *The Bear* (2022), series, as Chef Luca — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md) - *The Score* (2022), as Troy - *Why Didn't They Ask Evans?* (2022), series, as Bobby Jones - *Dopesick* (2021), series, as Billy Cutler — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md) - *The Underground Railroad* (2021), series, as Sam — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md) - *Bainne* (2019), Actor - *Midsommar* (2019), as Mark — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md) - *Black Mirror: Bandersnatch* (2018), as Colin Ritman - *The Little Stranger* (2018), as Roderick Ayres - *Maze Runner: The Death Cure* (2018), as Gally - *Detroit* (2017), as Philip Krauss - *War Machine* (2017), as Ricky Ortega - *Kids in Love* (2016), as Jack - *The Revenant* (2015), as Jim Bridger — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) - *Glassland* (2015), as Shane - *A Plea for Grimsby* (2015), as Jone · Producer - *The Maze Runner* (2014), as Gally - *Plastic* (2014), as Fordy - *We're the Millers* (2013), as Kenny Rossmore - *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Colin Ritman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) - *Wild Bill* (2011), as Dean — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-bill.md) - *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), as Eustace Scrubb — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md) - *School of Comedy* (2009), series, as Bota Saffas / Geoff / Leonard Lizard / Mr Mills / Pongo / Terry - *Son of Rambow* (2007), as Lee Carter — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md) - *Rapture*, Actor - *Beat the Reaper*, series, as Peter Brown · Executive Producer - *Saturn Return*, Actor - *Rabbit, Rabbit*, series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Will Poulter as Billy Cutler in Dopesick (2021)](https://film.one/media/title/9446/still-3a2a30c48f9a.jpg) Will Poulter as Billy Cutler in *Dopesick* (2021) — Image via TMDB - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-7af768984234.jpg) Will Poulter — Janeirohy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Will_Poulter_Sundance_2026.jpg/1280px-Will_Poulter_Sundance_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-e633f643094c.jpg) Will Poulter — Image via TMDB - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-dc675d39d128.jpg) Will Poulter — Image via TMDB - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-0cb7bc9e3d02.jpg) Will Poulter — Image via TMDB - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-3cc81c093f82.jpg) Will Poulter — Image via TMDB - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-2c37cbe6c656.jpg) Will Poulter — Image via TMDB - ![Will Poulter](https://film.one/media/person/8591/gallery-0791cf0d4d01.jpg) Will Poulter — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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