Billy Elliot
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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age 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
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Terraced homes on Avon Street, Easington Colliery, were used for filming, where Andrew and Alnwick Streets once stood.
Jamie Bell (pictured in 2015) won the BAFTA Award for Best Lead Actor, becoming the youngest winner in the category.
Advertisement for the Billy Elliot musical on a lorry in London
Gary Lewis (actor)
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Gary Stevenson, better known as Gary Lewis, is a Scottish actor. He has had roles in films such as Billy Elliot, Gangs of New York, Joyeux Noël and Eragon, as well as major roles in the television doc
Billy Elliot
…who has a passion for ballet. His father objects, based on 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…
Lewis in 2012
Lewis (L) and Graham McTavish (R) at the Creation Entertainment's Outlander convention in Las Vegas on 15 July 2018.