Jamie Bell

Other notable film credits include Deathwatch, and Nicholas Nickleby (2002); King Kong (2005); Jumper (2008); Jane Eyre (2011); Man on a Ledge (2012); Snowpiercer, Filth, and Nymphomaniac (2013); Rocketman (2019), and All of Us Strangers (2023). He earned a second BAFTA nomination for his leading role in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017). On television, Bell starred as Abraham Woodhull in the AMC historical drama series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017) and as Niall Kennedy in the joint BBC & HBO six-part television drama Half Man (2026).

Jamie Bell studied at Stagecoach Theatre Arts and Northfield School and Sports College. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is video game industry. Residence is recorded at Los Angeles. Distinctions recorded are BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer.

• Name — Jamie Bell • Birth Name — Andrew James Matfin Bell • Born — 14 March 1986 • Birthplace — Billingham, County Durham, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2000–present • Children — 3

Andrew James Matfin Bell was born on 14 March 1986 in Billingham, Teesside, England, where he grew up with his mother, Eileen Matfin and his elder sister Kathryn. His father, John Bell, a toolmaker, left before Jamie was born. Bell began his involvement with dancing after he accompanied his sister to her ballet lessons.

In 1999, Bell was chosen from a field of over 2,000 boys for the role of Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old boy who dismays his working-class widowed father and elder brother by taking up ballet. Bell's performance received widespread acclaim, and 14-year-old Bell won London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Newcomer of the Year, British Independent Film Award for Best Newcomer, Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming one of the youngest winners of the awards. His lack of an Oscar nomination was met with criticism. He also appeared in Close and True, an ITV legal drama shown in 2000, which starred Robson Green, James Bolam, Kerry Ann Christiansen and Susan Jameson. Bell served as Honorary Jury President of the 2001 Giffoni Film Festival. In 2002, he appeared as the disabled servant Smike in an adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby and a young soldier in Deathwatch. In the following years, he portrayed a teenager on the run in Undertow, a gun-toting pacifist in Dear Wendy, a disaffected Southern California teenager in The Chumscrubber, and the young Jimmy in the 2005 film version of King Kong. Also in 2005, he starred opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the Green Day video "Wake Me Up When September Ends", directed by Samuel Bayer. 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. He had roles in two 2008 films: the sci-fi film Jumper and the World War II drama Defiance. In the second film he plays Asael Bielski, the third of the Bielski Brothers, leaders of a partisan group that saved 1,200 lives during the Holocaust. In 2009, producers announced that Bell would play the title role in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin, alongside Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig. The film was released in 2011.

• Illustration — Bell at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con Bell appeared in a number of films during the early 2010s, beginning with the 2011 films The Eagle as Esca and Jane Eyre as St John Rivers. In 2013, he starred alongside James McAvoy in the film Filth and appeared as Edgar in Snowpiercer. From 2014 to 2017, Bell appeared as Abraham Woodhull in Turn: Washington's Spies. In 2015, he played the Thing in the Fantastic Four reboot. The film would go down in infamy as one of the worst comic book films ever made. In 2022, Bell would say of it, "I don't think [it deserves a second look.] Save your money, save your time." In 2017, Bell had starring roles in 6 Days and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. The latter earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2019, he had a supporting role as Bernie Taupin in the biographical musical film based on the life of Elton John, Rocketman. In 2023, he appeared in the critically acclaimed movie All of Us Strangers as the protagonist's father. In April 2026, it was announced that Bell will take over the role of Duke Shelby, the son of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), in the unnamed Peaky Blinders sequel series that takes place 10 years after Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

Bell dated American actress Evan Rachel Wood for a year in 2005 after they had met at the Sundance Film Festival. Wood was aware of the false claims that they had first met while co-starring in the music video for Green Day's song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and has stated they were "already dating and very much in love by that point." Five years later, in mid-2011, it was reported that Bell and Wood had rekindled their relationship. The couple married in a small ceremony in California on 30 October 2012. They have one son, born in July 2013. The couple announced that they had separated on 28 May 2014. Starting in 2020, Wood and Bell were in dispute over the custody of their son. Bell said he was deprived of contact with him when Wood moved from Los Angeles to Nashville; Wood claimed she did this to protect the child from former fiancé Marilyn Manson. Bell argued in court that Wood's story defied credibility, and accused her of "withholding our son from me for other reasons of her own invention." In May 2023, Wood accepted terms for their son staying in Los Angeles with Bell, while seeing him "one extended weekend per month" and holidays. In late 2015, Bell began dating his Fantastic Four co-star Kate Mara, and in January 2017 the couple became engaged. On 17 July 2017, they announced that they had married. They have a daughter, born in May 2019. On 17 November 2022, his wife announced on her Instagram account that she had given birth to a son in the previous week. Bell is an atheist. He is a keen football fan and supporter of Arsenal F.C.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Close and True — Mark Sheedy — 5 episodes • 2014–2017 — TURN: Washington's Spies — Abraham Woodhull — Main role, 40 episodes • 2022 — Shining Girls — Harper Curtis — Main role, 8 episodes • 2026 — Half Man — Niall Kennedy — Main role, 6 episodes • TBA — Peaky Blinders — Duke Shelby — Main role

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — King Kong — Jimmy • 2008 — Jumper: Griffin's Story — Griffin O'Conner

• Year — Title — Artist(s) — Notes • 2005 — "Wake Me Up When September Ends" — Green Day

• Year — Nominated work — Award — Result • 2000 — Billy Elliot — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role • British Independent Film Award for Best Newcomer • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer • Empire Award for Best Debut • Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer • London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Newcomer of the Year • National Board of Review Award for Outstanding Young Actor • Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in an International Film • Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor • European Film Award for Best Actor • Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance • Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture • Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Performance • 2001 — MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence (shared with Julie Walters) • 2002 — Nicholas Nickleby — National Board of Review Award for Best Cast • Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor • 2004 — Undertow — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor • 2005 — Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie — Spike Video Game Award for Best Cast • 2007 — Hallam Foe — BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor • British Independent Film Award for Best Actor • 2008 — Jumper — MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Hayden Christensen) • 2013 — Nymphomaniac — Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor • Robert Awards for Best Supporting Actor • 2016 — Fantastic Four — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (shared with Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Miles Teller) • 2018 — Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role • British Independent Film Award for Best Actor • Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Actor • Hollywood Film Awards for New Hollywood Award • 2023 — All of Us Strangers — British Independent Film Awards for Best Supporting Performance • 2026 — Half Man — Astra TV Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie • Dorian TV Awards for Best Leading TV Performance – Drama • Gotham TV Awards for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series • National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series

Jamie Bell was recorded at birth as Andrew James Matfin Bell. The authorities additionally record the heading Andrew James Matfin "Jamie" Bell. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was atheism. He married Evan Rachel Wood and Kate Mara.

Jamie Bell is recorded as having studied at Stagecoach Theatre Arts and Northfield School and Sports College. Bell received BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer.