26 Facts About Jamie Campbell Bower

James Metcalfe Campbell Bower was born on 22 November 1988 and is an English actor and singer.

Jamie Campbell Bower made his feature film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Jamie Campbell Bower's mother is one of the four daughters of Eric Norman Roseberry, musician and scholar, and first wife Elspeth Mary Campbell, great-great-granddaughter of Sir John Campbell, of Airds, Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Jamie Campbell Bower has had an interest in music and performance from a young age.

Jamie Campbell Bower started playing the violin as a child, and was taught using the Suzuki method.

Jamie Campbell Bower 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.

Jamie Campbell Bower began his professional career when his friend Laura Michelle Kelly recommended him to her agent.

Jamie Campbell Bower played King Arthur in the 2011 television series Camelot.

In 2012, Jamie Campbell Bower appeared in the music video for Never Let Me Go by Florence + The Machine.

Jamie Campbell Bower played Jace Wayland in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the 2013 film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare.

In June 2015, Jamie Campbell Bower began playing the role of Joe in the West End musical Bend It Like Beckham.

Jamie Campbell Bower played the role of the poet, gay atheist and spy Christopher Marlowe who was jealous of Shakespeare.

Jamie Campbell Bower explained that the series delves into Marlowe's life and refers him as a naughty boy.

In January 2019, Jamie Campbell Bower was announced as a star in the prelude series to Game of Thrones, titled Bloodmoon, but HBO announced it had decided not to make the series in October 2019.

Jamie Campbell Bower starred in the 2019 film Six Days of Sistine, distributed by Mbur Indie Film Distributor and co-starring Elarica Johnson.

Originally, Jamie Campbell Bower was the lead singer of the band The Darling Buds, which never released an album and that dissolved in June 2015.

In November 2020, Jamie Campbell Bower announced the band's split through their Instagram page.

Jamie Campbell Bower released music as a solo artist shortly after.

When Counterfeit disbanded, Jamie Campbell Bower said he felt sadness and grief.

Jamie Campbell Bower said that he likes writing country songs because of the structure of it.

Jamie Campbell Bower 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".

Jamie Campbell Bower said that he would like to create a musical project inspired by the Divine Comedy, especially by the Inferno.

Jamie Campbell Bower has a younger brother, Sam, born in 1994, who was with him in COUNTERFEIT.

Jamie Campbell Bower has several times opened up about his past struggles with alcoholism, drug abuse and mental health illnesses.

Jamie Campbell Bower stated that during his period of active addiction he suffered from spiritual malady, and that he never thought he would detox at 27.

On 5 March 2024, again on Twitter, he celebrated nine years of sobriety, and in July 2024, on his Tumblr profile, Jamie Campbell Bower said he had actually been totally sober since 16 July 2019.