Jamie Campbell Bower
Bower at the 2013 Wondercon
Born
James Metcalfe Campbell Bower

(1988-11-22) 22 November 1988
London, England
Other namesJamie Bower
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • model
Years active2007–present
Partner(s)Bonnie Wright (2009–2012)
Lily Collins (2012–2018)

James Metcalfe Campbell Bower[1] (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor, singer and model. He made his feature film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He 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 2022, Bower featured as Henry Creel / Vecna in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, for which he received critical acclaim.[2][3]

In the 2010s, Bower was part of the main casts of the fantasy series Camelot on Starz and Will on TNT. From 2015 to 2020, he was the frontman of the London-based band Counterfeit. In 2020 he started releasing music as a solo artist.

Early life

Bower was born in London.[4] His mother is a music manager and his father works for the Gibson Guitar Corporation.[5] His maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather was Sir John Campbell, of Airds, Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[6]

Bower has had an interest in music and performance from a young age. He started playing the violin as a child, and was taught using the Suzuki method.[7] 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.[4]

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.[4]

In 2007, he co-starred as Anthony Hope in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.[4] In 2008, he played Rocker in the film RocknRolla and Jack in Winter in Wartime.[8] In 2009, he starred in the 2009 remake of the series The Prisoner as Number 11–12.[9]

Also in 2009, he played the vampire Caius Volturi in the film The Twilight Saga: New Moon and both Twilight: Breaking Dawn films.[10] 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 this role in the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, becoming one of two actors to appear in both film franchises. (The other was Robert Pattinson, who appears as Cedric Diggory in the fourth Harry Potter movie, The Goblet of Fire, and Edward Cullen in the Twilight films.)[11] He played King Arthur in the 2011 television series Camelot.[12] 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 adaptation of The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare. In December 2013, he joined the cast of Burberry's Campaign Stars for spring/summer 2014.[13]

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 (TV series). He played the role of the poet, gay atheist and spy Christopher Marlowe who was jealous of Shakespeare.[14] Christopher Marlowe is preoccupied with death, the supernatural and the occult.[15] Bower explained that the series delves into Marlowe's life and refers him as a naughty boy.[16]

In January 2019, Bower was announced as a star in the prelude series to Game of Thrones, titled Bloodmoon (also known as The Long Night), but HBO announced it had decided not to make the series in October 2019. He starred in the 2019 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. Makeup for the role took up to eight hours a day to apply.[17] His performance in the series garnered critical acclaim.[18][2][3] During the makeup process, Bower was also coated with lubricant to make him look glossy.[19]

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.[20] When Counterfeit disbanded, Bower said he felt sadness and grief. He also said that he likes writing country songs because of the structure of it. He stated: "As far back as I can remember, whenever I picked up a microphone, it was harder for me to sing wholly in a British accent than to just wail away and drop my T’s or bend notes so it almost sounds American".[21] He also said that he would like to create a musical project inspired by the Divine Comedy, especially by the Inferno.[22]

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.[23] On 30 June 2012, they amicably ended their engagement.[24] From 2012 to 2018, he was in an on-off relationship with actress Lily Collins. In July 2022, he shared that he had been sober since March 2015.[25] In the same year he stated that during his period of active addiction he suffered from spiritual malady, and that he never thought he would detox at 27.[26] Bower has a mild form of dyslexia.[27][28]

Discography

Counterfeit discography

Solo 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"
2023 20 October "Heaven In Your Eyes"
(feat. Tom Yankton & Mikey Demus)		 Non-album singles
29 November "Watch Em Burn"
"Wait For Me"

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
2016 Caer A man Short film [29]
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Young Gellert Grindelwald [30]
2019 Six Days of Sistine Jean-Baptiste [31]
2024 Witchboard Alexander Babtiste [32]
Horizon: An American Saga Filming [33]
TBA True Haunting Ed Becker Post-production [34]
Emmanuelle Post-production [35]

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 Voice; 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		 [36]
2001 The Dreaming Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford, England		 [37]
George Square Theatre
London, England
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 Bend It Like Beckham Joe Phoenix Theatre
London, England		 [38]

Music videos

Year Artist Title Role Ref.
2010 The Xcerts "Young (Belane)" Fan [39]
2012 Florence and the Machine "Never Let Me Go" Love interest [40]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011 National Movie Awards One to Watch: Brits Going Global Anonymous Won [41]
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor: Action The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Nominated [42]
2023 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Villain in a Series Stranger Things Nominated [43]
MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Villain Nominated [44]
Best Fight (shared with Millie Bobby Brown) Nominated

References

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  2. 1 2 Taylor, Robert Brian (12 September 2022). "'Stranger Things' Is Promising More Vecna, But We Need More of Jamie Campbell Bower's Henry Creel Too". Collider. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Ivie, Devon (4 June 2022). "'Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower Wants to Be Rescued by a Kate Bush Cover". Vulture. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Vilkomerson, Sara (11 December 2007). "He's 19, He's Beautiful And He's Bloody Good". The New York Observer. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
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  8. ↑ "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.
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