Title: Billy Elliot
Content:  Thousands of boys were considered for the lead role. The producers were looking for a boy in a specific geographical area with a dance background. Jamie Bell had about seven auditions in total before eventually in mid-1999, it was announced that he would play the lead role in the film. Peter Darling, the film's choreographer, worked with Bell for "eight hours a day for three months, finding out what drove him as a dancer." Julie Walters accepted the role of Sandra Wilkinson. Walters called the script "moving", explaining, "It was a diamond in the sand [...] I loved the character, and the fact that she was disappointed on every level possible. She was so grim and jaded. Her relationship 
Title: Billy Elliot the Musical
Content:  In June 2014, it was announced that the musical would be screened and broadcast live to cinemas around the UK and the world. On 28 September, the matinee of the musical was broadcast as it was being filmed at the Victoria Palace Theatre to cinemas around the UK and other countries, with further encore screenings of that same performance on other dates. Billy was played by Elliott Hanna. Liam Mower, one of the three actors who originated the title role, returned to play the role of Older Billy. In addition, 25 past and present actors to have played the title role on the West End performed a specially-choreographed dance 
Title: Billy Elliot the Musical
Content:  production is produced by the original English producers (Universal Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions) and by Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment. On 22 January 2015 Billy Elliot premiered in Denmark at Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen. Billy will be alternately played by Oscar Dietz, Carl-Emil Lohmann and Nicolas Stefan Anker Markovic. Among the cast are actress Julie Steincke as Mrs. Wilkinson, Kristian Boland as Billy's father, and Sebastian Harris as Tony. In March 2015 Billy Elliot premiered in Estonia, Tallinn, at the Nordea Concert Hall. Among the cast are an actress Kaire Vilgats as Mrs. Wilkinson and Mait Malmsten as Billy's father. On 5 May 2015 Billy 
Title: Billy Elliot the Musical Live
Content: Elliott Hanna as Billy Elliot ; Ruthie Henshall as Sandra Wilkinson ; Deka Walmsley as Jackie Elliot ; Ann Emery as Grandma ; Chris Grahamson as Tony Elliot ; Zach Atkinson as Michael Caffrey ; Liam Mower as Older Billy ; David Muscat as Mr. Braithwaite ; Claudia Bradley as Mrs. Elliot ; Howard Crossley as George ; Demi Lee as Debbie Wilkinson ; Alan Mehdizadeh as Big Davey ; Liam Sargeant as Small boy ; Caspar Meurisse as Tall boy ; David Stoller as Scab / Posh Dad ; Rueben Williams as Riot Officer Ballet girls ; Niamh Bennett ; Ella Forman ; Imogen Gurney ; Lauren 
Title: Billy Elliot the Musical
Content:  at the finale. The live broadcast topped the UK and Ireland box office the weekend it was broadcast, a first for an event cinema release, beating The Equalizer with £1.9m. This performance was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 24 November 2014 in the United Kingdom. This cast includes Elliott Hanna in the title role with Ruthie Henshall as Mrs. Wilkinson, Deka Walmsley as Billy's dad, Chris Grahamson as Tony and Ann Emery as Grandma. Further cast included Claudia Bradley as Dead Mam, Howard Crossley as George, David Muscatt as Mr Braithwaite, Alan Mehdizadeh as Big Davey, Liam Mower as Older Billy and David Stoller as Posh Dad.
Title: James Lomas (actor)
Content:  James Jacob Lomas (born 1 March 1990) is a British actor best known for his role as Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical, which earned a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, making him one of the youngest winners of the awards. Lomas was one of the three original Billy Elliots of the original West End theatre production of Billy Elliot the Musical. He continued performing until 7 January 2006. Together with his two original colleagues Liam Mower and George Maguire, alternating in the role of "Billy", he performed again in a first anniversary Gala show on 12 May 2006.
Title: Billy Elliot the Musical
Content: Notable West End replacements: ; Billy – Leon Cooke, Matthew Koon, Layton Williams, Corey Snide, Oliver Taylor, Trent Kowalik, Dean-Charles Chapman, Fox Jackson-Keen, Tom Holland ; Michael – Tom Holland, Jake Pratt ; Debbie – Amy Duggan, Megan Jossa ; Mrs. Wilkinson – Sally Dexter, Jackie Clune, Joanna Riding, Genevieve Lemon, Gillian Bevan, Ruthie Henshall ; Grandma – Gillian Elisa ; Dad – James Gaddas, Philip Whitchurch, Joe Caffrey, Martin Marquez ; Tony – Craig Gallivan, Tom Lorcan, Killian Donnelly Notable Broadway replacements: ; Billy – Alex Ko, Michael Dameski, Myles Erlick ; Mrs. Wilkinson – Kate Hennig, Emily Skinner ; Dad – Daniel Jenkins ; Tony – Will Chase ; Grandma – Katherine McGrath ; Debbie- Lilla Crawford Notable Australian replacements: ; Billy – Corey Snide, Michael Dameski The principal original cast of the West End, Broadway, Australian and UK tour productions:   
Title: Billy Elliot (UDA)
Content:  William Elliot was a former Northern Irish loyalist who served as brigadier of the Ulster Defence Association's (UDA) East Belfast Brigade in the 1980s.
Title: Mike Elliott (comedian)
Content:  Elliott had a number of acting roles, including the boxing coach George Watson in Billy Elliot, and a number of roles in television drama series, including Crocodile Shoes, Byker Grove, Spender, Harry, and New Voices. He played a taxi driver in Goal and Goal! 3: Taking on the World.
Title: Billy Elliot
Content:  Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet. His father objects and his community males have negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, Gary Lewis as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher. Adapted from a play called Dancer by Lee Hall, development on the film began in 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was chosen for the role. Filming began in the North of England in August 1999. Greg Brenman and Jon Finn served as producers, while Stephen Warbeck composed the film's score. Billy Elliot is a 

Question: who plays billy elliot?
Answer: Jamie Bell.