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Jonathan Lee Miller was born on the 15th November 1972, in Kingston- upon-Thames, Greater London, England, and is a movie, television and theatre actor, perhaps still best known for his role of Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson in “Trainspotting” (1996). Miller also had a notable part in “Hackers” (1995) and is currently playing Sherlock Holmes in the TV series “Elementary” (2012- present). He has been an active member of the entertainment industry since 1983.

Have you ever wondered how rich Jonny Lee Miller is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Miller’s net worth is as high as $10 million, an amount earned through his successful acting career.

 

Jonny Lee Miller Net Worth $10 Million

Jonny Lee Miller is the son of Alan Miller and Anna Lee, both actors who encouraged Jonny to start acting from an early age. Miller grew up in Southwest London and went to the Tiffin School, where he participated in several school plays before leaving for the National Youth Music Theatre. However, Jonny left the school to pursue his career at the age of 16.

Miller’s first credited appearance came in the TV series “Jemima Shore Investigates” (1983), and soon after in “Storyboard” (1983) and “Mansfield Park” (1983). Jonny failed to land a senior role until 1990 when he appeared in one episode of “Keeping Up Appearances”. In the early ‘90s, Miller played in numerous series including “Goodbye Cruel World” (1992) and “EastEnders” (1993) before landed a minor role in the TV movie “Olly’s Prison” (1993), but his net worth was established.

Miller’s first bigger project came in 1995 when he starred in Iain Softley’s movie “Hackers” (1995) with Angelina Jolie, which helped his career along, and from then on Miller had many notable parts. Perhaps the most recognisable was his portrayal of “Sick Boy” in Danny Boyle’s masterpiece “Trainspotting” (1996) starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, and Robert Carlyle. The movie received an Oscar nomination and gained enormous popularity on an international level, and also increased Miller’s net worth.

After that role, Jonny didn’t have problems in finding work, as the cult status of “Trainspotting” guaranteed him various parts to the end of the ‘90s. Some of them were in the western mini-series “Dead Man’s Walk” (1996), “Afterglow” (1997) with Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, and Lara Flynn Boyle, and “Behind the Lines” (1997) starring Jonathan Pryce. He teamed up again with Scottish actor Robert Carlyle in the Jake Scott’s movie “Plunkett & Macleane” (1999) and starred in “Mansfield Park” (1999), increasing further his net worth.

Miller continued with parts in “Love, Honor and Obey” (2000) with Jude Law, Sadie Frost, and Ray Winstone, and starred in Gavin Millar’s “Complicity” (2000) before he appeared in “Dracula 2000” (2000) starring Gerard Butler. Jonny had a lead role in action film “Escapist” (2002) and then portrayed Lord Byron in Julian Farino’s biography drama “Byron” (2003). In the mid-2000’s, Miller worked in “Mindhunters” (2004) starring Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, and Christian Slater and in Woody Allen’s romantic comedy “Melinda and Melinda” (2004) with Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

After such movies as “Æon Flux” (2005) with Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand and “The Flying Scotsman” (2006), Jonny primarily played in popular TV series. Some of them were “Smith” (2006-2007), “Eli Stone” (2008-2009), “Emma” (2009), and “Dexter” (2010), while he also had a supporting role in the Golden Globe nominated drama “Endgame” (2009) with William Hurt and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

In 2011, Miller played both Victor Frankenstein and The Creature in Danny Boyle’s “National Theatre Live: Frankenstein” along with Benedict Cumberbatch. He also appeared in Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows” (2012) starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Eva Green, and in Neil Jordan’s “Byzantium” (2012) before he landed the leading role in the CBS series “Elementary” which is still running. Miller will play “Sick Boy” again in the “Trainspotting” sequel in 2017.

Regarding his personal life, Jonny Lee Miller was married to Angelina Jolie from 1996 to 1999 and later dated the actress and model Michele Hicks; the pair married in 2008 and has one son, Buster Timothy Miller. The interesting fact is that both of his wives share the same birthday – June 4. He is a big Chelsea FC fan and is a godfather tof Jude Law’s eldest son Rafferty.



