Jamie Bell
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Andrew James Matfin Bell is an English actor. He rose to prominence with his debut performance in Billy Elliot (2000), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, becoming the youngest-ever winner in the category. He is also known for his portrayals of Tintin in The Adventures of Tintin (2011) and Ben Grimm/The Thing in Fantastic Four (2015).
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Jamie Bell is a British actor, film actor, television actor, and ballet dancer who began his professional career in 2000. Born Andrew James Matfin Bell in Billingham on March 14, 1986, he is a citizen of the United Kingdom and currently resides in Los Angeles. He received his education at Stagecoach Theatre Arts. Bell has been nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
He has received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer. Bell has worked in the video game industry and speaks English. He is an atheist. His spouses have included Evan Rachel Wood and Kate Mara, with whom he has also been an unmarried partner. As an author, he has six works, including *Schoolmaster*, *Definition of a Bad Man*, *Purpose over Perfection*, *What's Best For Isaiah!*, and *Learning With Isaiah!*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Schoolmaster
- Definition of a Bad Man
- Purpose over Perfection
- What's Best For Isaiah!
- Learning With Isaiah!
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Key facts
- Born
- Andrew James Matfin Bell , ( 1986-03-14 ) 14 March 1986 (age 40) , Billingham , County Durham , England
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Spouses
- Evan Rachel Wood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) Kate Mara ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrew James Matfin Bell (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor. He rose to prominence with his debut performance in Billy Elliot (2000), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, becoming the youngest-ever winner in the category. He is also known for his portrayals of Tintin in The Adventures of Tintin (2011) and Ben Grimm/The Thing in Fantastic Four (2015).
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).
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