---
name: "Jamie Bell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jamie-bell"
fi1m_id: "jamie-bell"
imdb_id: "nm0068260"
tmdb_id: 478
wikidata_id: "Q297071"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 March 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-05T03:39:40.702191+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jamie Bell

## Identity

Jamie Bell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jamie-bell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jamie-bell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0068260
- **TMDB ID:** 478
- **Wikidata ID:** Q297071
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Bell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/478

Actor. Born 14 March 1986 in Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 March 1986, Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Andrew James Matfin Bell
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Serkis](https://film.one/person/andy-serkis.md), [Gregory Goodman](https://film.one/person/gregory-goodman.md), [Julie Walters](https://film.one/person/julie-walters.md), [Lee Hall](https://film.one/person/lee-hall.md), [Matthew Vaughn](https://film.one/person/matthew-vaughn.md), [Peter Jackson](https://film.one/person/peter-jackson.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (2), 2010s 69 (6), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 6 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Action 4, Adventure 3, Romance 3, Music 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,524m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Bell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/478

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*All of Us Strangers*](https://film.one/film/all-of-us-strangers.md) (82), [*Snowpiercer*](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) (80), [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md) (38)
- **Netflix:** [*King Kong*](https://film.one/film/king-kong-2005.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*Rocketman*](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) (78)
- **Peacock:** [*The Adventures of Tintin*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md) (77)
- **HBO Max:** [*Half Man*](https://film.one/tv/half-man.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jamie Bell

> Jamie Bell makes troubled men worth watching without making them easy to forgive. His quietest acting moves us most, though even his restraint cannot rescue writing that insists on explaining what he has already shown.

In *All of Us Strangers* (2023), Jamie Bell lowers his eyes and hardly moves, letting a father struggle with what he has to say. We were moved by that stillness, because Bell makes the difficulty of speaking visible without adding a flourish. Andrew Haigh gives him room, and Bell knows how much to leave alone. Alongside Claire Foy as Mum, his Dad loves a son whose adult life he does not quite understand. These family scenes are the strongest reason to see the film, even when the romance beside them feels thinner.

Bell began with *Billy Elliot* (2000), at fourteen, and his early dance training remains a resource for physically demanding roles. His subsequent work moved between independent dramas and studio films, including Edgar in Bong Joon-ho's *Snowpiercer* (2013) and Bernie Taupin in *Rocketman* (2019). Strained family ties recur through those changes of genre. In Haigh's film, his physical control is there in the smallness of his gestures, with no need for a speech to tell us how much the conversation costs him.

*Half Man* (2026) asks more of that ability to contain contradictory feelings, with Bell playing Niall opposite Richard Gadd's Ruben. Both actors allow hurt and cruelty to remain visible, so sympathy for either man never feels comfortably settled. Bell sustains our interest in Niall without tidying him into someone easy to approve of. The series makes that work harder than it needs to: across six episodes, suffering repeats and the writing explains people we would rather discover for ourselves. The performances are worth following, provided a tolerance for repetition comes with an interest in the cast.

We trust Bell most when a scene leaves something for him to work out without saying it aloud. Haigh allows that uncertainty in a father's response to his son, while *Half Man* too often explains what its actors have already made apparent. We would rather watch Bell hesitate than hear a script account for every feeling, and the writing does not always give him that choice. Start with *All of Us Strangers* for Bell; make allowances for the romance.

## Biography

Jamie Bell, also credited as Andrew James Matfin Bell, is an English actor. He rose to prominence with his debut role as the title character in *Billy Elliot* (2000), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming the youngest winner in the category.

Bell has appeared in films including *King Kong* (2005), *Jumper* (2008), *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), *Fantastic Four* (2015), *Rocketman* (2019) and *All of Us Strangers* (2023), in which he played Dad. He received a further BAFTA nomination for his leading role in *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017).

