Ansel Elgort is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film
Carrie (2013) and gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film
The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and for his supporting role in
The Divergent Series (2014â2016). In 2017, he played the title character in Edgar Wright's action thriller
Baby Driver, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his performance in the lead role of Tony in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of
West Side Story.