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Eli Stone
Jonny Lee Miller, grandson of Bernard Lee (M from the early James Bond films), is an English actor. He is the son of Anne Lee, who worked in theatre, and Alan Miller, a stage actor and later a stage manager at The BBC. He grew up "behind the scenes" at the BBC, and made an uncredited appearance in Doctor Who in the 1982 story Kinda.
List Of Works[]
Film[]
- Hackers: Dade Murphy/"Crash Override"
- Trainspotting: Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson
- Afterglow: Jeffrey Byron
- Regeneration: 2nd Lieutenant Billy Prior
- Plunkett and Macleane: Macleane
- Mansfield Park: Edmund Bertram (nominated for Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor)
- Love, Honour and Obey: Jonny
- Complicity: Cameron Colley
- Complicity is also known as Retribution in some markets.
- Dracula 2000: Simon Sheppard
- The Escapist: Denis Hopkins
- Mind Hunters: Lucas Harper
- Melinda And Melinda: Lee
- Aeon Flux (The film of the animated series): Oren Goodchild
- The Flying Scotsman: Graeme Obree
- Endgame: Michael Young
- Dark Shadows: Roger Collins
Television[]
- Doctor Who: one episode, uncredited.
- Mansfield Park (1983): Charles Price.
- Keeping Up Appearances: one episode as "Toy Boy".
- Dead Romantic: Paul, in the made-for-TV film.
- Goodbye Cruel World (miniseries): as Mark.
- Eastenders: two episodes as Jonathan Hewitt.
- Cadfael: one episode as Edwin Gurney.
- Byron: as Lord Byron.
- The Canterbury Tales: Arty, in The Pardoner's Tale episode of the BBC's modernised adaptations.
- Smith: as Tom.
- Eli Stone: as the titular Eli Stone.
- Emma (2009): Mr Knightley.
- Dexter: one season as Jordan Chase.
- Elementary: as Sherlock Holmes, in the US "contemporary update".
Theatre[]
- Beautiful Thing: Ste
- Festen: Christian
- Someone Who'll Watch Over Me: Adam
- Danny Boyle's Frankenstein where he alternated the roles of the doctor and the monster with Benedict Cumberbatch. They jointly won an Olivier Award for Best Actor and the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for this production.
- After Miss Julie: John
Tropes:[]
- Scottish English: in Trainspotting and The Flying Scotsman.
- Mistaken Nationality: Scottish, as a result of his accents. Late Night talk show host Craig Ferguson declared him an Honourary Scotsman.
- Fake American: Dead Man's Walk, Melinda and Melinda, and Eli Stone.
- Byronic Hero: literally, in one case. Other roles may fall into this trope as well.
- Romance on the Set: met (ex-wife) Angelina Jolie on the set of Hackers. Dated Jennifer Esposito, who was in Dracula 2000 with him.