On television, he starred as Abraham Woodhull in the series *Turn: Washington's Spies* (2014–2017) and as Niall Kennedy in *Half Man* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, gq-magazine.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Half Man* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Niall — [page](https://film.one/tv/half-man.md)
- *The Uprising* (2026), Fi1m 62, as John Ball — [page](https://film.one/film/the-uprising.md)
- *All of Us Strangers* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/all-of-us-strangers.md)
- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Bernie Taupin — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Fi1m 66, as Peter Turner — [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Fi1m 38, as Ben Grimm / The Thing — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2013), Fi1m 80, as Edgar — [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, as St. John — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Tintin (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md)
- *King Kong* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Jimmy — [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong-2005.md)
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Billy Elliot — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Uprising* (2026), as John Ball — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-uprising.md)
- *Half Man* (2026), series, as Niall — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/half-man.md)
- *Rosebush Pruning* (2026), as Jack
- *Shell* (2025), Executive Producer
- *All of Us Strangers* (2023), as Dad — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/all-of-us-strangers.md)
- *Surrounded* (2023), as Tommy Walsh
- *DI Ray* (2022), series, as Stevo Miller
- *Shining Girls* (2022), series, as Harper
- *Tom Clancy's Without Remorse* (2021), as Robert Ritter
- *Cranston Academy: Monster Zone* (2020), as Danny (Voice)
- *Skin* (2019), as Bryon Widner
- *Rocketman* (2019), as Bernie Taupin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Donnybrook* (2018), as Jarhead Earl
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), as Peter Turner — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *6 Days* (2017), as LCpl. Rusty Firmin
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), as Ben Grimm / The Thing — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *TURN: Washington's Spies* (2014), series, as Abraham Woodhull
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. II* (2013), as K
- *Filth* (2013), as Lennox
- *Snowpiercer* (2013), as Edgar — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)
- *Man on a Ledge* (2012), as Joey Cassidy
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), as Tintin (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md)
- *Retreat* (2011), as Jack
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), as St. John — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *The Eagle* (2011), as Esca
- *Defiance* (2008), as Asael Bielski
- *Jumper* (2008), as Griffin
- *Hallam Foe* (2007), as Hallam Foe
- *British Film Forever* (2007), series, Actor
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), as Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
- *King Kong* (2005), as Jimmy — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong-2005.md)
- *The Chumscrubber* (2005), as Dean
- *Dear Wendy* (2005), as Dick Dandelion
- *Undertow* (2004), as Chris Munn
- *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002), as Smike
- *Deathwatch* (2002), as Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare
- *Close and True* (2000), series, as Mark Sheedy
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), as Billy Elliot — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Turn of the Key*, Writer
- *Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel*, series, as Duke Shelby
- *Fred & Ginger*, as Fred Astaire · Producer
- *Takes One to Know One*, as Lucas

## Gallery

- ![Jamie Bell as Niall in Half Man (2026)](https://film.one/media/title/2015/still-c55faf31248c.jpg) Jamie Bell as Niall in *Half Man* (2026) — Image via TMDB
- ![Jamie Bell](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-2e7042408fff.jpg) Jamie Bell — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Jamie_Bell_in_2019.jpg/1280px-Jamie_Bell_in_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Jamie Bell at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-9b486e18ea71.jpg) Actor Jamie Bell at the Berlinale 2019 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Jamie_Bell-8408_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jamie Bell (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-607cf678df6e.jpg) Jamie Bell (2019) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Jamie_Bell-8435_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jamie Bell (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-b4c2fd3f002c.jpg) Jamie Bell (2019) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jamie_Bell-8448_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jamie_Bell-8448_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jamie Bell](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-3c6cb0c3f3a2.jpg) Jamie Bell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jamie Bell](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-4ccbe8371a88.jpg) Jamie Bell — Image via TMDB
- ![Jamie Bell](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-4b72574d11bf.jpg) Jamie Bell — Image via TMDB
- ![Actor Jamie Bell at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-7220486e0ec7.jpg) Actor Jamie Bell at the Berlinale 2019 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Jamie_Bell-8408.jpg/1280px-Jamie_Bell-8408.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jamie Bell (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/12103/gallery-7b3834829531.jpg) Jamie Bell (2019) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jamie_Bell-8448.jpg/1280px-Jamie_Bell-8448.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2001: Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Billy Elliot*

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2001: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (nominated), for *Billy Elliot*
- 2001: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *Billy Elliot*

### Other awards — 1 won, 4 nominated

- MTV Movie Award for Best Fight 2008: MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (nominated), for *Jumper*
- British Independent Film Awards 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (nominated), for *Hallam Foe*
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture 2001: Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture (nominated), for *Billy Elliot*
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer 2000: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (won), for *Billy Elliot*
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2000: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Billy Elliot*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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