Overview
Geoff Bell is an English actor. He has appeared in Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), The Long Firm (2004), Making Waves (2004), King Arthur (2004), The Business (2005), Green Street (2005), Stardust (2007), Freebird (2008), RocknRolla (2008), Brighton Rock (2010), War Horse (2011), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), North v South (2015), Suffragette (2015), Rogue One (2016), The Man with the Iron Heart (2017), King Arthur (2017), The End of the F***ing World (2017), Tin Star (2017), Once Upon a Time in London (2018), and His Dark Materials (2019).
Early life
Bell was born in Peckham, London, and had a tough upbringing in the working class high rise flats of Lambeth Walk. His first experience of entertainment industry had been at the age of ten, entering caravan holiday talent competitions. Bell married and raised a family, whilst running a cleaning business, until the age of 28, when he and his wife separated. He decided to pursue acting at Morley College in Westminster, later graduating at age 30. He returned to the drama education environment to teach acting at The Flats Film School in Deal in 2012.
Career
Bell has appeared in many films, such as Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Stardust (2007), The Long Firm (2004), Making Waves (2004), The Business (2005), and RocknRolla (2008).
In 2001, he played the captain of England's football team, Gary Wackett, known as Wacko, an extremely violent centre back, a parody of Stuart Pearce, in the film Mike Bassett: England Manager.
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