John Bell (Scottish actor)


John Bell is a Scottish actor. He has played Bain in two instalments of The Hobbit film series, "Young Ian" Murray in the Starz television series Outlander, Angus in Battleship, Helius in Wrath of the Titans and Toby Coleman in Tracy Beaker Returns.

Career

Bell made his TV debut in 2007 when he played Creet in the episode "Utopia" of Doctor Who after he won the role in a Blue Peter competition. In March 2008, he was the lead singing boy in a promotional trailer for the BBC 1 talent show 'I'd Do Anything'. In 2009, Bell played the lead role of Connor in Transit, a short drama.
Bell appeared in his first film role in 2009 when he starred as young orphan Tomas in A Shine of Rainbows.
From 2009–2010, he portrayed Anthony Weaver in TV series Life of Riley, and, in 2011, appeared in TV movie Hattie as Robin Le Mesurier. From 2010–2011, Bell starred as Toby Coleman in BAFTA winning children's television series, Tracy Beaker Returns. In July 2011, he was named by Screenterrier as one of the top 12 British rising stars.
In 2012, Bell portrayed Helius in the fantasy film Wrath of the Titans and then as Angus in the science fiction war film Battleship. He then appeared as Billy Bempsy in TV mini series Hatfields & McCoys. In 2013 and 2014, he portrayed Bain, son of Bard the Bowman, in epic adventure fantasy films ' and '. Also in 2013, he portrayed Jamie Carr in an episode of TV series Midsomer Murders.
Bell is currently playing a teenage "Young" Ian Murray in Outlander from season 3 forward. His character first appears in Episode 6: "A. Malcolm".

Filmography

Film

Television

Audio drama