Acting career

Bower began his professional career when his friend Laura Michelle Kelly recommended him to her agent. In 2007, he co-starred as Anthony Hope in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.^[13] In 2008, he played Rocker in the film RocknRolla and Jack in Winter in Wartime.^[14] In 2009, he starred in the 2009 remake of the series The Prisoner as Number 11–12.^[15]

Also in 2009, he played the vampire Caius Volturi in the film The Twilight Saga: New Moon and both Twilight: Breaking Dawn films.^[16] He appeared as a young Gellert Grindelwald (the dark wizard defeated by Albus Dumbledore) in the 2010 film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1; he reprised this role in the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. As such, he is one of only two actors to appear in both the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises. (The other was Robert Pattinson, who appears as Cedric Diggory in the fourth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and as Edward Cullen in the Twilight films.)^[17] He played King Arthur in the 2011 television series Camelot.^[18] In 2010, he starred in the music video for Young (Belane) by The Xcerts.

In 2012, Bower appeared in the music video for Never Let Me Go by Florence + The Machine. He played Jace Wayland in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the 2013 film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare.

In June 2015, Bower began playing the role of Joe in the West End musical Bend It Like Beckham.

In July 2017, he was on the TNT original series Will. He played the role of the poet, gay atheist and spy Christopher Marlowe who was jealous of Shakespeare.^[19] Christopher Marlowe is preoccupied with death, the supernatural and the occult.^[20] Bower explained that the series delves into Marlowe's life and refers him as a naughty boy.^[21]

In January 2019, Bower was announced as a star in the prelude series to Game of Thrones, titled Bloodmoon (also known as The Long Night), but HBO announced it had decided not to make the series in October 2019. He starred in the 2019 film Six Days of Sistine, distributed by Mbur Indie Film Distributor and co-starring Elarica Johnson. Since 2015, Bower has voiced Skiff in the Thomas & Friends franchise, having contributed to the television show, two home videos, and the feature film Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.

In 2022, Bower starred as Henry Creel / One / Vecna in season four of the Netflix series Stranger Things. Makeup for the role took up to eight hours a day to apply.^[22] His performance in the series garnered critical acclaim.^[23][7][8] During the makeup process, Bower was also coated with lubricant to make him look glossy.^[24]

Music career

Originally, Bower was the lead singer of the band The Darling Buds, which never released an album and that dissolved in June 2015.^[25][26] Then, Bower became the frontman and singer for the band Counterfeit, which released its first album in March 2017, and had a US tour in the same year. In November 2020, Bower announced the band's split through their Instagram page. He released music as a solo artist shortly after.^[27] When Counterfeit disbanded, Bower said he felt sadness and grief. He also said that he likes writing country songs because of the structure of it. He stated: "As far back as I can remember, whenever I picked up a microphone, it was harder for me to sing wholly in a British accent than to just wail away and drop my T’s or bend notes so it almost sounds American".^[28] He also said that he would like to create a musical project inspired by the Divine Comedy, especially by the Inferno.^[29] Bower is a baritone.^[2] On April 1, 2024 he announced the creation and his personal participation in a new music band BloodMagic, while deleting all of his photos from his IG account and creating a new additional account, named according new band, BloodMagic with musician, drummer Kyle Adams. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5QyEQUrM2X/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== This extraordinary step had the effect of a bomb exploding!  Some even thought it was an April Fool's joke, but Jamie denied these rumors by tweeting a message in which he literally said the following: "PS I don't fuck with April Fools, I'm old AF aint got time for fuckery like that x". https://twitter.com/Jamiebower/status/1774829324882804741?s=19

Modelling career

At the beginning of his career he was a part-time model with Select Model Management in London.^[13] Afterwards, Bower has posed and has been testimonial for various fashion brands: in December 2013, he joined the cast of Burberry's Campaign Stars for spring/summer 2014,^[32] in 2016 he posed for Dolce & Gabbana^[33] and Dior,^[34] in 2018 he portrayed for Fendi,^[35][36] and in february 2024 during the Milan Fashion Week he paraded for Tom Ford.^[37] Bower is also testimonial for Saint Laurent.^[38]

Relationships

In February 2010, Bower was confirmed to be dating actress Bonnie Wright, whom he had met on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. In April 2011, they confirmed their engagement.^[43] On 30 June 2012, they amicably ended their engagement.^[44] From 2012 to 2018, he was in an on-off relationship with actress Lily Collins.^[45]

Health

Bower has several times opened up about his past struggles with alcoholism, drug abuse and mental health illnesses.^[48] In 2019 he said about the recovery: “I’m in recovery, so one of the first things that they teach you when you’re in recovery is to be super honest about what it is that you’re feeling, like guilt, shame, fear, sadness, whatever it is, the most important thing is, and it’s the hardest thing to do, is just express exactly what it is that you’re feeling.” In the same year he published with Counterfeit the song It Gets Better about it.^[49] Then, in July 2022, he shared on Twitter that in the past he was recovered in a mental health hospital for his addiction and he also talked about his sobriety, and many organizations involved in mental health, such as Turning Point and High Watch Recovery Center, praised Bower for his words;^[50][51][52] and in September 2022 he said that he grew up with anxiety and that, when he got older, he needed alcohol to relieve fears and insecurities. He also stated that during his period of active addiction he suffered from spiritual malady, and that he never thought he would detox at 27.^[53] In 2024, on March 5, again on Twitter, he celebrated nine years of sobriety.^[54] Bower is a smoker.^[39]

Counterfeit discography

Solo discography

Film

Television

Theatre

Music videos