Miles Anderson

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Miles Anderson
Born (1947-10-23) 23 October 1947 (age 77)
OccupationActor
SpouseBella Merlin
Children2

Miles Anderson (born 23 October 1947) is a British stage and screen actor, born in the colony of Southern Rhodesia, who has appeared in television serials both in the United Kingdom, and North America. He appeared as Alistair the photographer in the film La La Land. [1] In 2021 he played 'Lennox' in Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. He is commonly remembered in the UK for his role as Lieutenant Colonel Dan Fortune in ITV television show Soldier Soldier that aired in 1991-92

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Born in 1947 in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Anderson was educated at Prince Edward School. His father was Major-General J. Anderson, CBE, the commander of the Southern Rhodesian Army who was dismissed in 1964 because of his opposition to the colonial government's plans for denial of native African rule upon independence; and his mother, Daphne, wrote The Toerags a memoir of her difficult childhood in Rhodesia. Miles has appeared in the US television series, Criminal Minds , as well as the UK series Ultimate Force in which he played Colonel Aiden Dempsey for the entirety of its production. He had previously played Lt. Col. Dan Fortune in ITV's Soldier Soldier (series 1 and 2 only, 1991–92).

He was awarded the 1982 London Critics' Circle Drama Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor of 1981 for his performances in The Twin Rivals and The Witch of Edmonton and an Olivier Nomination for his performance as Sigismund in Calderon's Life's A Dream at the Royal Shakespeare Company. His numerous performances for television include Fall of Eagles , Z-Cars , The Sweeney . Campion , House of Cards , Oliver's Travels , Every Woman Knows a Secret and Holby City . Anderson has also appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders entitled "Death In Disguise" and "Last Year's Model", and was the voice of Poseidon in the 1997 TV adaptation of The Odyssey .

Anderson was seen as Major Marchbanks in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and in 2007, he appeared in the sixth series of the crime-drama Waking the Dead . In 2008, he made a brief appearance as Edward Tunstall in the BBC's EastEnders . He also narrated the Sky1 version of the New Zealand documentary The Lion Man and appeared in an episode of A Touch of Frost .

In 2010, Anderson appeared as the title character in The Madness of George III mounted by director Adrian Noble at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. He won the San Diego's Critics' Circle award for Best Actor. In 2011, he played Prospero in The Tempest and Salieri in Amadeus , both directed by Noble. In 2013, he again won the San Diego Critic's Circle Award for his Shylock in Adrian Noble's production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice .

In 2015, Anderson appeared as Renard in the BBC TV series The Musketeers (episode 2.5 "The Return"). His film credits include roles in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), The Shillingbury Blowers (1980), Sky Bandits (1986) and Cry Freedom .

Anderson is an associate member of RADA. He is the father of actor Joe Anderson and chef Max Anderson.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 Who Killed Lamb? P.C. HanworthTV film
1978 The Thirty Nine Steps David Hamilton
1980 The Shillingbury Blowers Mr. FennelTV film
1986 Sky Bandits Bannock
1987 Cry Freedom Lemick
1988The Zero OptionMajor Fredericks
1990 Lorna Doorne Tom FaggusTV film
1993 A Far Off Place Jardin
1996In Your DreamsProsecution CounselTV film
1997Into the BlueDr. Peter KingdomTV film
1998 Riddler's Moon ErnieTV film
1999 Fast Food Dwayne
Winter Angel Toby RossTV film
2000 The King Is Alive Jack
2002The BiographerNewspaper EditorTV film
2006 The Ruby in the Smoke Major MarchbanksTV film
2007 The Silent Fall Joseph Kingsley
2009 Ninja Temple
2012Delicate PlaythingsTerrence Boyd
2013 Vishwaroopam Dr. Dawkins
2015The Sound of MagicAbdumeeni Habduleeni
2016 La La Land Alistair
2018When I SingRocker
The Wind The Reverend
2019RadioflashFarmer Glenn
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Lennox

