Miles Meadows

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Miles Meadows
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Taken by photographer Caio Nery for the Brazilian publication 'Caras' on October 17th / 2010
Born
Miles Harrison Meadows

Occupation(s)Actor, Singer
Years active2001–present

Miles Meadows (Born April 24) is a Canadian actor and singer. He has worked on films in Canada, the United States, and France, and has appeared in roles speaking French, (Le Petit Village), directed by Genieve Duliscouet, English, Italian and Latin, (The Strange Case Of DJ Cosmic).

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Early life

Meadows was born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador. He grew up in British Columbia, briefly lived in England as a child and in Los Angeles for three years. Though his home is in Vancouver British Columbia, as of 2014 Meadows resided in London, England.[ citation needed ]

Career

Meadows became recognizable after roles on MTV's 2gether, multiple episodes of Showtime's The L Word and the highest-rated episode of TV series Jeremiah, "And the Ground, Sown with Salt". He performed in two Stephen King films, The Mangler 2 where "critics" compared him to a young Vince Neil and NBC's remake of Carrie where he received positive reviews.

Meadows stepped back from acting in 2007 to take care of his father, who had long been suffering from Parkinson's disease. In 2008, Meadows left performing entirely when his spouse was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He was with his father when he died August 9, 2009 and became a widower June 12th, 2011. [1] At the time Meadows was a medical first responder for the City Of Vancouver he carries a degree in Forensics and a second in English. Following the death of his spouse Meadows, a dual Canadian and British citizen, relocated to London England where he earned his specialized licence as a train engineer for the London Underground and worked on the series Summer Lane Drive and lent his voice to various Sony Studios Games projects at Pinewood Studios. Meadows returned to Canada in 2020 to care for his Mother who fell ill during the pandemic until her death on March 8th, 2023. Meadows has recently returned to commercial work and will appear in Hallmark's upcoming Valentines film Lift To Love

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2025 Lift To Love New York Florist(TV Movie)
2020 Summer Lane Drive Delicious / Various(TV Series Lead)
2009 The Strange Case of DJ Cosmic (short film)DJ Junior/Johnny(Film Lead)
2009 Fringe Pony Tail Boy (TV series)
2008 Le Petit Village Felix(Film Lead)
2007 World City Touring Host(Korean Travel Show)
2007 The L Word Cooper(Two Episodes)
2006 Noah's Arc Autograph Seeker(TV)
2006 Whistler (TV series)|WhistlerDruggie(TV)
2006 Smallville Doug(TV)
2004 Going the Distance (2004 film) PA(Film)
2004 Romeo Lance(TV)
2003 Scary Movie 3 Frat Boy(Film)
2002 Carrie (2002 film) Kenny Garson (NBC Telefilm) (Supporting Lead)
2002 Heart of America (film) Kevin Rhodes(Film Lead)
2002 Jeremiah Prisoner(Mini Series)
2002 Dark Angel Rollins(TV)
2002 Precisely Claire Otis Buckshaw(Film Lead) (Completed)
2002 Tribe of Joseph Example(Film Lead) (Completed)
2001 The Mangler 2 [2] Example(Film Lead) (Completed)
2000 2gether Mr.Rochester(Series)
2000 A Day in a Life Skater(Film)
1999 Eterne Sangui Dancer(Bravo Dance)

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References

  1. For the full interview see the December issue of Brazilian Caras Magazine
  2. "Arrow In The Head's movie review of The Mangler 2: Daniella Evangelista/Emily, Chelse Swain/Jo, Miles Meadows/Cory". www.joblo.com. Archived from the original on 2004-12-05.

Miles Meadows IMDB page https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0575064/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1