JJ Feild

John Joseph Feild (born 1978) is a British-American film, television and theatre actor. He started his television career in 1999. Feild played Fred Garland in Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North television adaptations. In 2007, he starred as Henry Tilney in the television film Northanger Abbey. The following year, he made his West End debut in a production of Ring Round the Moon. From 2014–2016, Feild portrayed Major John André in Turn: Washington's Spies. Feild's film credits include Telstar (2009), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Austenland (2013), and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017). Early life and education John Joseph Feild was born in Boulder, Colorado, to English writer and former musician Reshad Feild and his American wife. Feild and his parents moved to London when he was a baby; they later divorced and both remarried. His stepfather is Jon Williams, the editor of BBC World News. Feild attended the Fine Arts College and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, both in London. When Feild was seventeen, he and his older brother Robin travelled to and toured Tibet. Career Feild received his first television role in 1999, and has since appeared in several films and television shows. He played the role of Simon Doyle in the Poirot series adaptation of Death on the Nile, and as Paul Osbourne in the Marple version of The Pale Horse. He has also appeared in Reach for the Moon, Northanger Abbey as Henry Tilney, and as Frederick Garland in the BBC adaptations of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North. His film roles include playing the younger version of Michael Caine's character in Last Orders, Hamish in The Intended, and the role of Heinz in Telstar. In 2008, he made his West End debut in Ring Round the Moon. In 2011, Feild co-starred in Captain America: The First Avenger as James Montgomery Falsworth. The same year, he starred alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Third Star and appeared in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters' The Night Watch. He appeared as Henry Nobley in Jerusha Hess's adaptation of Shannon Hale's novel Austenland in 2013. Feild filmed a role in Not Safe for Work in 2012. Feild appeared in the BBC's The Musketeers as Marsac in 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Feild starred as Major John André in Turn: Washington's Spies on AMC. He has been cast in the film adaptation of La sonrisa etrusca, alongside Brian Cox, Thora Birch and Rosanna Arquette. In August 2018, Feild was cast in biographical film Ford v. Ferrari as automotive engineer, Roy Lunn. In the same year, it was announced that Field was cast as David in the Netflix comedy series, Turn Up Charlie. Personal life As of 2009, Feild spends half the year in Los Angeles and the other half in London. Feild has been in a relationship with actress Neve Campbell since 2011. In March 2012, they confirmed that they were expecting their first child together, and Campbell gave birth to their son in August. On 29 June 2018, Campbell announced she and Feild had adopted a son in January 2018.