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Jonny Lee Miller

Born November 15, 1972 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK

Jonny (sometimes credited as Johnny) Lee Miller was born on November 15, 1972, in Kingston, England, UK. He is the son of actors Anna Lee and Alan Miller and the grandson of actor Bernard Lee. After appearing in many high school plays at his selective state grammar school, Jonny dropped out at 17 to pursue acting full time. Although he was reportedly quiet and shy in high school, he certainly expresses himself well in all his films. His very first popular film was Hackers (1995), alongside Angelina Jolie and Matthew Lillard. Later his co-star Angelina became his wife. They were divorced three years later. Interesting fact is that his entire family is well into acting, all the way back to his grandparents. He has a partnership in the production company Natural Nylon, which also includes Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, his co-star in Trainspotting (1996).

Age: 53
Height: 177 cm
Credits: 365
Recaps: 1

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Biography

Jonny (sometimes credited as Johnny) Lee Miller was born on November 15, 1972, in Kingston, England, UK. He is the son of actors Anna Lee and Alan Miller and the grandson of actor Bernard Lee. After appearing in many high school plays at his selective state grammar school, Jonny dropped out at 17 to pursue acting full time. Although he was reportedly quiet and shy in high school, he certainly expresses himself well in all his films. His very first popular film was Hackers (1995), alongside Angelina Jolie and Matthew Lillard. Later his co-star Angelina became his wife. They were divorced three years later. Interesting fact is that his entire family is well into acting, all the way back to his grandparents. He has a partnership in the production company Natural Nylon, which also includes Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, his co-star in Trainspotting (1996).

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1Grandfather is Bernard Lee, who played M in the early James Bond movies.
2Father is Alan Miller, who was a stage actor in the 1950s and '60s.
3Was offered the role of Prince Henry in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998).
4Was a member of the UK's NYMT (the National Youth Music Theatre).
5Lived in Primrose Hill, London, England, near Jude Law and Ewan McGregor. He moved out of the area in the early 2000s.

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6In 1996, he played the role of "Woodrow F. Call" in Dead Man's Walk (1996), the prequel to Lonesome Dove (1989). That same year, he was married to Angelina Jolie, whose father, Jon Voight, played the role in Return to Lonesome Dove (1993).
7Left school at 17 to pursue his acting career.
8Fan of Chelsea FC (England football club).
9Running is a hobby of his and he ran the London Marathon in 2008 in a time of 3hr 1min.
10Wife, Michele Hicks, gave birth to their first child, a boy named Buster Timothy Miller, on December 3, 2008. He weighed 9 pounds.
11His ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, and his current wife, Michele Hicks, have the same birthday: June 4.
12Former son-in-law of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand.
13Former brother-in-law of actor James Haven.
14Godfather of Jude Law's eldest son, Rafferty Law, born on October 6, 1996.
15He appeared in two different adaptations of Jane Austen's 1814 novel "Mansfield Park": Mansfield Park (1983) and Mansfield Park (1999). He played Charles Price in the former and Edmund Bertram in the latter. He played another Austen character, Mr. Knightley, in Emma (2009).
16Good friends with Benedict Cumberbatch, with whom he shared the central roles of Frankenstein and his creature in Danny Boyle's stage production of "Frankenstein" (2011). Coincidentally, Miller was cast as Sherlock Holmes in Elementary (2012) and Cumberbatch has been playing the legendary detective in Sherlock (2010) since July 2010.
17He was the only non-Scottish main cast member of Trainspotting (1996).
18He has played Scottish characters three times: in Trainspotting (1996), Complicity (2000), and The Flying Scotsman (2006). He did it so convincingly that many viewers and critics believed that he was from Scotland. Due to this frequency, Craig Ferguson, who is really Scottish, declared Miller an Honorary Scotsman.
19His character in Trainspotting (1996) is obsessed with James Bond films, especially those with Sean Connery. In real life, his grandfather, Bernard Lee, played M, Bond's superior, in many of the films, including all of Connery's films.
20Currently in the Los Angeles area for the television series Smith (2006).