Jacob Elordi

Jacob Elordi is an Australian actor born on June 26, 1997, in Brisbane, Queensland. He attended St Joseph’s Nudgee College, where he took part in school theatre and developed an interest in performing. His first film appearance came in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), in which he was an uncredited extra. Although the role was minor, it marked his entry into professional film production. Elordi became widely known after playing Noah Flynn in The Kissing Booth (2018), a Netflix romantic comedy based on Beth Reekles’s novel. Noah is the older brother of Lee Flynn and the romantic interest of Elle Evans, played by Joey King. Elordi returned for The Kissing Booth 2 in 2020 and The Kissing Booth 3 in 2021. The popularity of the trilogy made him recognizable to a large international audience, but he later expressed concern about being reduced to conventional romantic roles. His career changed substantially when he joined HBO’s Euphoria, created by Sam Levinson. Beginning in 2019, Elordi played Nate Jacobs, a physically imposing and emotionally volatile high-school athlete whose abusive behavior, insecurity, and strained relationship with his father drive several major storylines. The role required him to portray intimidation alongside vulnerability, particularly in scenes involving Nate’s secret online identity and his complicated relationships with Maddy Perez and Jules Vaughn. Elordi received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role. Elordi’s film work subsequently moved toward more demanding, distinctive characters. In Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla (2023), he portrayed Elvis Presley opposite Cailee Spaeny, focusing on the imbalance of power within Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s marriage rather than presenting a conventional musical biography. In Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn (2023), he played Felix Catton, an aristocratic Oxford student whose charisma fascinates Barry Keoghan’s character, Oliver Quick. Elordi also appeared in Sean Price Williams’s The Sweet East (2023), a sharply satirical independent film, and in Andrew Haigh’s psychological drama All of Us Strangers (2023), where he played Harry, a mysterious neighbor involved in the protagonist’s emotional crisis. These projects established Elordi as an actor moving beyond teen romance toward psychologically complex, often unsettling performances. His contrasting work in television and film has made his career notable for its rapid shift from streaming popularity to auteur-led productions.