Jamie Campbell Bower

English actor, model, and singer celebrated for his chilling portrayal of Vecna in Netflix's Stranger Things and roles across major fantasy franchises.

Jamie Campbell Bower - Personal Information

  • Name: Jamie Campbell Bower
  • Date of Birth: November 22, 1988
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
  • Gender: Male
  • Job Title: Actor
  • Crew Jobs: Executive Producer

Biography

Jamie Metcalfe Campbell Bower (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor, model and singer. He made his feature film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, before going on to feature in The Twilight Saga (2009–2012) and as the young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018). Bower was part of the main cast of the fantasy series Camelot (2011, Starz) and Will (2017, TNT), both of which only ran for a single season each.

From 2015 to 2020, he served as the frontman of London-based band Counterfeit. In 2020, he began releasing music as a solo artist. In 2022, Bower joined the cast of the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things, where he plays Henry Creel/Vecna in the fourth and fifth seasons, a role for which he has garnered wide critical acclaim. On 19 December 2025, he reprised the role onstage in his Broadway debut, a surprise appearance in the final scene of Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

Bower will reportedly appear in the third season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, as well as a starring role in the Screen Gems horror The Haunting in Wicker Park.

Selected Filmography

A look at Jamie Campbell Bower's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.

  • One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026) as Self - Vecna / Henry Creel / Mr. Whatsit
  • Witchboard (2025) as Alexander Babtiste
  • Emmanuelle (2024) as Sir John
  • Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 (2024) as Caleb Sykes
  • Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) as Caleb Sykes
  • Six Days of Sistine (2019) as Jean-Baptiste
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) as Young Grindelwald
  • Will (TV - 2017) as Christopher Marlowe
  • Urban Myths (TV - 2017) as Mick Jagger
  • Thomas & Friends: Extraordinary Engines (2017) as Skiff (voice)

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