Biography
With a charm and wit that was uniquely British, Jonny Lee Miller brought a passion and dedication to acting that earned him a lasting, though mostly under-the-radar career from stage to screen. Whether portraying heroin addict Sick Boy in Danny Boyle's critically acclaimed "Trainspotting" (1996) or a record-breaking cyclist in "The Flying Scotsman" (2006), Miller's varied performances earned him much notice in Britain. In America, he first …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in various British stage and TV productions | ||
| At age 17, began working as a theater usher | ||
1982 | Made TV debut on an episode of "Doctor Who" (BBC) | |
1990 | Made guest appearance on the popular British sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances" (BBC1) | |
1992 | Cast as a student suspected of being a serial killer in the BBC2 drama "Dead Romantic" | |
1993 | Appeared on ITV networks' "Prime Suspect 3" | |
1993 | Played role of Ste in the stage play "Beautiful Thing" at London's Bush Theatre | |
1994 | Landed guest role on an episode of "Cadfael," starring Derek Jacobi | |
1995 | Feature debut as a computer expert in "Hackers"; co-starred with future wife Angelina Jolie | |
1996 | Cast in breakthrough role as Sick Boy in Danny Boyle's "Trainspotting" | |
1996 | Co-starred in CBS miniseries "Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk'" | |
1997 | Co-founded the British film production company Natural Nylon; company folded in 2003 | |
1997 | First collaboration with director Gillies Mackinnon, "Regeneration" | |
1997 | Portrayed a young uptight married man who begins an affair with an older woman in Alan Rudolph's "Afterglow" | |
1999 | Portrayed Edmund Bertram to Frances O'Connor's Fanny Price in "Mansfield Park" | |
1999 | Teamed with "Trainspotting" co-star Robert Carlyle to portray 18th-century highwaymen in the delightful "Plunkett and Macleane" | |
2000 | Co-starred with Gerard Butler in "Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000" | |
2000 | Played a newspaper reporter who becomes the prime suspect in a series of murders in "Complicity" | |
2001 | Reunited with director Gillies Mackinnon for "The Escapist" | |
2004 | Co-starred in Renny Harlin's "Mindhunters," replacing an unavailable Gerard Butler | |
2005 | Cast in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda," a comedic storyline which was one of two stories (one comic and one tragic) | |
2005 | Cast in the feature adaptation of the MTV cartoon "Aeon Flux," starring Charlize Theron in the title role | |
2006 | Portrayed cyclist Graeme Obree in "The Flying Scotsman"; nominated for the Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor | |
2008 | Starred as the titular lawyer who believes he might be a prophet on the short-lived ABC series "Eli Stone" | |
2010 | Guest starred on Showtime's "Dexter" as serial killer Jordan Chase | |
2012 | Co-starred with Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's remake of the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" | |