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Beryl's Lot 1st Student2 episodes
1974 Fall of Eagles Young Franz Josef of Austria-HungaryEpisode: "Death Waltz"
Cloud Burst Dick TurnerSeries regular
1975 Z-Cars Tim AustinEpisode: "Intervention"
Churchill's People Reverend Dr. WalkerEpisode: "The Derry Boys"
Private AffairsJack SmytheEpisode: "Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert"
The Legend of Robin Hood Will ScarlettMiniseries
1978People Like UsTed HartnellMiniseries
Crown Court Louis BothaEpisode: "Soft Target"
The Sweeney HawkinsEpisode: "Hearts and Minds"
1980 Shillingbury Tales Mr. FennelEpisode: "The Shillingbury Blowers"
1986 That Uncertain Feeling Paul WhetstoneMiniseries
What If It's RainingPhilipMiniseries
Call Me Mister Ben FisherEpisode: "Running Time"
1988CampaignPaul CopelandMiniseries
1990 Campion Anthony DatchettEpisode: "Mystery Mile"
House of Cards Roger O'NeillMiniseries
1991-1992 Soldier Soldier Lieutenant Colonel Dan FortuneSeries regular
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles GiscardEpisode: "Somme, Early August 1916"
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Mark SimmsEpisode: "Talking to Strange Men"
Covington Cross King Edward3 episodes
1993 Seekers Peter Draycott1 episode
All in the GameDerek HorsfieldMiniseries
1994 Peak Practice Dominic JenkinsEpisode: "Old Habits"
The Rector's WifePatrick O'SullivanMiniseries
Class Act Mickey Clive1 episode
Moving Story BarryEpisode: "Father's Day"
1995 Chiller Peter WalkerEpisode: "The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts"
Oliver's Travels Baron KiteMiniseries
1997 Casualty Andy McKenzieEpisode: "Treasure"
A Touch of Frost Sir Richard CordwellEpisode: "Penny for the Guy"
Have Your Cake and Eat It Sam DawsonMiniseries
The Odyssey PoseidonMiniseries
1998 The Scold's Bridle Detective Inspector Harmer2 episodes
A Certain Justice Mark Rawlstone2 episodes
Dangerfield BaileyEpisode: "Harvest Time"
Midsomer Murders Guy GamelinEpisode: "Death in Disguise"
1999 Wing and a Prayer Charles Hudson1 episode
Every Woman Knows a Secret IanMiniseries
2001 Family Affairs George Shackleford3 episodes
2002-2003 Holby City Terry FoxSeries regular
2002-2006 Ultimate Force Colonel Aidan DempseySeries regular
2004 Down to Earth Adam CannockEpisode: "Fate and Fortune"
2005 William and Mary Lord Narrington1 episode
The Bill Roland O'BrianEpisode: "Double Jeopardy"
2006 Midsomer Murders Lance WoodrowEpisode: "Last Year's Model"
Masterpiece Major MarchbanksEpisode: "The Ruby in the Smoke"
Doctors Terry WarnerEpisode: "A Golfer's Tale"
2007 Waking the Dead Daniel LennonEpisode: "Double Bind"
The Time of Your Life PhilMiniseries
2008 EastEnders Edward3 episodes
The Bill Bob GattingEpisode: "Gun Runner"
2009 Criminal Minds Dr. NicholsEpisode: "Amplification"
2012 Doctors Martin MillarSeries regular
2014 Constantine Dr. Roger HuntoonEpisode: "Non Est Asylum"
2015 The Musketeers RenardEpisode: "The Return"
Battle Creek PhilEpisode: "Syruptitious"
2016 Baskets Professor Henri2 episodes
The Bureau Barry1 episode
2018Borderline TalentIgor1 episode
2019 Escape the Night Merlin the MagicianEpisode: "Dark Magic and a Twisted Fate"
NCIS: Los Angeles Brian CooperEpisode: "A Bloody Brilliant Plan"
2021 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Father MichaelEpisode: "The Gang's Still in Ireland"
2022 The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder Rockin' Joel2 Episodes
2023 Hunters FritzEpisode: "Van Glooten's Day 1972 Butter Sculptor of the Year"
2025 Days of our Lives FosterEpisode: Ep206

References

  1. "Miles Anderson talks "Tartuffe," "La la Land" and the magic of theater". 2 February 2017.