Appearances

Title	Role	Year	Approx. Age
Rocketman	Bernie Taupin	2019	33
Dear Wendy	Dick	2005	19
Undertow	Chris Munn	2004	18
Billy Elliot - the Movie	Billy Elliot	2000	14
Billy Elliot - the Movie Blu-Ray	Billy Elliot	2000	14

Jamie Bell was born in 1986 in Billingham, England, UK, to Eileen (Matfin) and John Bell, a toolmaker. He comes from a family of dancers including his grandmother, mother, aunt, and sister. It was at his sister's dance practices that he would stand outside the door and imitate the movements of the dancers inside. At age six, he was encouraged to step inside the door and, thus, his dance career began. His own story parallels that of Billy Elliot (2000) in that Jamie kept his dancing a secret from his friends at school. His mother had him when she was 16 and, unfortunately, he never knew his BIRTH father.

Jamie decided to act when he was nine. His first acting performance is reported to be part of the London stage production of Bugsy Malone in Christmas 1998.

When he met Stephen Daldry, director of Billy Elliot (2000), Jamie adopted him as his father. Once the word about his dancing got out, he was harassed, but this only made him more determined to prove that dancing wasn't just for girls. He has proven a lot by landing the title role of Billy Elliot (2000), winning the role in an audition that included more than 2,000 boys from the northeast of England. His ensuing performance certainly justified the selection since he has not only won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world, he has also been nominated for and won a number of awards, including a Best Newcomer Award and then a Best Male Performance at the BAFTA awards.

Since then Jamie's career has blossomed. He played Smike in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) and Chris in Undertow (2004). Voiced and acted for the animators as the character of Tintin in The Adventures of Tintin (2011). Starred alongside Chris Evans in the movie Snowpiercer (2013). Chris Evans was one of the main characters in the latest installment of Marvel's Fantastic Four franchise and Jamie Bell has been cast as Ben Grimm/The Thing in the upcoming reboot The Fantastic Four (2015).

Met his future wife, Evan Rachel Wood, while filming Green Day's music video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends", where they played an actual couple. Jamie became a father for the 1st time at age 27 when his wife Evan Rachel Wood gave birth to their son on July 29, 2013.