[2] He is currently playing the part of Ike Turner in Tina (musical) at the Aldwych Theatre in the West End.

[3] Bell was born in London, England, to Jamaican parents[2] (the second oldest of their seven children).

[1][4] Bell was first seen professionally in Doctors in 2006 and also appeared in a number of theatre productions, including a stage adaptation of The Harder They Come in which he played the lead role, Jimmy Cliff.

[10] Bell took a break from the West End to appear in BBC's Our Girl alongside Michelle Keegan as “Kingy”.

He played Silly Billy in the pantomime Jack and The Beanstalk at the Cambridge Arts Theatre[11] (Hugh Homan commented in The Stage: "Rolan Bell as Silly Billy is superb at involving the audience").