Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell (birthname: Andrew James Matfin Bell) is the youngest actor to win the Best Actor BAFTA award in 2001 for his sensational feature debut as the ballet-dancing title character in Billy Elliot (2000), with Gary Lewis, Julie Walters and Adam Cooper under Stephen Daldry’s direction, written by Lee Hall from his play, Dancer, produced (in part) by StudioCanal, Working Title Films and BBC Films, and which grossed a smashing $109.3 million (based on estimated costs) for Universal Pictures via United International Pictures after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Bell then led the cast of director/writer M.J. Bassett’s British WW1 horror movie, Deathwatch (2002), with Laurence Fox, Kris Marshall, Andy Serkis and Matthew Rhys, and released by Pathe, followed by his performance as Smike in director/writer Douglas McGrath’s film version of Charles Dickens’s 1839 novel, Nicholas Nickleby (2002), with Charlie Hunnam, Nathan Lane, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Plummer, Anne Hathaway, Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Tom Courtenay, Juliet Stevenson, Romola Garai, Barry Humphries and Edward Fox, and released by MGM (U.S., Canada)/20th Century Fox (International).
Bell starred in director/co-writer David Gordon Green’s Southern Gothic drama, Undertow (2004), whose story was written by lead producer Terrence Malick, with Dermot Mulroney, Devon Alan, Shiri Appleby and Josh Lucas, and distributed by MGM, and then Bell led the cast of the Thomas Vinterberg-directed West Virginia-set crime movie, Dear Wendy (2005), written by Lars von Trier, co-staring Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Alison Pill and Mark Webber, launching at the Sundance Film Festival before a release by Wellspring Media/A-Film Distribution. Bell starred in director/co-writer Arie Posin’s comedy drama, The Chumscrubber (2005), co-written by Zac Stanford, co-starring Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, William Fichtner, Allison Janney, Ralph Fiennes, John Heard, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rita Wilson and Glenn Close, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and distributed by Picturehouse/Go Fish Pictures, followed by Bell appearing in support in his first Hollywood blockbuster, director/co-writer/producer Peter Jackson’s big-budget version of King Kong (2005), co-written and produced by Fran Walsh, starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Collin Hanks and Andy Serkis, and which grossed $557 million for Universal Pictures.
Jamie Bell jumped aboard director/producer Clint Eastwood’s U.S.-focused Iwo Jima WW2 drama, Flags of Our Fathers (2006), based on James Bradley’s and Ron Powers’ 2000 book, with Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Paul Walker, Barry Pepper, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough, Harve Presnell, George Grizzard and Melanie Lynskey, and released by Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures. Bell returned to British cinema as the star of director/co-writer David Mackenzie’s drama, Hallam Foe (2007), based on Peter Jinks’s novel, with Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani and Ciaran Hinds, and distributed by Magnolia Pictures (U.S.)/Buena Vista International (International) after premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, and then Bell co-starred with Hayden Christensen in 20th Century Fox’s sci fi action movie, Jumper (2008), with Rachel Bilson, Michael Rooker, AnnaSophia Robb, Diane Lane and Samuel L. Jackson under Doug Liman’s direction, and grossing $225 million worldwide.
Bell co-starred with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber in director/co-writer Edward Zwick’s WWII true story drama, Defiance (2008), based on Nechama Tec’s 1993 book about Belarusian Jewish resistance to the Nazis, with George MacKay and Mia Wasikowska, and earning $51 million for Paramount Pictures, followed by Bell joining co-stars Channing Tatum, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Denis O’Hare and Douglas Henshall for the Kevin Macdonald-directed ancient Roman epic, The Eagle (2011), and released by Focus Features (U.S.)/Universal Pictures (International). Bell appeared alongside co-stars Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender in the Cary Joji Fukunaga’s film version of Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel, Jane Eyre (2011), with Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney and Imogen Poots and which was produced (in part) by distributor Focus Features, and then Bell co-starred with Thandiwe Newton and Cillian Murphy in director/co-writer Carl Tibbetts’s psychological drama, Retreat (2011), produced (in part) by Sir David Frost and released by Vertigo Films.
Jamie Bell joined director/producer Steven Spielberg for his live-action/animated big-screen version for Paramount Pictures of Herge’s comic book hero, The Adventures of Tintin (2011), co-written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, produced (in part) by Peter Jackson, and co-starring Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Toby Jones, and which grossed $374 million globally. Bell co-starred with Sam Worthington and Elizabeth Banks in the thriller, Man on a Ledge (2012), with Anthony Mackie, Ed Burns, Titus Welliver, Kyra Sedgwick and Ed Harris under Asger Leth’s direction, and released by Summit Entertainment, and then Bell joined the international cast of director/co-writer Bong Joon Ho’s futurist thriller based on Jacques Lob’s climate-themed graphic novel, Snowpiercer (2013), with Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt and Ed Harris, premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, and released via (among others) Radius-TWC (U.S.)/CJ Entertainment (South Korea)/Le Pacte-Wild Side Films (France).
