Jonny Lee Miller (born November 15, 1972) is a British actor. He was the first husband of actress Angelina Jolie.
Biography
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Jonny Lee Miller was born at Kingston-upon-Thames. His grandfather was
Bernard Lee, famous for playing the character M in the earlier James Bond
films.
After a stint in Eastenders, Jonny Lee Miller got his big break in films
with Hackers (1995), co-starring
Angelina Jolie, whom he married the following year. They divorced four
years later. Shortly afterwards, Miller took a leading role in Trainspotting
(1996), which brought him real notoriety. The accent he used in the film was
so convincing that it led to many people believing he was a Scottish actor.
In 1997, he played Billy Prior in the film adaptation of Pat Barker's World
War I novel, Regeneration.
On television Jonny Lee Miller has appeared in the BBC's modernization of The Canterbury
Tales and as Lord Byron in a television drama about the life of the poet.
Film List
- Mansfield Park (1999)
- Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
- Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
- Dracula 2000 (2000)
- Melinda and Melinda (2004)
- Mindhunters (2004)