Jamie Blackley

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Jamie Blackley
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Jamie Blackley at Apple Store in London
Born
Jamie Alexander Blackley

(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 32)
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Jamie Alexander Blackley (born 8 July 1991) is a British actor. He is known for his role as Adam Wilde in the film If I Stay .

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Biography

Blackley was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, and was raised in London, England, with his father Martin, mother Marina, and older sister Holly-Anna. [1] His first major appearance was as Hanschen in the London stage production of Spring Awakening . Blackley had a small role as Iain in the fairy tale/action-adventure movie Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), but some of his most prominent film roles include Mark in the thriller Uwantme2killhim? (2013), Sigurdur Thordarson in the thriller The Fifth Estate (2013), and Adam Wilde in the romantic drama If I Stay (2014). [2] He played Freddie Hamilton in The Halcyon . [3]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2009 London Dreams Chris
2010 Prowl Ray
London Boulevard [4] The Footballer
2012CheckpointLennoxShort film
Vinyl [5] Drainpipe
And While We Were Here [ citation needed ]Caleb
Snow White and the Huntsman [6] Ian
Endeavour John "Johnny" FranksPilot episode
2013 Uwantme2killhim? [7] Mark
We Are the Freaks [8] Jack
The Fifth Estate [9] Ziggy
2014 If I Stay [10] Adam Wilde
2015 Irrational Man [11] Roy
2016 Kids in Love [ citation needed ]Tom
2018 Slaughterhouse Rulez Caspar de Brunose
2018Unexpected Item [12] HenryShort film
2019 Greed Richard McCreadie (young)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Apparitions Zaid Kopavic1 episode
2009 Freak Steve Web series
Genie in the House Dylan
MythsSteve/Icarus Six-part series
Casualty Brodie1 episode "Price of Life"
Doctors David Webb1 episode "Volte Face"
Misfits Matt2 episodes
2010ShelfstackersHunter1 episode "Tranced"
2011 Midsomer Murders Duncan Hendred1 episode: "A Sacred Trust"
2012 Endeavour Johnny Franks
2013 The Borgias Raphael Historical series (1 episode "Lucrezia's Gambit" No.3.7) [13]
2017 The Halcyon Freddie Hamilton8 episodes [14]
2019 Traitors Freddie Symonds6 episodes
2020 The Last Kingdom EardwulfSeason 4
2022 Becoming Elizabeth Robert Dudley

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorTheatre
2009 Spring Awakening Hanschen Michael Mayer Lyric Theatre [15]
2010 Backbeat George Harrison Iain Softley Citizens Theatre [16]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Vampyr Albert; Lord Hutchinson; Martin; Mortimer; Rookie Timmy; Rufus; Vengeful Ekon (voices)
2019 GreedFall Sir De Sardet (voice)

Awards

YearOrganisationFilm/TVAwardResult
2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival Uwantme2killhim? Best Performance in a British Feature Film
(shared with Toby Regbo) [17]
Won

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