Jamie Bell

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Nationality: British
Birthdate: 03/14/1986
Birthplace: Stockton on Tees, England, United Kingdom

biography

British actor Jamie Bell tugged on international heartstrings and earned a Best Actor BAFTA for his film debut as aspiring dancer and local outcast "Billy Elliot" (2000). He was only 12 years old at the time, but universally hailed for his uncommon talent as a dancer as well as an actor. Bell parlayed his star-making turn into another story of scrappy can-do spirit, “Nicholas Nickelby” (2002), and banked on his strength with adolescent misfits in a number of American independent films including “The Chumscrubber” (2005). Hot on the heels of essaying disaffected teens, Bell made a surprisingly Continued

Credits

Asael Bielski
2008
Hallam Foe
2008
Griffin
2008
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
2006
Jimmy
2005
Dean Stiffle
2005
Dick
2005
Chris Munn
2004
Smike
2002
Actor
2001
Billy
2000
Charlie Shakespeare

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Billingham, Durham, England
 
Began taking ballet classes at age six
 
Auditioned for leading role in "Dancer/Billy Elliot"; was selected for part after more than 2000 boys had auditioned
2000 
Feature debut, "Billy Elliot" (formerly known as "Dancer") playing a miner's son who becomes a ballet dancer
2001 
Second feature, "Deathwatch" as a WWI soldier trapped in a German trench
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