Ellar Coltrane will next be seen in James Ponsoldt’s THE
CIRCLE, opposite Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. He
most recently played the role of “Will”, young Barack
Obama’s roommate, in the independent feature BARRY
opposite Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell, and Ashley
Judd for director Vikram Gandhi and producer Teddy
Schwartzman. The film had its world premiere at the
Toronto International Film Festival and is now available
on Netflix. He recently completed shooting the
independent features DOG YEARS, opposite Burt
Reynolds and Ariel Winter, and MISFORTUNE opposite
John Cusack for director Lucky McKee. He is next set to
star as the lead in SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD for
director Stephen Kijak opposite Sasha Lane.
He made his breakout feature film debut starred in
Richard Linklater’s Golden Globe and Academy Award-
winning BOYHOOD.
He has appeared in V MAN, L’UOMO VOGUE,
INTERVIEW and PAPER’s annual “Beautiful People”
issue, and was selected as one of the stars of the 2016
Teen Vogue