Jonny Lee Miller

Profession: Actor
Place/Date of Birth: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey,, 15 November 1972
Associated with: Angelina Jolie

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, 2006
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.

The Brit actor will appear in the sci-fi adaptation of an MTV animated series set four centuries in the future. We’re not even sure we understand the storyline so we won’t try to explain it but Jonny and Charlize will be joined by Amelia Warner and Frances MacDormand in the feature.

Miller’s Canterbury Tales - 28/04/03
Primrose Hill based actor Jonny Lee Miller joins Canterbury Tales has joined the cast of the modern day remake of The Canterbury Tales.

Contemporary writers Tony Marchant, Peter Bowker, Sally Wainwright and Tony Grounds will retell Geoffrey Chaucer’s book for a modern audience.

Jonny back in Angelina’s arms - 19/11/02
Primrose Hill resident Jonny Lee Miller has got back with his ex-wife Tomb Raider star, Angelina Jolie. Jonny split with his fiance of 16 months, Lisa Faulkner a couple of months ago and has got back in contact with Angelina.

The pair, who divorced in 1999 after four years together have been spotted all over each other at the exclusive Claridges Hotel. Angelina recently talked in typical morbid style, about the things she’d like to do before she dies.

Top of her list was to put things right with 30-year-old Johnny. ’I wanted to commit to Johnny. But he deserved more than I was prepared to give him at the time,’ she said. ’I’d like to tell Johnny I love him. But I think he already knows.’

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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.
January 2008