During the filming of the TV stunt on Keen Eddie (2003), he was hit by a bus. The stunt required Nicholas to be strapped to a chair and left hanging 20 ft above the ground as the double-decker vehicle, which was supposed to stop a few inches away from him, struck him. He walked away with a bruised head.
On Top Gear (2002), he admitted that while wearing his Beast costume from X-Men, he ran onto a golf course, gave golfers advice on their swings, and then ran off again without any explanation.
After filming About a Boy (2002), directors Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz gave him one of his character's jackets, a PlayStation and his character's hamster.
He was considered for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Batman (2021) and was the only actor besides Robert Pattinson who was seriously considered for the part.
He has worked in film, television and theatre since the age of eight.
He had an on-and-off relationship with American actress and X-Men co-star Jennifer Lawrence for five years.
He bought a bicycle with the money he earned from About a Boy (2002).
At the end of Wah-Wah (2005), Gabriel Byrne gave him a watch engraved with his name, just like his character in the film.
He has two children with his partner Bryana Holly.
He has three siblings: Clarista Hoult (b. 1992), Rosanna Hoult (b. 1984) and James Hoult (b. 1977).
He was used to play the trombone.
He had to audition for About a Boy (2002) in his school uniform, but unfortunately forgot his shoes. He told journalists that he borrowed and painted his mother's white shoes, but the colour came off.
When they first met, his father was an airline pilot and his mother was a flight attendant.
He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, a prestigious stage school in London.
In 2023, he was invited to join the acting branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He left Sylvia Young Theatre School to attend Ranelagh School, a local Church of England secondary school.
Because of his American role in The Weather Man (2005), he was coached by Joan Washington, the wife of Richard E. Grant, who directed him in Wah-Wah (2005).
He enjoys playing basketball.
He auditioned for the role of Clark Kent/Superman in Superman (2025), but the role went to David Corenswet. He would later take on the role of Lex Luthor.
He was born on the same day as X-Men: First Class (2011) co-star Caleb Landry Jones: 7 December 1989.
He was named an ambassador for the Reading Rockets basketball club, a team that plays in the British Basketball League (BBL).
As of 2019, he had appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Favourite (2018). Neither won.
He is the son of piano teacher Glenis Hoult (née Glenis J. Brown) from Rochford, Essex, and pilot Roger K. Hoult from Birmingham in the West Midlands. His paternal ancestry can be traced back to his great-great-great-great-grandfather Joseph Hoult, c. 1815, in Staffordshire, England.
From 2006 to 2008, he attended Farnborough Sixth Form College in Hampshire, where he took AS and A-Level exams.
He was once said to be Eoin Colfer's favourite to star in the proposed "Artemis Fowl" film adaptation of Colfer's fantasy novel. However, as time passed and the film ran into production problems, Nicholas grew too old for the role and the project was eventually cancelled altogether.
He was the last guest star on Top Gear (2002) before Jeremy Clarkson was fired and James May, Richard Hammond and Andy Wilman left.
He was originally set to play Young Herman in El cerco (2005), but after production delays Thomas Brodie-Sangster was cast in his place.
His great-aunt was Dame Anna Neagle and his great-uncle was Herbert Wilcox.