Andrew James Matfin Bell was born on 14th March 1986 in Billingham, County Durham, England, and is an actor, perhaps best known for his roles landed in films including “Billy Elliot”, “King Kong” and “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”. Bell has been active in the entertainment industry since 2000.
How much is the net worth of Jamie Bell? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of actor’s wealth is equal to $6 million, as of the data given in early 2018. Films are the major source of Bell popularity and modest fortune.
Jamie Bell (Actor) Net Worth $6 million
To begin with, Bell was raised in Billingham – he never knew his father because he left the family before Andrew was born. He grew up in a family of dancers: his grandmother, mother, aunt and his sister have always practiced this profession. As a child he joined an ice hockey team, but soon abandoned sport because of what he regarded as excessive violence, and from the age of six, he decided to take dance lessons. Later, he divided his time between cashier work, acting classes and the prestigious Royal Ballet School in London.
At Christmas 1998, he debuted on stage in the theatrical production of “Bugsy Malone”. At the age of 14, Bell participated in a competition with 2000 other boys for the lead role in the film “Billy Elliot”. The director of the film Stephen Daldry saw in him the perfect interpreter of a young man who redeems himself from an unhappy existence, thanks to his love for dance – the film was released in 2000, and earned Bell a myriad of awards, among others the BAFTA Film, British Independent Film and National Board of Review Awards. In 2002, the actor landed the main role in the horror film “Deathwatch” directed by Michael J. Bassett, as well as being cast as a main in the drama film “Nicholas Nickleby”, directed by Douglas McGrath. In 2004, he won Young Artist Award for the role of Chris Munn in the psychological thriller film “Undertow” by David Gordon Green, and followed with lead roles in the films “Dear Wendy” (2005) and “The Chumscrubber” (2005). The same year, the actor was cast as a main in the blockbuster “King Kong”, co-written, produced and directed by Peter Jackson – the film was praised by critics as well as grossing $550.5 million at the box office. Bell then starred in Clint Eastwood’s war film “Flags of Our Fathers” in 2006, before interpreting the main character in the drama film “Hallam Foe”, which is based on the novel of the same name written by Peter Jinks. The decade continued with the actor starring opposite Hayden Christensen in science fiction film “Jumper” (2008), which grossed $222.2 at the box office, and the same year he was seen in the film “Defiance”.
2011 was a busy year for Bell he starred in the historic drama “The Eagle” by Kevin MacDonald, romantic drama “Jane Eyre” by Cary Fukunaga, horror thriller “Retreat” by Carl Tibbetts as well as the adventure comedy “The Adventures of Tintin” by Steven Spielberg; the latter won a number of awards as well as grossing $374 million at the box office with a budget of $135 million. Then the actor starred in the thriller “Man on a Ledge” (2012), and science fiction film “Snowpiercer” in 2013, and later the same year created the role of DS/DI Ray Lennox in the film “Filth” (2013) based on Irvine Welsh’s novel of the same name, plus starring in the art film “Nymphomaniac” 2013. In 2015, Jamie was seen in the superhero film “Fantastic Four”, but which was a major commercial and critical failure. Recently, the actor created roles in the films “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” and “6 Days”.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he married actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2012, and they have a child together, but divorced in 2014. Bell has been married to actress Kate Mara, – his co-star in “Fantastic Four” – since 2017.
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