Jamie Flatters
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| Born | 7 July 2000 Southwark, London, England |
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| 📆 Years active | 2013–present |
Jamie Flatters (born 7 July 2000) is an English actor and filmmaker. He began his career as a child actor on stage and in the CBBC sitcom So Awkward (2015–2016). He is known for his role as Neteyam, the oldest son of Jake Sully and Neytiri, in the science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). He also starred in The School for Good and Evil (film) as Tedros Pendragon.
Early life
Flatters was born in the London Borough of Southwark to parents Paul Flatters and Anna Grey and grew up in Clapham.[1] He has two brothers. He attended Lambeth Academy.[2] He released video on YouTube protesting his inability to vote due to his young age. Flatters is an eloquent speaker and previously won Jack Petchey's "Speak Out" challenge in 2015.
Career
Flatters was in an alternating role, as Edgar, in the original Tricycle Theatre cast of the 2013 play Bracken Moor. Flatters made his television debut in 2015 as Matt Furnish in the CBBC sitcom So Awkward, a role he played for the first two series. In 2017, Flatters began starring as Luke Earlham, the son of Andrew Earlham in the ITV thriller Liar.[3] Flatters featured in both series of Liar.
Flatters made his feature film debut as English Allied pilot William Sinclair in the multilingual World War II film The Forgotten Battle alongside Gijs Blom and Susan Radder.[4] It is the second most expensive Dutch film production of all time and had an international release on Netflix in 2021. That same year, Flatters appeared in the Channel 4 miniseries Close to Me.[5]
In 2022, Flatters played Tedros in the Netflix film adaptation of The School for Good and Evil[6] and Neteyam, Jake and Neytiri's eldest son in James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water,[7] the latter of which Flatters auditioned for when he was sixteen.[8] He co-wrote the script for George Jaques' upcoming feature film Black Dog, which Flatters will also star in.[9][10]
Personal life
Flatters has advocated for lowering the UK voting age to 16, and became a member of the Almeida Theatre's Young Leaders programme.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2019 | Silence | Short film | |
| 2020 | The Forgotten Battle | William Sinclair | |
| Kernel | Short film | ||
| 2021 | Tuesday | Robbie | Short film |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Tedros | Netflix film |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | Neteyam | ||
| TBA | Black Dog 
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Nathan | Also co-writer and producer |
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As filmmaker
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2017 | Men | Yes | No | No | Short film |
| 2018 | Good Trouble: What if the Suit Chokes? | Yes | No | Yes | Short film |
| 2020 | Kernel | Yes | N/A | N/A | Short film |
| 2022 | These Spinning Straight Lines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| TBA | Black Dog | No | Yes | Yes |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2016 | So Awkward | Matt Furnish | Main role; 26 episodes |
| 2016 | Flat TV | Kieran | Episode: "Nemesis" |
| 2017–2020 | Liar | Luke Earlham | Main role; 10 episodes [3] |
| 2021 | Close to Me | Owen | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bracken Moor | Edgar (alternating) | Tricycle Theatre, London |
| 2017 | Dilate | Charlie | Testbed1, London[12] |
References
- ↑ de Semlyen, Phil (24 November 2022). "'Avatar 2' star Jamie Flatters on swapping Clapham for Pandora". Time Out London. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ↑ "Lambeth Academy Students Celebrate A Summer of Exam Success". United Learning. 25 August 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bley Griffiths, Eleanor (23 March 2020). "Liar series 2 full cast - actors and who they play in ITV's thriller". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Cejer, Autumn (27 October 2021). "The Forgotten Battle Cast & Character Guide". ScreenRant. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ↑ Carr, Flora. "Meet the cast of Channel 4 thriller Close to Me". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Wang, Lydia (18 October 2022). "Everything You Need to Know About 'The School for Good and Evil'". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved 18 October 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hibberd, James (27 September 2017). "Avatar 2: First look at sequel's next generation cast". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ McLean, Craig (15 December 2022). "Avatar's Jamie Flatters: "The loincloth was a bit of safety"". The Face. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ↑ Dams, Tim (30 June 2022). "Stars of Tomorrow pair team with Independent and Trademark for 'Black Dog' (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ Yossman, KJ (15 February 2023). "'Avatar 2's' Jamie Flatters Sports Bloodstains in First Look From Indie Feature 'Black Dog' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Jamie Flatters, 16, London". Almeida Theatre: Figures of Speech. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ "Dilate". Athenaeum Productions. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017. Unknown parameter
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External links
- Jamie Flatters on IMDb
- Jamie Flatters at Curtis Brown
- Jamie Flatters on Instagram
- Jamie Flatters on YouTube as Our Second Cousin
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