Jamie Bell

Andrew James Matfin Bell was born on March 14, 1986 in Billingham, UK, into a family of dancers. His grandmother, his mother, his sister and his aunt, were the ones who taught him to take his first dance steps. At the age of six he began his dance classes, encouraged by his sister Cathryn, whom he spied on and tried to imitate whenever she practiced a new step.

Her film debut was with the film Billy Elliot (I want to dance) , with which she taught us that ballet is not just a thing for women. Regarding his character, he assured decine21.com that he never tires of being identified with him: “He is no longer just a character, but has become a kind of symbol that has transcended the cinema”. happens to Billy in the movie, Jamie kept his passion for dancing a secret from his friends at school out of embarrassment at what they might think.

Bell was born when her mother was 16 years old and never knew her father, whom she divorced before giving birth. Working with Stephen Daldry , who directed her in Billy Elliot , she discovered the father she never had, and even moved into her house.

His portrayal of “Billy Elliot’s kid,” as he began to be called, helped him beat out Russell Crowe , Tom Hanks , Michael Douglas , and Geoffrey Rush at the BAFTA Awards, where he was awarded Best Actor.

Jamie, who always preferred tap to ballet, hasn’t danced on the big screen again. This actor with the appearance of withdrawn and embarrassed, has instead made interpretations very different from the one that made him famous. As if to turn his career around 180 degrees, his filmography includes several war films, such as Deathwatch by director Michael J. Basset or Undertow, Legacy of Violence , which with the name already says it all, and which did not arouse much interest.

The ones that are most important are the Resistance and Flags of our Fathers , the second directed by Clint Eastwood and which narrates the Battle of Iwo Jima from the American perspective and the story of how American soldiers raised the American flag that was immortalized by photographer Joe Rosenthal.

In the film, Bell gives life to Ralph Ignatowski, a real hero of World War II, and although his role is secondary, it helped him get in touch with Steven Spielberg, producer of the film. From that moment on, it began to be heard that he could be Tintin in the film adventure of Spielberg and Peter Jackson .

In King Kong , he worked with the latter, playing Jimmy, the youngest crew member on the SS Venture. It was a groundbreaking and extremely expensive movie, but Bell’s role was still secondary.

It was in the delicious adaptation of Jane Eyre ‘s novel , where he begins to have a more leading role. In it he plays John Rivers, a devout clergyman who lives with his sisters. The dialectical exchanges that he maintains with Mia Wasikowska , the protagonist, are wonderful, and they teach us to know how to overcome the obstacles that come our way in life.

In 2008 he appears in Jumper , an action and science fiction film based on the homonymous novel by Steven Gould. In it Jamie is a “Jumper”, that is to say a person with the ability to teleport, who helps the protagonist to save his girlfriend. The role he plays is rather cocky and over the top, something that clashes with his shy and innocent appearance.

In 2011, he will show how ambivalent he can be in La legión del águila . His character, Esca, has lost everything and wants to die, until a Roman saves his life and teaches him to value loyalty and honor as the drivers of his life.

His latest work has been that of Tintin in Steven Spielberg ‘s film , The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn . In the film, he not only gave the voice of the protagonist, but through the motion capture technique, he also did the gestures and movements of his character. He will work with Spielberg again in the second installment of this adventurous journalist in 2014.

In his personal life, he met Evan Rachel Wood on the set of a Green Day video clip. They were dating for a year and broke up, but he has finally married her and they are expecting a child.