JJ Feild

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JJ Feild (* April 1978 in Boulder , Colorado as John Joseph Feild ) is a British - American actor .

Life

Born in Colorado, USA, JJ Feild moved back to England with his family (father Reshad Feild , British, mother American, two older brothers, one younger sister) after his birth . He grew up with his siblings in London . During school days he played in school theater performances. During his graduation from school he spent a lot of time with friends in London pubs and improvised plays by Bertolt Brecht and William Shakespeare with them . At the age of 17, JJ traveled through Tibet for a year with his older brother.

On his return he began his training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, which he successfully completed in 1999. JJ played his first minor television roles before starring in 2001 in Stephen Poliakoff's three-part film Perfect Strangers and the film Last Orders, directed by Frank Schepisi, in the role of Jack (as the young version of Michael Caine's character). In the same year he played Jack in the British film adaptation of the fairy tale Hans and the Beanstalk along with Vanessa Redgrave , Matthew Modine and Richard Attenborough .

In 2002 he played his first film role in Kathryn Bigelow's submarine drama K-19 - Showdown in the Deep . In the same year he shot the drama The Intended with the Danish Director Dogma 95, Kristian Levring, in the jungle of Malaysia . From 2003 onwards, JJ made a very long and labor-intensive commitment to Peter Greenaway's multimedia project Tulse Luper . He played the role of Tulse Luper in several films, was available for language installations and images. The collaboration with Greenaway peaked in 2005 with the film A Life in Suitcases .

In 2004 he was in front of the camera with David Suchet in the remake of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile . As part of the British television series Agatha Christie's Poirot , the 1978 version of Death on the Nile in Egypt was filmed on location. In 2005, JJ played Lieutenant Deverell in the film adaptation of William Golding's To the Ends of the Earth trilogy . This was followed by shooting Elie Chouraqui's drama Ô Jerusalem, based on the 1972 novel by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins . It tells the story of the founding of the state of Israel . JJ stood in front of the camera in Rhodes with Patrick Bruel , Ian Holm and Tovah Feldshuh for this film adaptation .

In 2006 JJ directed The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton for the BBC . The life of Isabella Beeton was filmed, who brought out the work "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management" together with her husband Samuel (played by JJ). For the film adaptations of the first two books of Philip Pullman's The Sally Lockhart Mysteries series, JJ then appeared in front of the camera for The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North as Frederick Garland .

He slipped into the role of Henry Tilney for the cinematic reissue of Jane Austen's book The Abbey of Northanger by the British television station ITV . The film Northanger Abbey ran in spring 2008 as part of the Jane Austen Season on the American broadcaster PBS . In 2009 there were three new film projects from JJ. In Telstar , a biographical film adaptation of the life of musician and producer Joe Meek , JJ starred as blonde Heinz Burt alongside Kevin Spacey, among others. The film premiered at the London Film Festival on October 25, 2008 and was released in UK theaters in June 2009. Blood - The Last Vampire is the real-life adaptation of the classic anime film Blood: The Last Vampire , where JJ plays the role of Luke . The film also opened in the UK in June 2009. In Goal III - The Final , the third part of the soccer film - Goal trilogy and thus the continuation of Goal - Live your dream and Goal II - The dream is real! , JJ starred as Liam Adams . On television , he played the role of Tom Stafford in the Irish RTÉ production Pure Mule .

In autumn 2009, JJ shot the independent film Third Star in Wales with Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Burke , which premiered on June 26, 2010 at the Edinburgh Film Festival. On August 30, 2010, JJ starred as Paul Osbourne in the ITV adaptation of Agatha Christie's Marple The Pale Horse . From August 2010, JJ was in Great Britain for the filming of Marvel's real-life film Captain America: The First Avenger as Montgomery Falsworth in front of the camera. The film finally hit theaters in 2011. In the film Austenland , which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival , he plays the role of Mr. Henry Nobley .

From February 5, 2008, JJ was seen in the West End of London in the double role as Hugo and Frédéric in Ring Round the Moon . Christopher Fry's adaptation of Jean Anouilh's play Invitation to the Castle ran at the Playhouse Theater in London from February 5 to March 29, 2008. From November 21 to December 20, 2008, he was on the stage again. Alexi Kay Campell's The Pride, premiered with a Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theater , was shown at the Royal Court Theater . JJ starred in 2008 in the role of Philip .

JJ is a passionate golfer . In October 2007 he took part in the Alfred Dunhill Link Championship golf tournament in St. Andrews , Scotland , in 2008, 2009 and 2010 he also played in Dougray Scott's charity golf tournament series Leuka Mini Masters .

Filmography (selection)

theatre

  • 1999: Six Degrees of Separation as Rich and Ben
  • 2008: Ring Round the Moon as Hugo and Frédéric
  • 2008: The Pride as Philip

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Film Festival . The Times BFI London Film Festival Official Site for Telstar . Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved on April 30, 2011. "Link no longer available" @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfi.org.uk
  2. ↑ Third Star . Edinburgh Film Festival . Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 30, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.edfilmfest.org.uk
  3. ^ Stewart and Margherita win with Pride . Official London Theater . March 8, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Feild, JJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feild, John Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulder , Colorado