He was born in Boulder, Colorado but moved to England as a baby.

During his college years, he and his friends put on productions of William Shakespeare in the local pub.

At seventeen, he spent a year back-packing in Tibet with his older brother. On his return, he began attending Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art but found it hard to settle back in. Ultimately, though, he did graduate.

A representative confirmed that he and his girlfriend Neve Campbell, whom he has been in a relationship with since May 2011, are expecting their first child together (16 March 2012).

Has a son, Caspian, born in August 2012, with Neve Campbell.

After the divorce of his parents, later his mother married Jon Williams, once editor and now an executive producer of BBC World News.

Favourite movies: The Lion in Winter (1968), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Last Orders (2001).

His father is the English mystic, author, spiritual teacher, and musician Reshad Feild.

Family: Two older brothers, one of whom traveled through Tibet with JJ at age seventeen, and one younger sister.

Education: Fine Arts College Hampstead, Webber Douglas Academy Of Dramatic Arts (graduated 1999).

Attented Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Graduated in 1999.

Began acting in school.