20 Photos That Prove Nicholas Hoult Is a Seriously Sexy Beast

We doubt anyone who watched 2002's About a Boy imagined that the adorable but awkward Marcus would grow up to be such hot stuff, but from the moment Nicholas Hoult returned to our screens five years later as Skins antihero Tony Stonem, we were hooked. A successful film career (and a seriously A-list ex-girlfriend) later, and Nicholas is one of our favourite UK film stars. Luckily, we've had no shortage of moments to ogle the blue-eyed babe in the last 12 months. He hung with his Mad Max: Fury Road costars at last year's Cannes Film Festival, before dominating the red carpet in Venice. Then he returned to our screens as Hank McCoy (aka Beast) in X-Men: Apocalypse, and romanced Kristen Stewart in Equals. Now, as he celebrates his 26th birthday, it's the perfect time to indulge in a little look back at some of Nicholas's hottest red carpet moments.