14 March 1986) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title character in the film Billy Elliot(2000), for which he won the 2001 BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
In 2005 he starred opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the 2005 Green Day video "Wake Me Up When September Ends" directed by Samuel Bayer.
In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.
directed by Kevin Macdonald (source imdb)
In 2005 and 2006, Bell dated actress Evan Rachel Wood, with whom he appeared in the music video for Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
He had roles in two 2008 films: the sci-fi film Jumper and the World War II drama Defiance. In the latter he plays Asael Bielski, the third of the Bielski Brothers – leaders of a partisan group that saved some 1200 lives during the Holocaust. Despite rumours to the contrary, he did not appear in Thea Sharrock's West End production of Equus.
In 2009, it was announced Bell would play the title role in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn alongside British double act Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, which is currently pencilled in for US release on 23 December 2011. (source wikipedia)
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