Jonny Lee Miller
Highest Rated: 90% Trainspotting (1996)
Lowest Rated: 9% Aeon Flux (2005)
Birthday: Nov 15, 1972
Birthplace: Kingston, Surrey, England, UK
The grandson of Bernard Lee (better known to the world as M in the James Bond movies), Jonny Lee Miller ironically became famous for his portrayal of the Sean Connery-obsessed Sick Boy in the 1996 film Trainspotting. Contrary to popular belief, the actor is English, not Scottish, and was born outside of London on November 15, 1972. Interested in the theater from an early age, Lee Miller participated in a number of school productions and made his television debut at the age of 11, in the miniseries Mansfield Park. Following appearances in a number of other productions, including 1993's Prime Suspect 3, Lee Miller made his film debut in Iain Softley's Hackers in 1995. His turn as a cyberpunk gave the actor both a wider audience and an introduction to co-star Angelina Jolie, whom he would marry in 1995 (they divorced in 1999). Lee Miller's big break came with his casting as Sick Boy, in director Danny Boyle's film adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel Trainspotting. The film became an international hit, boosting the careers of Lee Miller and his co-stars, Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle. Lee Miller chose to remain on Scottish soil for his next project, Gillies MacKinnon's Regeneration (1997). Subsequently, Lee Miller headlined an all-star cast in the relationship drama Afterglow, in which he co-starred with Nick Nolte, Lara Flynn Boyle, and the formidable Julie Christie. In 1999, the actor reunited with Trainspotting co-star Robert Carlyle to star in Plunkett & Maclean, which also featured Liv Tyler. Though subsequent roles in lowbrow fare like Dracula 2000, Mindhunters, and Aeon Flux hinted that the talented actor's career was circling the drain, Lee Miller's memorable performances in the shortlived ABC series Eli Stone (in which he played the title character) and Dexter (as a malevolent motivational speaker) helped both to keep in in the public eye, and offer further proof of his versitilty. In 2011 Lee Miller shared an Oliver Award with actor Benedict Cumberbatch for their performances in Boyle's stage production of Frankenstein (the two actors alternated between playing Dr. Frankenstein and the Creature), and the following year he kept up the gothic vibe with his turn as the shady Roger Collins in Tim Burton's feature adaptation of the spooky soap opera Dark Shadows.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81% | T2 Trainspotting | Sick Boy | $2.4M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | NT Live: Frankenstein 2016 Encore | Actor | — | 2016 |
| 66% | Byzantium | Ruthven | $84.8K | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | National Theatre Live 50th Anniversary Encore: Frankenstein | Actor | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | National Theatre Live: Frankenstein | Actor | — | 2012 |
| 36% | Dark Shadows | Roger Collins | $79.8M | 2012 |
| 71% | Endgame | Michael Young | — | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | The Day After Peace | Actor | — | 2008 |
| 50% | The Flying Scotsman | Graeme Obree | $78.8K | 2006 |
| 9% | Aeon Flux | Oren Goodchild | $25.9M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Byron | Lord Byron | — | 2005 |
| 24% | Mindhunters | Lucas Harper | — | 2005 |
| 52% | Melinda and Melinda | Lee | $3.8M | 2005 |
| 29% | Love, Honour and Obey | Jonny | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | The Escapist | Denis | — | 2001 |
| 17% | Dracula 2000 | Simon Sheppard | $32.7M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Complicity (Retribution) | Cameron Colley | — | 2000 |
| 77% | Mansfield Park | Edmond Bertram | — | 1999 |
| 60% | Behind the Lines | Billy Prior | — | 1999 |
| 24% | Plunkett & Macleane | James Macleane | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Regeneration | Actor | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Retribution | Actor | — | 1998 |
| 76% | Afterglow | Jeffrey Byron | — | 1997 |
| 90% | Trainspotting | Sick Boy | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk' | Woodrow Call | — | 1996 |
| 33% | Hackers | Dade | — | 1995 |
| 27% | Bad Company | Michael Hickey | — | 1995 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 96% |
Elementary 2012-2019 |
Director Sherlock Holmes |
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show 2007 |
Guest |
2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The View 1997 |
Guest |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003 |
Guest |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015 |
Guest |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Masterpiece 1971-2014 |
Mr. Knightley Michael Young |
2010 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014 |
Guest |
2009 |
| 60% |
Eli Stone 2008-2009 |
Eli Stone |
2009 2008 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2008 |
| 50% |
Smith 2006-2007 |
Tom |
2007 2006 |
| No Score Yet |
Mystery! 1980-2007 |
Edwin |
1995 |
| 72% |
Dexter 2006-2013 |
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| No Score Yet |
Elementary |
Sherlock Holmes | |
| 83% |
Emma 2009 |
QUOTES FROM Jonny Lee Miller CHARACTERS
Roger Collins says: That's what I've been saying, this family needs more balls!
Roger Collins says: That's what I've been saying. This family needs more balls!
Sick Boy says: All I'm trying to do is help you understand that The Name of the Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.
Mark Renton says: What about The Untouchables?
Sick Boy says: I don't rate that at all.
Mark Renton says: Despite the Academy award?
Mark Renton says: Despite the Academy Award?
Sick Boy says: That means fuck all. The sympathy vote.
Trick says: Sorry sport, I'm an atheist.
Simon says: God loves you anyway!
Simon says: Never, ever fuck with an antiques dealer.
Marcus says: *sees Simon's cross* Sorry sport, I'm an athiest
Marcus says: [sees Simon's cross] Sorry sport, I'm an athiest
Simon says: *blade comes out of cross* God loves you anyway.
Simon says: [blade comes out of cross] God loves you anyway.
Sick Boy says: Personality, I mean that's what counts, right? That's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin, I mean heroin's got a great fucking personality.
Sick Boy says: (Shout out aloud seeing a dead baby) Fuckin' say something?
Sick Boy says: [shout out aloud seeing a dead baby] Fuckin' say something?
Sick Boy says: Personality, I mean that's what counts, right? That's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin, I mean heroin's got a great fucking personality.