JB

## *Career*

### **2005-2012: Breakthrough**

For his starring role as Daniel Miller on Primary School (ITV, 2005–2012)​ B won the 2009 Emmy Award for ​​​​​​Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. According to the Guinness Book of World Records (2010), he is the youngest ever winner and nominee of the award. Overall he earned £3.2 million for his work on *Primary School.* During his tenure on *Primary School* B appeared in multiple films such as The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007), From Time to Time (2010) and Arrietty (2011).

He also starred as Harry Gregson in Cranford (2007) and Return to Cranford (2009).

In 2012, B starred in The Impossible, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, alongside Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. B was praised so highly, that there were even rumors he was a contender for a Academy Award nomination. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2012 and was a critical and commercial success, earning $180.3 million worldwide and B won universal praise from critics and several awards such as the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance and London Film Critics Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year.

### **2013-present**

In 2015, B appeared in all six episodes of BBC Two's TV series Wolf Hall, as Gregory Cromwell, son of the protagonist Thomas Cromwell played by Mark Rylance. He also co-starred as Thomas Nickerson in the film In the Heart of the Sea, alongside, Chris Hemsworth and Benjamin Walker and was directed by Ron Howard.

In 2016, he played Bradley Baker in the film Edge of Winter, where he co-stars with Joel Kinnaman and Percy Hynes White. B then voiced a hot dog trying to escape his fate in a supermarket in the animated comedy Sausage Party alongside, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and Jonah Hill. The film recieved postive reviews and grossed $140 million worldwide making it the highest grossing R-rated animated film of all time. He also appeared in the film Assassin's Creed alongisde *Primary School* co-star, MH. The film recieved negative reviews and was a financial dissapointment, only grossing $240 million on a $125 million budget.

In 2017, B appeared in the animated superhero comedy The Lego Batman Movie, which featured B as the voice of Batman's sidekick Robin alongside Will Arnett and Zach Galifianakis. The film recieved positive reviews and grossed $312 million worldwide. He also co-starred alongside Richard Armitage and Jon Bernthal in the film Pilgrimage. The film premiered on 23 April 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival, in its "Viewpoint" sections. He later also appeared on an episode of Lip Sync Battle, in which he defeated Zendaya.

In 2018, B presented the award for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Annual Academy Awards, in which the Oscar was won by Blade Runner 2049. He also made a cameo appearence in *Primary School* co-star, TP's film, The Power of 5: Oblivion Part 1.

In 2019, B appeared in Jordan Peele's anthology series, Weird City. The show recieved positive reviews. He lent his voice to the animated film, Spies in Disguise alongside, Will Smith, Rashida Jones and Ben Mendelsohn. The film recieved positive reviews and has grossed $171.6 million worldwide on a budget of $100 million.

In 2020, B voiced a dog in the Robert Downey Jr. film, Dolittle. The film recieved negative reviews and has grossed $250 million worldwide making it a box-office bomb. He also starred in the PIxar film, Onward alongside, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. It received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $144.9 million worldwide. The film's financial shortcomings when compared to other Pixar films were attributed to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in theaters around the globe being closed. Like several other films released in March, it was made available digitally two weeks after its theatrical release. He also appeared in the film, The Devil All the Time alongside, Bill Skarsgard, Riley Keough and Jason Clarke. The film recieved mixed reviews but B's performance was praised.

### **Spider-Man**

On 23 June 2015, it was announced that B was cast as a teenage Peter Parker / Spider-Man, and his "life was flipped upside down", as he later tweeted. As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he first appeared as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016) The film was a massive critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2016, with B receiving critical praise.

In July 2017, Spider-Man: Homecoming was released, in which B reprised his role from *Captain America: Civil War*. Earning $117,027,503 in box office receipts in its first weekend, *Homecoming*received positive reviews and B considerable praise, with his appearance being called "a star performance given by a born actor." B reprised Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War, which was released on 27 April 2018 to critical praise and only the fourth film in history to gross over $2 billion worldwide and in it's sequel Avengers: Endgame which is the highest grossing film of all time, which has grossed $2.7 billion worldwide. In 2019 he appeared in the sequel to *Spider-Man: Homecoming*, Spider-Man: Far From Home. The filmed gained positive reviews with B's performance particularly being praised. It has grossed $1.132 billion worldwide, making it the first Spider-Man film to pass the billion dollar mark.

He is set to reprise his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home set to be released on November 5 2021.

### **Upcoming projects**

He is also cast in the film adaptation of Patrick Ness's bestselling YA series Chaos Walking as Todd Hewitt alongside Star Wars star Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen and Kurt Sutter, which will be directed by Doug Liman. B will play a drug addicted army medic in the film, Cherry alongside, Ciara Bravo, Bill Skarsgard and Jack Reynor. He will also star in the animated comedy Blazing Samurai alongside, Samuel L. Jackson, Ricky Gervais and Djimon Honsou as a dog who wishes to become a samurai,

B will also star in the upcoming road trip film, *Sacramento* alongside, Maya Erskine and Michael Angarano and follows two friends who go on an impromptu road trip from Los Angeles to Sacramento. He will star in the film, *Jonty*which follows a coddled who kid takes off for NYC where he joins forces with an old friend to produce a terrible Broadway play.

He also set to appear in the *Untitled Primary School Reunion* episode. He has also been cast as Pino Lella in the television adaptation of *Beneath a Scarlet Sky* with Pascal Pictures.

## *Philanthropy*

In 2017, B set up his own charity known as the *Spider-Kid Foundation*. The charity supports various smaller, less-known charities, diseases and causes around the world by giving any money raised towards them.

## *Personal Life*

B was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to drama. He received the honour from Princess Anne during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2012.

B is a huge supporter of the football club, Manchester United and was made an exclusive member of the club in 2011.

### **Relationships**

B dated Hunger Games actress, Willow Shields from November 2014 to September 2016. They still remain good friends to this day.

On 12, February 2017 B and actress, Ella Purnell were spotted leaving the BAFTA awards together and are said to have spent the night together.