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The 12 Best Jacob Elordi Performances of All Time

By YPB Team

Teen romance, prestige TV and a run of period roles in heavy prosthetics or heavy sideburns.

  1. The Creature (Frankenstein) — ranked #11
    The Creature (Frankenstein)
    Elordi's Oscar-nominated turn as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro's 2025 Frankenstein.
    1000pts
  2. Nate Jacobs (Euphoria) — ranked #22
    Nate Jacobs (Euphoria)
    The controlling quarterback of HBO's Euphoria.
    733pts
  3. Felix Catton (Saltburn) — ranked #33
    Felix Catton (Saltburn)
    The golden aristocrat of Emerald Fennell's 2023 thriller Saltburn.
    599pts
  4. Noah Flynn (The Kissing Booth) — ranked #44
    Noah Flynn (The Kissing Booth)
    The brooding love interest of Netflix's Kissing Booth trilogy, his breakout role.
    599pts
  5. Elvis Presley (Priscilla) — ranked #55
    Elvis Presley (Priscilla)
    Sofia Coppola's 2023 Elvis, seen through Priscilla's eyes.
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  6. Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) — ranked #66
    Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)
    Emerald Fennell's 2026 Wuthering Heights, opposite Margot Robbie.
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  7. Dorrigo Evans (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) — ranked #77
    Dorrigo Evans (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
    The Australian surgeon and prisoner of war in the 2025 miniseries of Richard Flanagan's novel.
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  8. Julius (On Swift Horses) — ranked #88
    Julius (On Swift Horses)
    A card-sharp drifter in the 1950s drama On Swift Horses (2025), opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones.
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  9. Leonard Fife (Oh, Canada) — ranked #99
    Leonard Fife (Oh, Canada)
    Elordi plays the young draft-dodging filmmaker whose life Richard Gere's dying older self recounts in Paul Schrader's 2024 Cannes competition drama Oh, Canada.
  10. Charlie De Lauzun (Deep Water) — ranked #1010
    Charlie De Lauzun (Deep Water)
    The charming young pianist flirting with Ana de Armas's Melinda under her jealous husband's gaze in Adrian Lyne's 2022 erotic thriller Deep Water.
  11. Bobby Falls (He Went That Way) — ranked #1111
    Bobby Falls (He Went That Way)
    A charismatic hitchhiking serial killer riding along with Zachary Quinto's animal trainer in the 1960s-set road thriller He Went That Way, released in 2024.
  12. Hig (The Dog Stars) — ranked #1212
    Hig (The Dog Stars)
    A grieving pilot surviving in post-pandemic Colorado in Ridley Scott's 2026 adaptation of Peter Heller's novel, a performance praised even by critics cool on the film.

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His Creature in del Toro's film earned him a first Oscar nomination, for supporting actor. The role among thirteen other Frankenstein angles: https://youpick.best/articles/frankenstein-ranked-many-ways

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Sep 23