Jamie Flatters
Born (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Southwark, London, England
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
  • singer
Years active2013–present

Jamie Flatters (born 7 July 2000) is an English actor, filmmaker and singer. He began his career as a child actor on stage and in the CBBC sitcom So Awkward (2015–2016). His films include The Forgotten Battle (2020), Avatar: The Way of Water and The School for Good and Evil (both 2022).

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, George and Matt. He attended Lambeth Academy.[2]

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] The premiere of the film took place at the BFI London Film Festival 14th October 2023, where it was selected for the competition program of First Feature Competition and nominated the Sutherland Award.[11]

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.[12] Flatters is an eloquent speaker and previously won Jack Petchey's "Speak Out" challenge Lambeth Regional Final[13] and he came runner-up at the Grand Final in 2015.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Silence Short film
Soak Short film
2020 The Forgotten Battle William Sinclair
Kernel Short film
Snow Crash Short film
2021 Tuesday Robbie Short film
Baby. Short film
2022 Attrition Short film
The School for Good and Evil Tedros Netflix film
Avatar: The Way of Water Neteyam
2023 Thunderowl Short film
Black Dog[15] Nathan Also co-writer and producer

As filmmaker

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2017 Men[16] Yes No No Short film
2018 Good Trouble: What if the Suit Chokes?[17] Yes No Yes Short film
2019 Soak — Yes — Short film
2020 Kernel Yes — — Short film
2022 These Spinning Straight Lines[18] Yes Yes Yes Short film
2023 ALL THINGS CONNECTED[19] Yes — — Short documentary
What Looking Gave Us[20] Yes — — Short documentary
The Luxury Of Sitting[21] Yes Yes — Short film
I don't believe you're hurting[22] Yes Yes — Short film
Golden Syrup Cake Brick Work[23] Yes Yes — Short film
Black Dog No Yes Yes
2024 When You're Moody[24] Yes Yes Yes Short film

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

Music videos

Year Track Artist Notes
2023 FADE[25] Callinsick Released on 13 September 2023

Stage

Year Title Role Notes Type
2013 Bracken Moor Edgar (alternating) Tricycle Theatre, London play
2017 Dilate Charlie Testbed1, London[26] play
Tarantiseismic one of the 39 dancers premiered Sadler's Wells, London and played seven other location on tour[27][28] dance performance

Discography

As a singer named Sandy Crow. His debut single, Learning 037[29] arrived on 1st December 2023.

Singles

Year Track Notes
2023 Learning 037 Debut single

Other releases

Year Track Notes
2020 LOST IN ACTION[30] ft. LEO & sandy crow
2023 Where this goes[31] Demo
The Deepest End[32] Demo
I SAW YOU SAY IT[33] Demo
Sculpting in time[34] Demo
BONNEVILLE[35] Demo
WAITING FOR LIFE[36] Demo

References

  1. ↑ de Semlyen, Phil (24 November 2022). "'Avatar 2' star Jamie Flatters on swapping Clapham for Pandora". Time Out London. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Lambeth Academy Students Celebrate A Summer of Exam Success". United Learning. 25 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Cejer, Autumn (27 October 2021). "The Forgotten Battle Cast & Character Guide". Screen Rant. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Carr, Flora. "Meet the cast of Channel 4 thriller Close to Me". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Wang, Lydia (18 October 2022). "Everything You Need to Know About 'The School for Good and Evil'". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ McLean, Craig (15 December 2022). "Avatar's Jamie Flatters: "The loincloth was a bit of safety"". The Face. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Dams, Tim (30 June 2022). "Stars of Tomorrow pair team with Independent and Trademark for 'Black Dog' (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Competition films announced for 67th BFI London Film Festival". BFI. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Jamie Flatters, 16, London". Almeida Theatre: Figures of Speech. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  13. ↑ Jamie Flatters, Winner, "Speak Out" Challenge! Lambeth Regional Final 2014-15, retrieved 13 August 2023
  14. ↑ Jamie Flatters, Runner-Up, "Speak Out" Challenge! Grand Final 2015, retrieved 13 August 2023
  15. ↑ 'Black Dog': first trailer for road movie from Screen Star of Tomorrow George Jaques (exclusive), retrieved 29 August 2023
  16. ↑ MEN, retrieved 13 September 2023
  17. ↑ 'GOOD TROUBLE (WHAT IF THE SUIT CHOKES?)', retrieved 13 September 2023
  18. ↑ THESE SPINNING STRAIGHT LINES- short film by Jamie Flatters, retrieved 13 September 2023
  19. ↑ 'ALL THINGS CONNECTED' - Avatar 'The Way Of Water' Documentary, retrieved 1 September 2023
  20. ↑ What Looking Gave Us, retrieved 1 September 2023
  21. ↑ The Luxury Of Sitting, retrieved 1 September 2023
  22. ↑ I don't believe you're hurting, retrieved 1 September 2023
  23. ↑ Golden Syrup Cake Brick Work, retrieved 1 September 2023
  24. ↑ 'WHEN YOU'RE MOODY' short film trailer. directed by Jamie Flatters, retrieved 24 October 2023
  25. ↑ Callinsick - Fade (Official Video), retrieved 13 September 2023
  26. ↑ "Dilate". Athenaeum Productions. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  27. ↑ "National Youth Dance Company » 2017 Production: Tarantiseismic by Damien Jalet". Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  28. ↑ "Tarantiseismic". Damien Jalet. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  29. ↑ LEARNING 037, 1 December 2023, retrieved 1 December 2023
  30. ↑ 'LOST IN ACTION' (ft. LEO & sandy crow), retrieved 19 November 2023
  31. ↑ 'where this goes' (demo) - sandy crow, retrieved 13 November 2023
  32. ↑ 'The Deepest End' (demo) - sandy crow, retrieved 13 November 2023
  33. ↑ I SAW YOU SAY IT, retrieved 13 November 2023
  34. ↑ sculpting in time, retrieved 13 November 2023
  35. ↑ 'BONNEVILLE' - sandy crow - DEm0 D23, retrieved 13 November 2023
  36. ↑ 'WAITING FOR LIFE' dem0 | by sandy crow, retrieved 19 November 2023
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