Ansel Elgort was born on March 14, 1994 year in New York.
Elgort was born in Manhattan.His parents are Arthur Elgort, a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for Vogue for over thirty years, and Grethe Barrett Holby, an opera director.
His father is of Russian Jewish descent, and his mother is of Norwegian, English, and German ancestry.Elgort has two older siblings, Warren, a film editor, and Sophie, a photographer.
Elgort started taking acting classes at the age of twelve and at LaGuardia, Elgort performed in a rendition of Hairspray with Kyle Jean-Baptiste and starred in his school's productions of Guys and Dolls.
He is a skateboarder and an avid sportsman, often seen playing pickup basketball. As a hobby, he also took to miniature painting displaying some of his work.