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Random Facts
• Started dancing when he was six. Dancers have been in his
family for ages. His sister, his mother, grandmother, and aunt all danced before
him.
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First decided to act when he was nine.
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First acting performance is reported to be part of the London stage production
of Bugsy Malone in Christmas 1998.
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Was teased by classmates when they found out that Jamie took ballet, and called
him "Ballerina Boy".
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When he won Best Actor at the 2001 British Academy Awards (BAFTAs), not only did
he beat the Best Actor Oscar winner of that year, Russell Crowe, but the other
three nominees he beat out - Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas and Geoffrey Rush - had
also won the Best Actor Oscar in past years.
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Lives in Billingham with his mother Eileen and older sister Cathryn. He has no
contact with his father John whom his mother divorced before Jamie was born.
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Was chosen out of 2000 boys to play "Billy Elliot" over a series of seven
auditions. Criteria that the casting director was looking for were acting
ability, dancing ability and the right Northern English accent.
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Only the second actor ever to be awarded Outstanding Performance by a Young
Actor from the National Board of Review, USA. The first was fellow Brit
Christian Bale in 1987 (then titled Outstanding Juvenile Performance) for Empire
of the Sun (1987).
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Prefers tap dancing over ballet. Has been in many tap-dancing competitions and
won many awards.
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Was Honorary Jury President of the 2001 Giffoni Film Festival.
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A former student at the Stagecoach Theater School.
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He became interested in baseball when he visited the United States for the first
time, and he began collecting all of the teams jerseys.
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Named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know" in
2005.
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Shares a birthday with Taylor Hanson, Kylie Tyndall, Keaton Tyndall, Quincy
Jones, Chris Klein, and Michael Caine
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He was accompanied by his girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood to the "King Kong"
premiere in New York
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Met his present day girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood, while filming Green Day's
music video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" where they actually play a
couple.