Andrew Miller (actor)

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Andrew Miller
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Miller in 2008
Born (1969-02-25) February 25, 1969 (age 54)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
Known for Cube
Spouse
(m. 2007)
Children2

Andrew Miller (born February 25, 1969) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for his role as Kazan in the 1997 science fiction horror film Cube .

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Career

Miller began his career as an actor at age 16 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Early theater roles include Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening [1] and Eugene Morris Jerome in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs . Film roles include Simon in South of Wawa, written by bestselling Canadian novelist and screenwriter Lori Lansens; [2] Kazan, the autistic man, in Vincenzo Natali's Cube ; and Donald in Oh, What a Night , for which he was nominated for a 1992 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor. [3]

As a screenwriter, Miller co-wrote the films Simon Sez and Miramax Pictures' Boys and Girls . He also co-wrote Vincenzo Natali's independently produced feature film, Nothing, in which he also starred. [3]

He also created the web series Imaginary Bitches . He has directed and produced all episodes, and written the first five episodes, as well as episodes 8, 10, 12, and 13. He co-wrote episodes 6 and 7. [4] Imaginary Bitches was nominated for a 2008 Daytime Emmy in the New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment category. [5] He is also adapting the novel The Beach for television. [6]

Besides his work in Hollywood, Andrew Miller also has a career as a teacher at a school for children with autism and other conditions. [7] Some of his work includes teaching drama and literature.

Filmography

Director

Writer

Producer

Personal life

Miller attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he studied Political Science and Economics. [1]

In March 2007, Miller became engaged to Eden Riegel who had been friends with Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery on All My Children). [8] Miller and Riegel married on September 30, 2007, and their first son, Jack Oscar Miller, was born on May 21, 2011. [9] In June 2013, Riegel announced through Twitter that she was expecting her second child, a boy. [10] [11] Her second son, Henry Isaac Miller, was born on December 20, 2013.

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References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Miller – Insomniac Mania Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Lori Lansens Archived June 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Andrew Miller (I)
  4. IB: Credits Archived May 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Daytime Confidential" May 14, 2009
  6. Porter, Rick (August 7, 2012). "'Secret Circle' creator hits 'The Beach'; Wilmer Valderrama joins 'Raising Hope'". Zap2it . Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
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