Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell
Andrew James Matfin Bell is an English actor and dancer who rose to prominence for his debut role in Billy Elliotfor which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles in the films King Kong, Jumper, The Adventures of Tintin, and Snowpiercer, as well as starring as Abraham Woodhull in the TV series, Turn: Washington's Spies. He portrayed The Thing in the 2015 film Fantastic Four...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 March 1986
CityBillingham, England
I think as English people, we don't want to be reminded that at one point we ruled three-quarters of the globe, and now we're a very small country that doesn't own three-quarters of the globe.
AMC is a fantastic network that does diverse programming, and does it at a really good level and of great quality.
New York is full of crazy people, and I like that.
TV is a big business. In some ways, it's surpassed films, in terms of the way people invest in these shows and invest in these characters, and give up so much of their time to follow these people's stories.
I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.
I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.
I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.
Dancing is like riding a bike.
I actually don't mind rats at all. I kind of think they're quite cute, but that's just me.
I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.
The complexity of the situation of having a war going on around you and what that delivers to you is that you have to figure out which side to take.
I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.
I excelled in English while I was at school.
If you're living two lives and you're lying to everyone, you're bound to slip up, in some way, you're bound to get something wrong, and you're bound to get found out.