Nicholas Hoult and Bryana Holly Reportedly Welcome Twins, Expanding Their Family to Four Children

Nicholas Hoult and Bryana Holly have long kept their family life away from the public eye, but an unexpected comment from Pete Davidson has drawn new attention to their private world. During a press event for How To Rob A Bank, Davidson called his co-star “a great dad” and said Hoult was now a “father of four, four under 7.” Sitting beside him, Hoult simply replied, “Yeah,” and that brief confirmation led many fans to believe the couple had quietly expanded their family.

Until now, the public only knew that Nicholas Hoult and Bryana Holly had two children. The couple have publicly shared the name of their eldest child, Joaquin, who is seven, and they welcomed another child in 2022 without revealing that child’s name or gender. If Davidson’s remarks accurately reflect their current family situation, Hoult and Holly have privately welcomed twins, bringing their total number of children to four. Neither of them has publicly announced the news, and their representatives have reportedly not commented.

Davidson did not only reveal the number of Hoult’s children. He also spoke about the period when the two were filming How To Rob A Bank, a project that also features Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Rhenzy Feliz, Christian Slater and others. “Elsie was pregnant while we were filming and he had just had his twins and he would fly back every weekend to go see his family and that was really awesome,” Davidson said. According to the comedian, Hoult’s constant travel between work and home made a strong impression on him.

The detail fits with the way Hoult has spoken about his priorities over the years. Although he is one of the busiest British actors working today, he rarely turns his children into a topic for public discussion. When he does mention family, it is generally in relation to household traditions, travel or the challenge of balancing filming with time at home. He does not share clear photos of his children, nor does he appear eager to offer more information than he feels comfortable making public.

That privacy is what made Davidson’s mention of “his twins” such a surprising moment. The news did not arrive through a formal announcement or a family post on social media. It came from a casual exchange between co-stars. Hoult did not add any details about the children, when they were born or any other part of their lives. For that reason, beyond Davidson’s indication that the family may have welcomed two new babies, their privacy should be respected in the same way the couple have chosen to protect it from the beginning.

Nicholas Hoult and Bryana Holly began dating in late 2016. For the first several years of their relationship, they made few public appearances together, even though Holly was already a model with a significant social media following and Hoult was an internationally known actor. They chose a different rhythm from many celebrity couples: they did not regularly share romantic messages online, turn relationship milestones into media events or discuss their family life in detail.

In 2024, Hoult began referring to Bryana as his “wife” during an interview about her reaction to Nosferatu. “Afterwards, I remember I had my wife’s nails imprinted on my hand,” he said while recalling one especially tense scene. The wording was widely seen as the clearest indication that they had quietly married. The date of their wedding has never been announced, and neither Hoult nor Holly has publicly confirmed details of the ceremony.

That same year, Bryana Holly made her red-carpet debut with Hoult after they had been together for years. The appearance did not come with a grand statement about marriage or family, which was consistent with the approach they have always taken. The images of the two together gave the public a glimpse of their support for one another, but did not change the boundaries they have set around their private life. In an industry where personal lives often become material for public consumption, Hoult and Holly have kept most of their story behind the scenes.

For Nicholas Hoult, fatherhood has unfolded alongside an increasingly varied career. Born in Wokingham, England, in 1989, he began acting as a child. International audiences first recognized him as Marcus in About a Boy, a role that established him as one of Britain’s most promising young performers. Later, his portrayal of Tony Stonem in the television series Skins showed that he could take on characters who were far more complicated and darker than the child roles that had first made him familiar to viewers.

His next major breakthrough came when he joined the X-Men franchise as Hank McCoy, also known as Beast. He appeared in several installments, from X-Men: First Class to X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix. Those large-scale projects brought him closer to a global audience, but Hoult never confined himself to superhero films. He has consistently balanced mainstream work with independent projects, psychological dramas and roles that carry a greater degree of risk.

Audiences have seen very different versions of Hoult in Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Favourite, Tolkien, The Menu and Renfield. He moves comfortably between sharp comedy, eccentricity and emotionally demanding work. In The Great, he played Emperor Peter III with a performance that was both absurdly funny and carefully layered, earning him major television nominations. That range has helped him build a distinct career rather than remaining known only as an actor who grew up in front of the camera.

In recent years, Hoult has maintained a demanding schedule. He appeared in Juror #2, The Order and Nosferatu, while also taking on the role of Lex Luthor in the Superman universe. The iconic villain presented another challenge: creating a Lex Luthor who is intelligent, obsessive and threatening, without reducing him to a simple portrait of evil. Hoult is expected to return as the character in Man of Tomorrow, underlining his place in the longer-term plans for the superhero franchise.

In How To Rob A Bank, Hoult returns to a fast-paced action project as Ryan, the leader of a group of masked vigilantes carrying out elaborate bank robberies. Pete Davidson’s presence in the cast gives the film a different comic energy. Yet it was Davidson’s comment about Hoult flying home every weekend that ultimately shifted attention away from the production and toward the actor’s life beyond the role: a father trying to stay close to his family despite a career that can take him across cities and countries.

Raising four young children while taking on high-profile roles would require careful organization. Still, Hoult does not appear to present that reality as a story of sacrifice or a carefully curated image. Instead, people around him occasionally reveal glimpses of a committed father. Davidson’s comment that he is “a great dad” may have been simple, but it became one of the most widely noticed moments from the interview.

Bryana Holly has adopted a similarly private approach to family life. Before her relationship with Hoult, she was already a recognizable figure in fashion and online culture. Since becoming a mother, Holly has been even more selective about what she shares about her children. Protecting young children from public scrutiny has become an increasingly common choice for celebrity families, particularly when a single comment in an interview can quickly turn into a story across entertainment media.

The couple have not shared the names, genders or birth dates of the twins Davidson referred to. If they have indeed welcomed two babies, it would be a major milestone for the family, but it does not mean the public needs to know every detail. Davidson calling Hoult a “father of four” and mentioning “his twins” already gives a warm picture of the family’s happiness, while Hoult and Holly’s silence suggests they want to decide for themselves what they share.

The story also highlights an interesting part of celebrity culture: the most notable revelations do not always come from carefully planned publicity campaigns. Sometimes they come from a friend on a film set. Davidson appeared to be praising Hoult’s commitment as a father, not trying to create a shocking moment. But because the comment involved two babies the family had never publicly introduced, the casual remark quickly became the center of the conversation.

For fans, the news offers a warm glimpse of Nicholas Hoult at a time when his career continues to grow. From the child actor in About a Boy, to the television star of Skins, an X-Men franchise regular and Lex Luthor in Superman, Hoult has traveled a long way in front of the camera. Away from it, he and Bryana Holly appear to be building a family with four young children in the quietest and least performative way possible.

For now, what can be said with certainty is that Pete Davidson referred to Hoult as a father of four and said he had “just had his twins” while they were making How To Rob A Bank. Hoult answered, “Yeah,” but offered no further details. Until Nicholas Hoult or Bryana Holly confirm the news directly, it remains information disclosed by a co-star rather than an official family announcement. Still, Davidson’s account of Hoult flying home every weekend suggests the point that matters most: amid a busy Hollywood schedule, family remains where he chooses to return.