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Jamie Campbell Bower
Jamie Campbell Bower by Gage Skidmore, 2013.jpg
Bower at the 2013 Wondercon
Born
James Metcalfe Campbell Bower

(1988-11-22) 22 November 1988 (age 35)
London, England
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2007–present
PartnerBonnie Wright (2009–2012)

James Metcalfe Campbell Bower[1] (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor and singer. He made his feature film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and went on to feature in The Twilight Saga, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and as the young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

In the 2010s, Bower was part of the main casts of the historical series Camelot on Starz and Will on TNT. In 2022, Bower gained critical acclaim for his performance as Henry Creel/One/Vecna in the fourth series of Stranger Things. From 2015 to 2020, he was the frontman of the London-based band Counterfeit.

Early life

Bower was born in London.[2] His mother is a music manager and his father works for the Gibson Guitar Corporation.[3] His maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather was Sir John Campbell, of Airds, Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[4] He has had an inclination toward music and performance from a young age. He started playing the violin as a young child in which he was instructed with the Suzuki method.[5] He attended Bedales School, a co-educational independent school in Hampshire, and is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre and the National Youth Theatre.[2]

Career

Lily Collins, Bower, and Kevin Zegers at the 2013 WonderCon

Acting career

Bower began his professional career when his friend Laura Michelle Kelly recommended him to her agent. He was a part-time model with Select Model Management in London.[2] In 2008, he played Rocker in the film RocknRolla and Jack in Winter in Wartime.[6] In 2009, he starred in the 2009 remake of the series The Prisoner as Number 11–12.[7]

Also in 2009, he played the vampire Caius Volturi in the film The Twilight Saga: New Moon and both Twilight: Breaking Dawn films.[8] He appeared as a young Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard defeated by Albus Dumbledore, in the 2010 film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1; he reprised the same role in the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, becoming one of three actors to appear in both film franchises; the second being Toby Regbo, who played young Albus Dumbledore and the third being Robert Pattinson, who appears as Cedric Diggory in the fourth Harry Potter movie, The Goblet of Fire, and Edward Cullen in the Twilight films.[9] He played King Arthur in the 2011 television series Camelot.[10] In 2010, he starred in the music video for "Young (Belane)" by The Xcerts.

In 2012, Bower appeared in the music video for "Never Let Me Go" by Florence + The Machine. He played Jace Wayland in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the 2013 film adaption of The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare.[11] In December 2013, he joined the cast of Burberry's Campaign Stars for spring/summer 2014.[12]

In June 2015, Bower began playing the role of Joe, in the West End musical Bend It Like Beckham. In July 2017, he was on the TNT original series Will. In January 2019, Bower was announced to star in the prelude series to Game of Thrones, titled Bloodmoon (also known as The Long Night), but HBO announced it had decided to not pick the show up to series in October 2019. He starred in the 2020 film Six Days of Sistine, distributed by Mbur Indie Film Distributor and co-starring Elarica Johnson. Since 2015, Bower has voiced Skiff in the Thomas & Friends franchise, having contributed to the television show, two home videos, and the feature film Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.

In 2022, Bower starred as Henry Creel / One / Vecna in season four of the Netflix series Stranger Things. The role required up to eight hours a day to apply the makeup for Vecna.[13]

Music career

Bower was the frontman and singer for the band Counterfeit, which released its first album in March 2017, and had a US tour in the same year. In November 2020, Bower announced the band's split through their Instagram page. He released music as a solo artist shortly after.[14]

Personal life

In February 2010, Bower was confirmed to be dating actress Bonnie Wright, whom he had met on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. In April 2011, they confirmed their engagement.[15] On 30 June 2012, they amicably ended their engagement.[16] In July 2022, he shared that he had been sober for 7 and a 1/2 years.[17]

Discography

Singles

Year Released Title Album
2020 2 December "Paralysed" Prologue (Live from the Alter)
9 December "Start the Fire"
2022 14 April "Crow" Non-album singles
27 May "Run On"
(feat. King Sugar)
"Devil In Me"
August 12 "I Am"

