Jaimie Alexander Blackley is a young English actor. The debut on the television screen took place in the series "Apparitions" in 2008. The actor is best known for his roles in the projects: "Purely English Murder", "Borgia", "The Last Kingdom", "Endeavor", "If I Stay", "Irrational Man", "Children in Love".
Blakely is only twenty-seven years old, but in his creative biography there are already more than thirty roles in film and television. In 2013, he was voted Best Young Actor and won an Edinburgh Film Festival award for his role in Do You Want Me to Kill Him?
Biography facts
The future actor was born in the summer of 1991 in England on the Isle of Man. His family belonged to people of art. From childhood, the boy began to be interested in creativity and cinema.
Jamie showed his acting talent already in his school years, participating in theatrical performances, concerts and festivals. In high school, he was determined to become an actor and act in films.
Jamie attended Sylvia Young Theater School for five years, but he has no professional acting education.
Film career
Blackley made his film debut in 2008. He got a small role in the mystical series "Apparitions". According to the plot of the picture, Father Jacob must become the head of the exorcism, but this is in every possible way hindered by the evil forces with which he entered a long and difficult battle.
Jacob played the role of Zeid Kopavich. This work did not bring him fame, but he got his first experience on the set, which was very useful to him in the future. The show itself was a flop and was canceled after the first season due to low ratings.
This was followed by roles in several more television projects: "Catastrophe", "Pure English Murder", "Doctors", "Myths", "Bad".
Blackley played one of the central roles in the horror film "Prey" in 2010. The story of a group of young people accidentally surrounded by hungry zombies did not attract the attention of viewers and film critics.
The first success came to Blakely after playing a small role in the film "Snow White and the Huntsman." Jamie became a recognizable actor and began to receive new offers from producers and directors.
In the drama film "While We Were Here," Jamie played one of the central roles. His partner on the set was Kate Bosworth.
In 2013, Jamie landed the lead role in the thriller Do You Want Me to Kill Him? The picture was filmed based on real events. A young man named Mark meets Rachel's girlfriend online, unaware that she is a witness to a serious crime and is under a federal witness protection program. Accidental acquaintance became the cause of a number of tragic events in the lives of the heroes.
For his role as Mark in this film, Jamie won his first award at the Edinburgh Film Festival as Best Young Actor.
Blackley's next leading role was in the film adaptation of Geir Foreman's novel If I Stay. In the film, he starred alongside the young actress Chloe Grace Moretz.
After the end of filming, rumors about the affair of Chloe and James appeared in the press. Young people really began to be seen often together, but they did not give any comments about their relationship.
Personal life
Jamie is currently not married. He does not like to talk in interviews about his personal life and relationships with the fair sex. Rumors about his affair with Chloe Moretz were never confirmed.
In 2016, information appeared that Jamie was dating actress Hermione Corfield, whom he met during the filming of the TV series "Alcyon".