Full Name Johnny Miller
Net Worth $10 Million
Date Of Birth November 15, 1972
Died February 18, 2016, Mansfield, United Kingdom, April 12, 1962, Stebbing, United Kingdom
Place Of Birth Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Height 5′ 9¾” (1.77 m)
Weight 93 kg
Profession Film, television, theatre actor
Education Tiffin School
Nationality British
Spouse Michele Hicks (m. 2008), Angelina Jolie (m. 1996–1999)
Children Buster Timothy Miller
Parents Ann Lee, Alan Miller
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jonnyleemillerfanpage/
Twitter https://twitter.com/jonnyjlm
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jonnylmiller/?hl=en
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001538
Awards Laurence Olivier Award (2011), Satellite Award (2008, 2012), IQ Award (2014)
Music Groups Gilley’s Urban Cowboy Band
Nominations Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Action, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Chlotrudis Award for Best Supportin…
Movies “Dead Man’s Walk” (1996), “Afterglow” (1997), “Behind the Lines” (1997), “Mansfield Park” (1999),“Byron” (2003), “Mindhunters” (2004), “National Theatre Live: Frankenstein” (2011),
TV Shows “Dark Shadows” (2012), “Byzantium” (2012), “Elementary”, “Trainspotting”, “After Miss Julie”, “Festen”
Quote
1 [on his friend Benedict Cumberbatch] He sent me some messages, when he’d first seen the show, and it was really, really nice. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have sent me a text message saying, “You suck!” He’s been very supportive, the whole way.
2 [on playing Sherlock Holmes in Elementary (2012)] For me, there are two different things that make Sherlock Sherlock. One is, you know, within the books: Obviously, he’s a genius with an attention to detail, his ravenous hunger for all aspects of knowledge that might feed into his work. But the major thing that makes him Sherlock is his relationship with Watson — their friendship. For me, that, I guess, is the biggest side, the more interesting side than the genius.
3 [on being voted 1999’s coolest couple with Natalie Appleton, by Elle magazine] I thought, “This is just too funny.” Then they read my name out and it was highly embarrassing.
4 [About his relationship with Angelina Jolie] For a while, it was a very intense relationship, very passionate, and you can never regret being involved in something like that. It was sad that it ended, but I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Well, except maybe my haircut.
5 I don’t think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren’t. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end. All you can do is look out for good scripts, and interesting people to work with.
6 If you’re serious about what you’re doing, you’ve got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won’t reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back. I’d go anywhere to work, so long as it’s worth it.
7 New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there’s no hustle and bustle, no street life. Everyone’s going from A to B in a car. Why did I leave [America]? My relationship [with Angelina Jolie] was going bad and I missed England, simple things like smells and major things like the British sense of humor.
Fact
1 Miller is a big N.Y. Rangers fan and was thrilled when the Stanley Cup trophy appeared on Elementary.
2 Awarded the Evening Standard Theatre Award and the Olivier Award for Best Actor.
3 He runs a half-marathon twice per week. Completed the 2008 London Marathon at 3:01:40, averaging under seven minutes per mile. He’s also completed an ultra marathon, running 50 miles through Bear Mountain, New York for the charity Jonah’s Just Begun, it raises funds for Sanfilippo Syndrome.
4 Became a United States citizen in 2014.
5 Has played Sherlock Holmes (in Elementary (2012)) and Woodrow F. Call (in Dead Man’s Walk (1996)). The two characters’ working partners, John Watson and Augustus McCrae, had both been played by Robert Duvall (in Lonesome Dove (1989) and The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).
6 He worked with Christopher Lee in Dark Shadows (2012), while his grandfather, Bernard Lee, worked with him in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
7 Appearing on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in “After Miss Julie” with Sienna Miller. [November 2009]
8 In Los Angeles for the upcoming television show Eli Stone (2008). [November 2006]
9 Currently in the Los Angeles area for the television series Smith (2006). [September 2006]
10 His 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.
11 He 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 is from Scotland. Due to this frequency, Craig Ferguson, who is really Scottish, declared Miller an Honorary Scotsman.
12 He was the only non-Scottish cast member of Trainspotting (1996).
13 Good 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.
14 He 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).
15 Godfather of Jude Law’s eldest son, Rafferty Law, born on October 6, 1996.
16 Former son-in-law of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand.
17 Former brother-in-law of actor James Haven.
18 His ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, and his current wife, Michele Hicks, have the same birthday: June 4.
19 Wife, Michele Hicks, gave birth to their first child, a boy named Buster Timothy Miller, on December 3, 2008. He weighed 9 pounds.
20 Running is a hobby of his and he ran the London Marathon in 2008 in a time of 3hr 1min.
21 Fan of Chelsea FC (England football club).
22 Left school at 17 to pursue his acting career.
23 In 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).
24 Lived in Primrose Hill, London, England, near Jude Law and Ewan McGregor. He moved out of the area in the early 2000s.
25 Was a member of the UK’s NYMT (the National Youth Music Theatre).
26 Was offered the role of Prince Henry in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998).
27 Father is Alan Miller, who was a stage actor in the 1950s and ’60s.
28 Grandfather is Bernard Lee, who played M in the early James Bond movies.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
T2: Trainspotting 2017 post-production Sick Boy
Elementary 2012-2016 TV Series Sherlock Holmes
Byzantium 2012 Ruthven
Dark Shadows 2012 Roger Collins
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein 2011 TV Movie The Creature Victor Frankenstein
Dexter 2010 TV Series Jordan Chase
Emma 2009 TV Mini-Series Mr. Knightley
Eli Stone 2008-2009 TV Series Eli Stone
Endgame 2009/I Michael Young
Smith 2006-2007 TV Series Tom
The Flying Scotsman 2006 Graeme Obree
Æon Flux 2005 Oren Goodchild
Melinda and Melinda 2004 Lee
Mindhunters 2004 Lucas Harper
Canterbury Tales 2003 TV Mini-Series Arty
Byron 2003 TV Movie Lord Byron
The Escapist 2002 Denis Hopkins
Dracula 2000 2000 Simon Sheppard
Complicity 2000 Cameron Colley
Love, Honor and Obey 2000 Jonny
Mansfield Park 1999 Edmund Bertram
Plunkett & Macleane 1999 Macleane
Behind the Lines 1997 2nd Lt. Billy Prior
Afterglow 1997 Jeffrey Byron
Dead Man’s Walk 1996 TV Mini-Series Woodrow F. Call
Trainspotting 1996 Sick Boy
Hackers 1995 Dade
Screen One 1994 TV Series Charlie Dyce
Stages 1994 TV Series Ben
Mystery!: Cadfael 1994 TV Series Edwin Gurney
Prime Suspect 3 1993 TV Mini-Series Anthony Field
The Bill 1991-1993 TV Series Lee Gibson / Simon Cooper
EastEnders 1993 TV Series Jonathan Hewitt
Bad Company 1993 TV Movie Michael Hickey
Olly’s Prison 1993 TV Movie Smiler
Screen Two 1993 TV Series Paul
Second Thoughts 1992 TV Series Chas
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt 1992 TV Mini-Series Stefan Prziborski
Casualty 1992 TV Series Matt
Between the Lines 1992 TV Series David Ringwood
Goodbye Cruel World 1992 TV Mini-Series Mark
Minder 1991 TV Series Auctioneer’s Assistant
Inspector Morse 1991 TV Series Student
4 Play 1991 TV Series Dennis Turnbull
Keeping Up Appearances 1990 TV Series The youth
Mansfield Park 1983 TV Mini-Series Charles Price
Storyboard 1983 TV Series Christopher
Jemima Shore Investigates 1983 TV Series Boy with Dog
Doctor Who 1982 TV Series Kinda Child