Bell topped the bill with James McAvoy (who also was a lead producer) and Jim Broadbent in director/writer/producer Jon S. Baird’s black comedy, Filth (2013), based on Irvine Welsh’s 1998 novel, with Imogen Poots and Eddie Marsan, and distributed by Magnet Releasing (U.S.)/Lionsgate (U.K.)/Ascot Elite (Germany)/Noble (Sweden), which Bell followed with a role in the ensemble of director/writer Lars von Trier’s two-part Danish erotic drama, Nymphomaniac 1 and 2 (2013), the conclusion of his so-called “Depression Trilogy” with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Connie Nielsen and Udo Kier, and which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival (for Part 1) and Venice Film Festival (Part 2), and was distributed by Magnolia Pictures (U.S.)/Nordisk (Denmark)/Les Films du Losange (France)/Concorde Filmverleih (Germany)/ABC Distribution (Belgium) for a $18.5 million global return. Bell played The Thing in his first superhero franchise role in Marvel’s money-losing reboot, Fantastic Four (2015), with Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Tim Blake Nelson under Josh Trank’s direction, produced (in part) and released by 20th Century Fox, and then Bell portrayed Peter Turner opposite Annette Bening’s Gloria Grahame in the Paul McGuigan-directed biopic based on Turner’s memoir, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017), with Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Walters, Stephen Graham and Frances Barber, and which launched at the Telluride Film Festival before a release by Sony Pictures Classics (U.S.)/Lionsgate (U.K.).
Jamie Bell starred in two movies which premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival: director/writer Tim Sutton’s feature version of Frank Bill’s novel, Donnybrook (2018), with Frank Grillo, Margaret Qualley and James Badge Dale, launching at the Toronto Film Festival before distribution by IFC Films, followed by Bell portraying neo-Nazi skinhead Byron Widner in director/writer/producer Guy Nattiv’s biopic, Skin (2018), with Vera Farmiga, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel Henshall and Bill Camp, produced (in part) by Voltage Pictures and released by A24. Bell delivered another true-life portrayal, as Elton John’s songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, in distributor Paramount Pictures’ jukebox musical, Rocketman (2019), starring Taron Edgerton (as John), Richard Madden and Bryce Dallas Howard, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival before delivering a $195 million global gross, and then Bell did one of his first voice roles in animation with the Mexican-animated comedy, Monster Zone (2020), directed by Leopoldo Aguilar with Anima animation studio in Mexico City and released by Grindstone Entertainment.
Bell joined star Letitia Wright (who was also a producer) in director/producer Anthony Mandler’s Western, Surrounded (2023), with Michael K. Williams and Jeffrey Donovan, produced (in part) by Bron Studios and Mandalay Pictures and distributed by MGM, followed by Bell playing star Andrew Scott’s father in director/writer Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed romantic drama, All of Us Strangers (2023), based on Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel, Strangers, co-starring Paul Mescal and Claire Foy, launching at the Telluride Film Festival before a $20 million release by Searchlight Pictures. Bell joined the ensemble of the Karim Ainouz-directed satire, Rosebush Pruning (2026), loosely based by screenwriter Efthimis Filippou on Marco Bellocchio’s Fists in the Pocket (1965), with Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Tracy Letts and Pamela Anderson, and which was produced (in part) and released by Mubi after premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, and then Bell played English priest John Bell in the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt in director/writer/producer Paul Greengrass’s period drama, The Uprising (2026), co-starring Andrew Garfield, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller and Katherine Waterston, and released wide by Focus Features.Jamie Bell Photos and Videos
Known For
Billy Elliot
Billy (2000)
Jumper
Griffin (2008)
Jamie Bell Movies
Actor
Previous (12)
- 2026 |
The Uprising
Based on the true story of the uprising that inspired the legend of Robin Hood, Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II in a fight for justice.
- 2026 |
Rosebush Pruning
asJack
A family struggling with genetic illnesses lives on a country estate. Personal drama develops amongst them in this intimate portrait.
- 2023 |
All of Us Strangers
asDad
A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.
- 2021 |
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
asRobert Ritter
John Clark, a Navy SEAL, goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.
- 2019 |
- 2019 |
Donnybrook
asJarhead Earl
Two men prepare to compete in a legendary bare-knuckle fight where the winner gets a $100,000 prize.
- 2017 |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
asPeter Turner
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
- 2014 |
- 2014 |
Snowpiercer
asEdgar
In a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.
- 2012 |
Man on a Ledge
asJoey Cassidy
As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
- 2011 |
The Adventures of Tintin
asTintin
Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.
- 2005 |
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