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Anthony Hope
2008 RocknRolla Rocker
Winter in Wartime Jack
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Caius
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Young Gellert Grindelwald
London Boulevard Whiteboy
2011 Anonymous Young Earl Oxford
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Caius
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Jace Wayland
2015 Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Skiff Voice role
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Young Gellert Grindelwald [18]
2019 Six Days of Sistine Jean-Baptiste [19]
TBA Horizon Filming [20]
True Haunting Ed Becker Post-production [21]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Dinner Party Douglas Television film
2009 The Prisoner 11–12 6 episodes
2011 Camelot King Arthur 10 episodes
2015–2020 Thomas & Friends Skiff 6 episodes
2017 Will Christopher Marlowe 10 episodes
2019 Urban Myths Mick Jagger Episode: "Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret"
2022 Stranger Things Henry Creel / One / Vecna 9 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1999 Honk! Royal National Theatre
London, England 		[22]
2001 The Dreaming Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford, England 		[23]
George Square Theatre
London, England
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 Bend It Like Beckham Joe Phoenix Theatre
London, England 		[24]

Music videos

Year Artist Title Role Ref.
2010 The Xcerts "Young (Belane)" Fan [25]
2012 Florence and the Machine "Never Let Me Go" Love interest [26]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011 National Movie Awards One to Watch: Brits Going Global Himself Won [27]
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor: Action The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Nominated [28]

References

  1. ^ Ynawen (30 March 2011). "Jamie Campbell Bower interview AP". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2013 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c Vilkomerson, Sara (11 December 2007). "He's 19, He's Beautiful And He's Bloody Good". The New York Observer. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  3. ^ Whitworth, Melissa (16 November 2009). "Fresh blood: Jamie Campbell Bower's teen thrills". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  4. ^ Beauclerk Dewar, Peter (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled and non-titled contemporary establishment:Volume 1 of Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.
  5. ^ "360 Yourself! With Jamie Neale: Ep 63: The Real You! - Jamie Campbell Bower - (Actor, Model & Musician)". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Exclusive Q&A with Jamie Campbell Bower, Rising Star of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street". Gibson.com. 15 January 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  7. ^ West, Dave (25 July 2008). "'Jericho' star, Wilson join ITV's 'Prisoner'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  8. ^ "British newcomer joins Twilight". BBC News. BBC. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Robert Pattinson Reveals a Surprise Connection Between His Harry Potter and Twilight Film Roles". People. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. ^ Topel, Fred (30 March 2011). "'Twilight's' Jamie Campbell Bower Is Also 'Camelot's' Arthur". Starpulse. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  11. ^ Morgan, Sam (31 May 2011). "Jaime Campbell Bower Joins 'The Mortal Instruments'". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  12. ^ Bergin, Olivia (17 December 2013). "Meet Burberry's fresh new cast of campaign stars". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  13. ^ Frost, Caroline (1 July 2022). "As 'Stranger Things' Season 4 Returns, Even Vecna Actor Jamie Campbell Bower Succumbs To The Power Of Kate Bush". Deadline. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  14. ^ Thomas, Jen. "Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Jamie Campbell Bower". NME. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Harry Potter's Jamie Campbell Bower, Bonnie Wright Engaged!". Us Weekly. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Jamie Campbell Bower, Bonnie Wright Call Off Engagement". Us Weekly. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Stranger Things actor Jamie Campbell Bower praised for addiction post". BBC News. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  18. ^ "11 intriguing moments from the third Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer". Wizarding World. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  19. ^ "Six Days of Sistine". MBUR FIlms. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  20. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (12 August 2022). "Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington Saddle Up As Leads For Kevin Costner's Horizon". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Jamie Campbell Bower: For a long time, I was afraid of the darkness in me, and I would run from it". NME. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Jamie Campbell Bower". Dalzell & Beresford Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  23. ^ "The Dreaming". Howard Goodall. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Bend It Like Beckham invite to women's World Cup team". BBC News. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  25. ^ "The Xcerts Premiering Young (Belane) Video Today". Rock Dirt. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  26. ^ Goodwyn, Tom (8 March 2012). "Watch Florence Welch melt to death alongside 'Twilight' star in 'Never Let Me Go' video". NME. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  27. ^ "2011 National Movie Award Winners". National Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  28. ^ "Teen Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

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