JJ Feild
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John Joseph Feild known professionally as J. J. Feild, is an Anglo-American
actor
.
, Colorado
, to British academic Reshad Feild
and his American wife. Through his father, he is a relative of British astronomer John Feild
. Feild and his parents moved to London when he was a baby, they later divorced and remarried other people. Feild's stepfather is Jon Williams, the editor of BBC World News. Feild attended the Fine Arts College
and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
. When Feild was seventeen, he and his older brother went traveling around Tibet.
As of 2009, Feild spends half the year in Los Angeles and the other half in London. He previously dated actress Kelly Reilly.
, and as Pual Osbourne in Marple
"The Pale Horse". He has also appeared in Northanger Abbey
as Henry Tilney and in the televised version of The Ruby in the Smoke
as Frederick Garland. His film roles include playing the younger version of Michael Caine
's character in Last Orders
and playing the role of Heinz
in Telstar
.
In 2008 he made his West End debut in Ring Round the Moon
.
He has a starring role in Napoleon Dynamite
writer Jerusha Hess's upcoming directorial film debut, an adaptation of Shannon Hale
's novel Austenland
.
In 2011, Feild co-starred in Captain America: The First Avenger
as James Montgomery Falsworth. The same year, he starred alongside Benedict Cumberbatch
in Third Star
and appeared in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters
' The Night Watch
.
English American
English Americans are citizens or residents of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England....
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Early and personal life
John Joseph Feild was born in BoulderBoulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, to British academic Reshad Feild
Reshad Feild
Reshad Feild is an English mystic, author, spiritual teacher, and musician. He is the author of more than a dozen books about Sufism and spirituality and has exercised a huge influence amongst western seekers over the last forty years.-Life and career:As a young, upper-class Englishman, he was...
and his American wife. Through his father, he is a relative of British astronomer John Feild
John Feild (proto-Copernican)
John Field or Feild , was ‘proto-Copernican’ of England. Feild was the son of Richard Field . He was born, it is supposed, at Ardsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire between 1520 and 1530. He received a liberal education, and Mr. Joseph Hunter, his descendant, conjectures that part of it was gained...
. Feild and his parents moved to London when he was a baby, they later divorced and remarried other people. Feild's stepfather is Jon Williams, the editor of BBC World News. Feild attended the Fine Arts College
Fine Arts College
Fine Arts College is an independent college in Belsize Park, North-West London. It was founded in 1978 by artists Candida Cave and Nicholas Cochrane. It is a small college with never more than 120 students at one time...
and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, formerly the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, was a drama school, and originally a singing school, in London. It was one of the leading drama schools in Britain, and offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a...
. When Feild was seventeen, he and his older brother went traveling around Tibet.
As of 2009, Feild spends half the year in Los Angeles and the other half in London. He previously dated actress Kelly Reilly.
Career
He has appeared in several film and television roles, including the role of Simon Doyle in the television series Poirots version of Death on the NileDeath on the Nile
Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 1, 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00.The book...
, and as Pual Osbourne in Marple
Marple
Marple may refer to:As a place:* Marple, Greater Manchester* Marple Bridge, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.* Marple Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the United StatesAs a surname:...
"The Pale Horse". He has also appeared in Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey (2007 TV drama)
Northanger Abbey, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name, premiered on 25 March, 2007 on the United Kingdom channel ITV at 9pm, as part of their Jane Austen Season. The drama ran for 120 minutes in the UK, and 93 minutes without interruption in the United States...
as Henry Tilney and in the televised version of The Ruby in the Smoke
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Ruby in the Smoke is a novel by the English author Philip Pullman. It was also adapted for television in 2006.-Plot summary:This book takes place in 1872. A sixteen year old girl named Veronica Beatrice “Sally” Lockhart goes to visit where her father used to work, a shipping company named...
as Frederick Garland. His film roles include playing the younger version of Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
's character in Last Orders
Last Orders (film)
Last Orders is a 2001 British/German drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay is based on the 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title by Graham Swift.-Synopsis:...
and playing the role of Heinz
Heinz (singer)
Heinz was a bassist and singer.-Life:Heinz was born in Detmold, but from the age of seven was brought up in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, where a road is named after him. His biggest solo hit was "Just Like Eddie", a tribute to Eddie Cochran...
in Telstar
Telstar (film)
Telstar is a film adaptation of James Hicks' play of the same name. It stars Con O'Neill as Joe Meek and Kevin Spacey as Meek's business advisor, Major Banks...
.
In 2008 he made his West End debut in Ring Round the Moon
Ring Round the Moon
Ring Round the Moon is a 1950 adaptation by the English dramatist Christopher Fry of Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle . Peter Brook commissioned Fry to adapt the play and the first production of Ring Round the Moon was given at the Globe Theatre...
.
He has a starring role in Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
writer Jerusha Hess's upcoming directorial film debut, an adaptation of Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale is an American author of young adult fantasy and adult fiction.-Biography:Shannon Hale is the author of ten novels, including the best-selling Newbery Honor book Princess Academy, the "Books of Bayern" series, two adult novels, and two graphic novels that she and her husband co-wrote...
's novel Austenland
Austenland
-Plot summary:Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare...
.
In 2011, Feild co-starred in Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. It is the fifth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
as James Montgomery Falsworth. The same year, he starred alongside Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English film, television, and theatre actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking ; William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace ; the protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy ; Paul...
in Third Star
Third Star
Third Star is a 2010 British comedy-drama film directed by Hattie Dalton and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, J. J. Feild, Tom Burke, Adam Robertson, and Hugh Bonneville...
and appeared in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.-Childhood:Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966....
