Jonny Lee Miller

Profession: Actor
Place/Date of Birth: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey,, 15 November 2020
Assiociated with: Angelina Jolie

Jonny: There’s nowhere to hide - June 29 2007
Jonny Lee Miller has admitted he had to get in shape for his role in new film The Flying Scotsman.

The star is taking on the role of real life cyclist Graeme Obree, who built his own bike out of washing machine parts, and went on to win, lose, and then retake the world one-hour distance record.

Jonny, 34, told Entertainment Weekly: "It would be pretty obvious if I wasn’t in some kind of shape, since you have to wear so much lycra. There’s nowhere to hide.

"But I also learnt the ins and outs of riding on a track. That’s where most of Graeme’s riding takes place in the movie."

The feature also deals with the sportsman’s bipolar disorder - and Johnny said he enjoyed the challenge.

He added: "That was attractive to me. But it’s also I think a wonderful story, and one that’s not particularly well known, either at home or abroad."

The Flying Scotsman is released today (Friday June 29).

Jonny Lee Miller moves on - Oct 18 2006
Jonny Lee Miller has finally moved on from ex-wife Angelina Jolie and says he plans to get serious with his new girlfriend, 33-year-old ex-model and budding US actress Michele Hicks.

Jonny and Angelina, who were married in March 1996 and divorced in February 1999, have remained friends since their split, with Angelina even proclaiming that "divorcing Jonny was probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever done."

Still, Brad and Michele needn’t worry. In an interview with Italy’s L’Uomo Vogue, Jonny, 33, says: "I have some beautiful memories," and says he has no regrets about his short-lived marriage to the Tomb Raider star, but adds, "Angelina is my past. Michelle is my present and future. I love her and hope to have a family with her soon."

New Jersey native Michele co-owns a Pilates studio in New York and appeared in David Lynch’s Oscar-nominated film Mulholland Dr. in 2001.

Commenting on his former wife’s new domestic set-up with Brad and their three children, Jonny says: "I am truly happy for Angelina."

Jonny Lee Miller has pulled out of 150 mile marathon - April 4, 2020
Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller has pulled out of a gruelling 150 mile marathon across the Sahara desert. The British actor was set to run the Marathon des Sables, a seven day straight sprint across desert, for UK charity Mencap.

Instead, he will be filming his new movie, the fittingly titled ’Marathon’, in Los Angeles. A source said: "Jonny would have given the event some much-needed publicity so it was a real blow when he cancelled." A spokesperson for the actor, who shot to fame in cult Scottish movie ’Trainspotting’, said: "Jonny is very disappointed too. He’s been doing an awful lot of training for it, but unfortunately he will be in Los Angeles filming at the time."

The actor was formerly married to Jolie who, at their wedding ceremony, donned a pair of leather trousers and wrote his name in her own blood on her bridal blouse.

Jonny Lee Miller Jonny’s flux - August 04
Jonny Lee Miller is to star in Aeon Flux with Charlize Theron.

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Biography

Jonny Lee Miller is an English actor best known for his role as Sick Boy in Trainspotting and for being the first husband of Hollywood sex kitten Angelina Jolie.

He was born in Kingston in 1972, where he attended selective grammar school where he reportedly very quiet and introspective. He comes from a busy acting family: his father, Alan Miller, was a famous stage actor in the 50’s and 60’s, and his granddad, Bernard Lee, played M in the early James Bond movies.

His acting belies a different side of him, and his outgoing, bold style won him his first major role in Hollywood techno-thriller Hackers in 1995. He starred in Trainspotting the following year. Other notable roles include those in Regeneration (1997), Complicity (2000) and AEon Flux (2005). Television credits include the BBC’s recent take on The Canterbury Tales and the lead role in a television adaptation of the life of Lord Byron. He is a partner in the successful British production company, Natural Nylon, with fellow actors Ewan McGregor.

He met Angelina Jolie on the set of hackers, and they married in 1996. After only a year together they separated. Many weren’t surprised that the unlikely pair went their separate ways, and there was some speculation that the union was undermined by Jolie’s need for violence in the bedroom. Oo err. That being said, Jolie was quoted as saying ’Divorcing Jonny was probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever done’ after splitting with Billy Bob Thornton in 2003. The two remain on good terms, and Miller has been positive towards news of Jolie’s pregnancy and her relationship with Brad Pitt.

Other significant partners have included Lisa Faulkner and Natalie Appleton (they were proclaimed ’London’s Coolest Couple by Elle in 1999), with whom he has a daughter, Rachel. He is single at the moment.

He currently lives in Primrose Hill, London.
June 2007

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