Jamie Campbell Bower
English actor and singer (born 1988)
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- James Metcalfe Campbell Bower (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor, singer, and musician.
- Outside of acting, Bower was the lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Counterfeit from 2015 to 2020, when he left to pursue a solo career.
- Early life James Metcalfe Campbell Bower was born in London on 22 November 1988, the son of Anne Elizabeth Roseberry and David Bower.
- He is the maternal great-great-great-great-grandson of Scottish lawyer Sir John Campbell of Airds (1807–1853), Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Bower has had an interest in music and performance from a young age.
James Metcalfe Campbell Bower (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Henry Creel / Vecna in the fourth (2022) and fifth (2025) seasons of the science fiction horror series Stranger Things, for which he received critical acclaim.
Bower's other roles include the films Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Twilight Saga (2009–2012), and the young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), as well as the fantasy series Camelot (2011) and drama series Will (2017).
Outside of acting, Bower was the lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Counterfeit from 2015 to 2020, when he left to pursue a solo career. In 2024, he formed a new band called BloodMagic.
Early life
James Metcalfe Campbell Bower was born in London on 22 November 1988, the son of Anne Elizabeth Roseberry and David Bower. His mother is a music manager and his father works for the Gibson Guitar Corporation. He is the maternal great-great-great-great-grandson of Scottish lawyer Sir John Campbell of Airds (1807–1853), Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. His younger brother, Samuel (born 1994), later played with him in the band Counterfeit.
Bower has had an interest in music and performance from a young age. He started playing the violin as a child, which he was taught using the Suzuki method. He attended Bedales School, a co-educational independent school in Steep, Hampshire, and is a former member of London's National Youth Music Theatre and National Youth Theatre.
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