Trivia

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.

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.

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.

Grandfather is Bernard Lee, who played M in the early James Bond movies.

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 was from Scotland. Due to this frequency, Craig Ferguson, who is really Scottish, declared Miller an Honorary Scotsman.

Running is a hobby of his and he ran the London Marathon in 2008 in a time of 3hr 1min.

He was the only non-Scottish main cast member of Trainspotting (1996).

His ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, and his current wife, Michele Hicks, have the same birthday: June 4.

Left school at 17 to pursue his acting career.

Became a United States citizen in 2014.

Miller is a big N.Y. Rangers fan and was thrilled when the Stanley Cup trophy appeared on Elementary.

Father is Alan Miller, who was a stage actor in the 1950s and '60s.

Godfather of Jude Law's eldest son, Rafferty Law, born on October 6, 1996.

Jointly won (with Benedict Cumberbatch) the Olivier and Evening Standard Best Actor Award for Danny Boyle's stage production of 'Frankenstein' in London.

Wife, Michele Hicks, gave birth to their first child, a boy named Buster Timothy Miller, on December 3, 2008. He weighed 9 pounds.

He worked with Christopher Lee in Dark Shadows (2012) while his grandfather Bernard Lee worked with him in The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).

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).

Was offered the role of Prince Henry in EverAfter (1998).

Awarded the Evening Standard Theatre Award and the Olivier Award for Best Actor.

Lived in Primrose Hill, London, England, near Jude Law and Ewan McGregor. He moved out of the area in the early 2000s.

Fan of Chelsea FC (England football club).

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).

Was a member of the UK's NYMT (the National Youth Music Theatre).

Former son-in-law of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand.

Appearing on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in "After Miss Julie" with Sienna Miller. (November 2009)

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).

In Los Angeles for the upcoming television show Eli Stone (2008). (November 2006)

Former brother-in-law of actor James Haven.

Currently in the Los Angeles area for the television series Smith (2006). (September 2006)

Co owns the production company Natural Nylon with Ewan McGregor, Sadie Frost and Jude law and producer Bradley Adams.