Who is Jacob Elordi? Meet Saltburn star and rumoured James Bond contender
The Priscilla and Saltburn star is rumoured to be a contender to play James Bond.
Jacob Elordi has had quite the meteoric rise over the past few years, with acclaimed turns in films such as Saltburn and Priscilla solidifying his status as a star for our times.
Now, with more big films on the way, rumours have started to swirl that his biggest role yet could be just around the corner – James Bond.
His name has been linked to the character previously, but a recent Variety article suggested that he was one of three at the top of Amazon's list for who they would like to star in Denis Villeneuve's new film.
The other two stars mentioned are Tom Holland and Harris Dickinson, with the studio reportedly looking for an actor under the age of 30.
But just who is Elordi, what has he been in before and has he responded to the Bond rumours thus far? Read on for everything you need to know.
Who is Jacob Elordi?
Elordi is an actor whose stock has been consistently rising in recent years, to the point where he's quickly becoming a major movie star.
In Saltburn, he played a crucial supporting role as Felix Catton, an aristocratic Oxford student with whom the main character Oliver Quick develops something of an obsession, while he also starred as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla.
How old is Jacob Elordi?
Elordi was born on 26th June 1997 and is currently 28 years old.
What nationality is Jacob Elordi?
Although Elordi employed a pitch-perfect upper-class English accent in Saltburn – and has previously played predominantly American characters – he is actually Australian.
He was born in Brisbane and was schooled both there and in Melbourne before he eventually moved to the US to pursue his acting career.
What has Jacob Elordi previously starred in?
Elordi first shot to fame as the male lead in the Netflix romcom film The Kissing Booth in 2018, and he went on to reprise his role in two sequels, although he has since been rather dismissive about the trilogy in interviews.
He found further success playing the role of Nate Jacobs on HBO's hit teen drama Euphoria, while he's also had roles in films such as Deep Water and 2 Hearts.
2023 saw his stock rise even further – as well as his key role in Saltburn and playing Presley in Priscilla, he also starred in two other films on the festival circuit, The Sweet East and He Went That Way.
Most recently he has appeared in alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, Will Poulter and Diego Calva in the drama On Swift Horses and played a key role in Paul Schrader's film Oh, Canada.
He will next be seen in Guillermo Del Toro's take on Frankenstein, playing the monster, and will also have roles in Emereld Fennell's Wuthering Heights, playing Heathcliff, and Ridley Scott's new film The Dog Stars.
What has Jacob Elordi said about Saltburn?
Speaking in the film's press notes, Elordi said: "Emerald did such an amazing job of putting her characters under a microscope that reveals close-up the whole of human nature."
He added that he approached his character as someone who is "basically kind and joyful but can’t help but carry this immense sense of privilege that comes with the hundreds of years of money, history and influence that are his inheritance".
Meanwhile, he also said that one of the things he liked about the film was that "there’s this constant ambiguity between good and evil and right and wrong in each character".
What has Jacob Elordi said about playing Elvis?
Discussing the process of transforming into Elvis for the film, Elordi previously told The Hollywood Reporter: "The kind of first thing for me was just kind of disabling the mythology and attempting to play him as a human being and a person, who’s given a certain set of circumstances."
He continued: "So, the whole thing all the time was just trying to walk the tightrope between being arguably one of the most famous people in the world and a human being at the same time, and being honest with the love."
What has Jacob Elordi said about the rumours he could play James Bond?
While Jacob Elordi has not responded to the most recent rumours surrounding Amazon's interest in him playing James Bond, he did respond to some previous speculation back in 2023, during the press tour for Saltburn.
Speaking with Extra, the speculation was put to him, to which he said: "Bond? James Bond? Is that what they're saying? Oh my goodness, wow. That's beautiful. I just like that people maybe want to put me in their movies, that makes me really glad."
Meanwhile, his Saltburn co-star Barry Keoghan said he would play the villain in Elordi's Bond film - are we starting to see a cast come together?
Is Jacob Elordi on Instagram?
No, he isn't. Elordi previously had an Instagram account, but it no longer seems to be active.
He is rumoured to have deactivated the account in 2024.
Is Jacob Elordi on Twitter/X?
No, not at present.
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Molly Moss is a Trends Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest trends across TV, film and more. She has an MA in Newspaper Journalism and has previously written for publications including The Guardian, The Times and The Sun Online.