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Love, Honor and Obey 2000 performer: “Avenues and Alleyways”

Self

Title Year Status Character
The Day After Peace 2008 Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2008 TV Series Himself
Dancing with the Stars 2008 TV Series Himself
The View 2008 TV Series Himself
ITV – Formula One 2007 TV Series Himself
A Place in Time 2007 Documentary Himself
The Megan Mullally Show 2006 TV Series Himself
Richard & Judy 2005 TV Series Himself
The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2000 TV Special Himself
Operation Good Guys 1999 TV Series Himself
The 50th British Academy Film Awards 1998 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
CBS This Morning 2016 TV Series Himself
Elementary – Season 4: Father Holmes 2016 Video short Himself
Elementary – Season 4: Mina, Cassie & Ally 2016 Video short Himself
Elementary – Season 4: The Sign of Fourth 2016 Video short Himself
Elementary: Season 3 – Bell on the Scene 2015 Short Himself
Elementary: Season 3 – Hello Kitty Winter 2015 Short Himself
Elementary: Season 3 – Partners in Crime 2015 Short Himself
Elementary: Season 3 – The Elements of Deduction 2015 Short Himself
Rachael Ray 2013-2015 TV Series Himself
Jeopardy! 2015 TV Series Himself – Video Clue Presenter
Live with Kelly and Michael 2013-2015 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Elementary: Season 2 – Holmes Goes Home 2014 Video documentary short Himself
Elementary: Season 2 – Meet Mycroft 2014 Video documentary short Himself
Elementary: Season 2 – Second Chapter: Inside Elementary 2014 Video documentary short Himself
A Holmes of Their Own 2013 Video short Himself
Holmes Sweet Holmes 2013 Video short Himself
In Liu of Watson 2013 Video short Himself
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself Frankenstein The Monster
Late Show with David Letterman 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2012 TV Series Himself
IC Places Hollywood 2012 TV Series Himself – Interviewee
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2008-2012 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009 TV Series Himself
Movie Connections 2009 TV Series documentary Himself
Infanity 2008 TV Series documentary Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2008 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Entertainment Tonight 2016 TV Series Himself
Set Tour with Lucy Liu 2013 Video short Sherlock Holmes
Made in Hollywood 2012 TV Series Himself
Dream Time: The Making of ‘Kinda’ 2011 Video documentary short Kinda Boy
The 70th Annual Academy Awards 1998 TV Special Jeffrey Byron (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1997 Jury Award Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast Afterglow (1997)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2014 Prism Award Prism Awards Male Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline Elementary (2012)
2014 TV Guide Award TV Guide Awards Favorite Duo Elementary (2012)
2013 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Action Elementary (2012)
2012 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Series, Drama Elementary (2012)
2011 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Dexter (2006)
2011 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Dexter (2006)
2008 ALFS Award London Critics Circle Film Awards British Actor of the Year The Flying Scotsman (2006)
2008 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical Eli Stone (2008)
2006 BAFTA Scotland Award BAFTA Awards, Scotland Best Actor in a Scottish Film The Flying Scotsman (2006)
2005 Stinker Award The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Æon Flux (2005)
2005 Stinker Award The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male Mindhunters (2004)
2000 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actor Mansfield Park (1999)

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