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Jamie Bell Profile |
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Birth Date: March 14, 1986
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Birth Place: Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK
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Birth Name: Jamie Bell
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Height 5'8"
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Biography |
Jamie Bell is an English actor.
Bell was born in Billingham, England, where he grew up, and
was a pupil at the Stagecoach Theatre School. He was also a
member of the National Youth Music Theatre. His first acting
performance is reported to be in a London stage production
of Bugsy Malone at Christmas 1998. His breakthrough role was
that of the eponymous Billy Elliot in Stephen Daldry’s 2000
film, although he had been taking the ballet lessons which
would prepare him for the this film, since he was six.
His first award came in 2000 from the National Board of
Review of Motion Pictures, for Outstanding Young Actor for
Billy Elliot, for which he was up against rival newcomer
Chris Beattie of Purely Belter fame.
Bell has since appeared in a number of diverse roles,
including the crippled servant Smike in an adaptation of
Nicholas Nickleby, a young soldier in Deathwatch, a teenager
on the run in Undertow, a gun-toting pacificist in Dear
Wendy, and a disaffected Southern California teenager in The
Chumscrubber. His most recent role is that of a young seaman
in Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong.
He recently wrapped Clint Eastwood's WW2 drama Flags of Our
Fathers, and is currently filming a big-screen adaptation of
the novel Hallam Foe by Peter Jinks.
He also acted as Honorary Jury President of the 2001 Giffoni
Film Festival.
Bell is currently dating fellow actor Evan Rachel Wood, with
whom he appeared in the Green Day music video "Wake Me Up
When September Ends." |
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Other Information |
Started dancing when he was six. Dancers have been in his
family for ages. His sister, his mother, grandmother, and
aunt all danced before him.
First decided to act when he was nine.
First acting performance is reported to be part of the
London stage production of Bugsy Malone in Christmas 1998.
Was teased by classmates when they found out that Jamie took
ballet, and called him "Ballerina Boy".
When he won Best Actor at the 2001 British Academy Awards (BAFTAs),
not only did he beat the Best Actor Oscar winner of that
year, Russell Crowe, but the other three nominees he beat
out - Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas and Geoffrey Rush - had
also won the Best Actor Oscar in past years.
Lives in Billingham with his mother Eileen and older sister
Cathryn. He has no contact with his father John whom his
mother divorced before Jamie was born.
Was chosen out of 2000 boys to play Billy Elliot over a
series of seven auditions. Criteria that the casting
director was looking for were acting ability, dancing
ability and the right Northern English accent.
Only the second actor ever to be awarded Outstanding
Performance by a Young Actor from the National Board of
Review, USA. The first was fellow Brit Christian Bale in
1987 (then titled Outstanding Juvenile Performance) for
Empire of the Sun (1987).
Prefers tap dancing over ballet. Has been in many
tap-dancing competitions and won many awards.
Was Honorary Jury President of the 2001 Giffoni Film
Festival.
A former student at the Stagecoach Theater School.
He became interested in baseball when he visited the United
States for the first time, and he began collecting all of
the teams jerseys.
Named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You
Need to Know" in 2005.
Shares a birthday with Taylor Hanson, Kylie Tyndall, Keaton
Tyndall, Quincy Jones, Chris Klein, and Michael Caine
He was accompanied by his girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood to the
King Kong (2005) premiere in New York |
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