Jamie Bell

"'Infobox actor
name = Jamie Bell


imagesize =
birthdate = Birth date and age|1986|3|14|df=yes
birthplace = Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England

occupation =
baftaawards = Best Actor in a Leading Role
2001 "Billy Elliot"
awards = NBR Award for Best Cast
2002 "Nicholas Nickleby"
Young Artist Award
2001 "Billy Elliot"
2005 "Undertow"

Jamie Bell (born 14 March 1986 in Billingham, County Durham, England) is a BAFTA-winning English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title character in the film "Billy Elliot" (2000), for which he won the 2001 BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

Biography

Early life

Bell was born in Stockton on Tees, England, where he grew up with his mother and older sister. His father left after his birth. Bell was a pupil at Northfield School, then the Stagecoach Theatre Arts school. He was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre. In 1999, he was chosen from a field of over 2000 boys for the role of Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old boy who dismays his working-class widowed father and older brother by taking up ballet. ["Billy Elliot", DVD, production notes]

Career

Bell acted as Honorary Jury President of the 2001 Giffoni Film Festival. Since his film debut in "Billy Elliot", he has appeared as 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 pacifist in "Dear Wendy", and a disaffected Southern California teenager in "The Chumscrubber". In 2007, he played the title character in "Hallam Foe" – for which he was nominated for the best actor award at the British Independent Film Awards – and appeared as himself in lonelygirl15 spin-off "KateModern". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48be0ZpEcM I Know Hallam Foe! - KateModern] ]

He has roles in two 2008 films: the sci-fi movie "Jumper" and the World War II drama "Defiance". Despite rumours to the contrary, he will not be appearing in Thea Sharrock's West End production of "Equus", [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/shenton/2007/04/the_gossip_and_rumour_mill.php The Stage] ] having withdrawn from negotiations when he was not offered the contract for the play's Broadway run.Fact|date=August 2007

Personal life

In 2005 and 2006, Bell dated actress Evan Rachel Wood, with whom he appeared in the music video for Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends". [ [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/wood%20confirms%20bell%20romance_22_05_2006 Evan Rachel Wood - Wood Confirms Bell Romance ] ]

He currently lives in New York, and also owns a home in Chelsea, London.

Filmography

Awards

Arranged according to year of award: [For both wins and nominations, see [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/awards IMDB: Awards for Jamie Bell] ]
* 2000 — BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/awards IMDB: Awards for Jamie Bell] ]
* 2000 — National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Outstanding Young Actor [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/awards IMDB: Awards for Jamie Bell] ] (only the second time this has been awarded; the first recipient was Christian Bale in 1987, when the award was titled Outstanding Juvenile Performance [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/bio Biography for Jamie Bell: Trivia] ] )
* 2000 — British Independent Film Award, Best Newcomer (On-Screen) [ [http://www.bifa.org.uk/awards/list/2000.html BIFA 2000: 2000 Awards] ]
* 2000 — Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Sierra Award for Youth in Film [ [http://www.lvfcs.org/awards_listing/sierra_00.html LVFCS Sierra Award winners: 2000] ]
* 2001 — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role [ [http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=2000 British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Film Nominations 2000] ] (out of 4 Oscar-winning actors) [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/bio Biography for Jamie Bell: Trivia] ]
* 2001 — Evening Standard British Film Award, Most Promising Newcomer [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/awards IMDB: Awards for Jamie Bell] ]
* 2001 — Young Artist Award, Best Young Actor in an International Film [ [http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm Twenty-Second Annual Young Artist Awards] - according to the [http://www.youngartistawards.org/intronoms22.htm introduction page] , the year of award is 2001 and the performance years are 1999-2000.]
* 2001 — Sony Ericsson Empire Award, Best Debut [ [http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/pastwinners/2001.asp Sony Ericsson Empire Awards: 2001 Winners] ]
* 2001 — London Film Critics Circle, ALFS Award for British Newcomer of the Year [ [http://criticscircle.org.uk/film/award.asp?CAT=bn&title=British%20Newcomer%20of%20the%20Year The Critics' Circle: Film - British Newcomer of the Year] - according to [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/awards IMDB: Awards for Jamie Bell] , the year of award is 2001 and the year of performance is 2000. ]
* 2001 — Phoenix Film Critics Society, PFCS Award for Best Youth Performance [ [http://cinemaclips.com/PFCSarchive.htm Phoenix Film Critics Society Archive of Past Winners: "Almost Famous" wins three PFCS Awards for the Year 2000] - the year of award is 2001 and the year of performance is 2000.]
* 2005 — Young Artist Award, Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor [ [http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms26.htm 26th Young Artist Awards: Winners and Nominees] ]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0068260|name=Jamie Bell
* [http://themovie-fanatic.com/hotlist/rising_stars/jamie_bell/ Jamie Bell comprehensive profile]

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