Jamie Draven
Born (1978-05-14) 14 May 1978
Wythenshawe, Manchester, England
OccupationActor
Years active1998–Present

Jamie Draven (born Jamie Donnelly on 14 May 1978) is an English actor whose career in films and television began in 1998. One of his early notable parts was as Billy's bullying older brother, Tony, in the hit 2000 film Billy Elliot and as Jamie Dow in Ultimate Force.

Biography

A native of the southern Manchester district of Wythenshawe, Draven is the youngest of three boys. Early in life he thought of becoming a footballer but he turned his attention to acting at 16. He later moved to London to fulfill his acting ambitions, although he had no theatrical training and no CV. Changing his name to Jamie Draven, he was 19 with just a few small parts to his credit when he won a major role in the 1999 Granada Television drama Butterfly Collectors.

He has worked with actress Alex Reid on several occasions, including Series 1 and 2 of Ultimate Force, episode 2 of Mobile and in Jetsam.

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1999 Everybody Loves Sunshine Geeg as Jaim Draven
2000 Billy Elliot Tony Elliot
2005 A Case of You John Short film
2007 The Tailor The Tailor Short Film
Jetsam Kemp
Badland Jerry Rice
2010 Survival Stranger Short film
2017 Division 19 Hardin Jones

TV

Year Show Role Notes
1998 The Bill Gang member 1 episode: "The Stork"
1999 Butterfly Collectors Dex Lister TV movie
2000 Always and Everyone Ryan 1 episode: 2.7
2001 Messiah D.S. Jez Clifton 2 episodes: "The First Killings" & "The Reckoning"
2002–2003 Ultimate Force Trooper. Jamie Dow Series 1 & 2
2003 Watermelon James Wearing TV movie
2005 Faith Gary Mark Andrews TV movie
Beneath the Skin PC Andrew Stadden TV movie
2007 Mobile Maurice Stoan Three-part series
2011 The Body Farm Mick Flannery 1 episode: Scientific Justice
2013 The Mill Robert Greg Series 1
2015 Residue Levi Mathis Three-part series
2019 Giri/Haji Ian Summers Eight-part series
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