' The Night Watch
The Night Watch (Waters novel)
The Night Watch is a 2006 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters. It was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize. The novel, which is told backward through third person narrative, takes place in 1940s London during and after World War II...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Heartbeat | Jonno | Episode: "Kindness of Strangers" |
| 1999 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Jamie | Episode: "Blowing it All Away" |
| 2000 | Reach for the Moon | Anthony Harris | |
| 2000 | The Railway Children The Railway Children (TV film) The Railway Children is a 2000 drama television film based on the novel by E. Nesbit. It was broadcast for the first time in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2000.-Plot:... |
Jim | Television film |
| 2000 | Hope and Glory Hope and Glory (TV series) Hope and Glory is a BBC television drama about a comprehensive school struggling with financial, staffing and disciplinary problems, and faced with closure... |
Dylan Ferguson | |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001 film) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a British movie released for TV in 2001, directed by Stephen Whittaker, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.-Cast:-Awards:... |
Frank Cheeryble | |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers Perfect Strangers (BBC TV series) Perfect Strangers is an acclaimed television drama first aired in 2001, produced for BBC Two. It was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, and starred Michael Gambon, who won a British Academy Television Award for his performance, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Skinner... |
Richard | |
| 2001 | Last Orders Last Orders (film) Last Orders is a 2001 British/German drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay is based on the 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title by Graham Swift.-Synopsis:... |
Young Jack | |
| 2001 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story is a 2001 American television miniseries. It was directed by Brian Henson and was a co-production of CBS and Jim Henson Television. It is an alternative version of the classic English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. The story was considerably reworked... |
Young Jack | |
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker K-19: The Widowmaker K-19: The Widowmaker is a movie released on July 19, 2002, about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine of the same name. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow... |
Andrei | |
| 2002 | The Intended The Intended The Intended is 2002 English-language period drama film directed by Kristian Levring and starring Janet McTeer , JJ Feild, Olympia Dukakis, Tony Maudsley and Brenda Fricker... |
Hamish Winslow | |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story The Tulse Luper Suitcases The Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Peter Greenaway, initially intended to comprise three "source" and one feature films, a 16-episode TV series, and 92 DVDs, as well as Web sites, CD-ROMs and books... |
Floris Creps/Tulse Luper | |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea The Tulse Luper Suitcases The Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Peter Greenaway, initially intended to comprise three "source" and one feature films, a 16-episode TV series, and 92 DVDs, as well as Web sites, CD-ROMs and books... |
Tulse Luper | |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish The Tulse Luper Suitcases The Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Peter Greenaway, initially intended to comprise three "source" and one feature films, a 16-episode TV series, and 92 DVDs, as well as Web sites, CD-ROMs and books... |
Tulse Luper | |
| 2004 | Death on the Nile | Simon Doyle | |
| 2004 | Waking the Dead Waking the Dead (TV series) Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series... |
Adam Western | Episode: "In Sight of the Lord" |
| 2005 | A Life in Suitcases The Tulse Luper Suitcases The Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Peter Greenaway, initially intended to comprise three "source" and one feature films, a 16-episode TV series, and 92 DVDs, as well as Web sites, CD-ROMs and books... |
Tulse Luper | |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth To the Ends of the Earth To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of novels by William Golding, consisting of Rites of Passage , Close Quarters , and Fire Down Below... |
Lieutenant Deverel | |
| 2006 | The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton | Samuel Beeton | |
| 2006 | O Jerusalem O Jerusalem (film) O Jerusalem is a 2006 drama film directed by Elie Chouraqui. It is based on the history book of the same name, written by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins.... |
Bobby Goldman | |
| 2006 | The Ruby in the Smoke | Fred Garland | |
| 2007 | Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey (2007 TV drama) Northanger Abbey, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name, premiered on 25 March, 2007 on the United Kingdom channel ITV at 9pm, as part of their Jane Austen Season. The drama ran for 120 minutes in the UK, and 93 minutes without interruption in the United States... |
Henry Tilney | |
| 2007 | The Shadow in the North | Fred Garland | |
| 2009 | Telstar Telstar (film) Telstar is a film adaptation of James Hicks' play of the same name. It stars Con O'Neill as Joe Meek and Kevin Spacey as Meek's business advisor, Major Banks... |
Heinz Burt | |
| 2009 | Goal! 3: Taking on the World | Liam Adams | |
| 2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 film) Blood: The Last Vampire, released in Japan as , is a 2009 horror-action film, a Hong Kong-French-British co-production; it is the remake of the 2000 anime film of the same name.... |
Luke | |
| 2009 | Pure Mule: The Last Weekend | Tom Stafford | |
| 2010 | Centurion Centurion (film) Centurion is a 2010 British action thriller film directed by Neil Marshall, loosely based on the supposed disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia in the second century CE. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko and Dominic West.... |
Thax | |
| 2010 | Third Star Third Star Third Star is a 2010 British comedy-drama film directed by Hattie Dalton and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, J. J. Feild, Tom Burke, Adam Robertson, and Hugh Bonneville... |
Miles | |
| 2010 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Paul Osbourne | Episode: "The Pale Horse" |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. It is the fifth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe... |
Union Jack Union Jack (comics) Union Jack is the name of three fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics.-James Montgomery Falsworth:The original Union Jack, James Montgomery Falsworth, first appears in comics in The Invaders #7. He was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Frank Robbins. He... |
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| 2011 | The Night Watch | Robert Fraser | |
Theatre work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Six Degrees of Separation | Rich/Ben | |
| 2008 | Ring Round the Moon Ring Round the Moon Ring Round the Moon is a 1950 adaptation by the English dramatist Christopher Fry of Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle . Peter Brook commissioned Fry to adapt the play and the first production of Ring Round the Moon was given at the Globe Theatre... |
Hugo/Frederic | |
| 2008 | The Pride | Philip |