Andrew Miller (actor)
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Andrew Miller is a Canadian actor
, writer
, and director
.
's Spring Awakening 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
, 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.
As a screenwriter, Miller co-wrote the films Simon Sez
, starring Dennis Rodman
and Dane Cook
and Miramax Pictures' Boys and Girls
, Starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.
, Claire Forlani
, and Jason Biggs
. He also co-wrote Vincenzo Natali's independently produced feature film, Nothing
, in which he also starred opposite childhood friend David Hewlett
.
Most recently, he created the web series, Imaginary Bitches
. He has directed and produced all episodes, and written episodes one through 5, and episodes 8, 10, 12, and 13. He co-wrote episodes 6 and 7.
in Montreal
, Canada, where he studied Political Science and Economics.
On March 10, 2007, Miller became engaged to actress Eden Riegel
. The two were married on September 30, 2007, in Malibu, California. The couple were introduced by Riegel's All My Children
co-star Cameron Mathison
, a childhood friend of Miller's.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
.
Career
Miller began his career as an actor at age 16 in Toronto, Canada. Early theater roles include Moritz Stiefel in Frank WedekindFrank Wedekind
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind , usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright...
's Spring Awakening and Eugene Morris Jerome in Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that...
's Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.-Characters:*Eugene Morris Jerome, almost 15...
. Film roles include Simon in South of Wawa, written by bestselling Canadian novelist and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
Lori Lansens
Lori Lansens
Lori Lansens is a bestselling, internationally acclaimed novelist. Her first three books - "Rush Home Road", "The Girls", and "The Wife's Tale", have won acclaim throughout the world, and been translated into dozens of languages....
, Kazan, the autistic man, in Vincenzo Natali's
Vincenzo Natali
Vincenzo Natali is an American-Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for writing and directing science fiction films such as Cube, Nothing and Splice.-Early life:...
Cube
Cube (film)
Cube is a 1997 Canadian science fiction psychological thriller/horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film was a successful product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project....
, and Donald in Oh, What a Night, for which he was nominated for a 1992 Genie Award
Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
for Best Supporting Actor.
As a screenwriter, Miller co-wrote the films Simon Sez
Simon Sez
Simon Sez is a 1999 action comedy film starring Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, and John Pinette. The score for this film was composed by Brian Tyler.-Plot:Interpol agent Simon goes on a mission in France to save a kidnapped girl and defeat an arms dealer....
, starring Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Keith Rodman is a retired American Hall of Fame professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he was nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The...
and Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...
and Miramax Pictures' Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls is Bryan Ferry's sixth solo album, released in 1985 by EG Records. It remains Ferry's only number 1 solo album in the UK and contains two UK top 40 hit singles...
, Starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...
, Claire Forlani
Claire Forlani
Claire Antonia Forlani is an English actress.-Early life:Claire Forlani was born in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara , who was English, and Pierluigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At the age of 11, Forlani entered the Arts Educational School in London, where she began to...
, and Jason Biggs
Jason Biggs
Jason Matthew Biggs is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen comedy films.-Personal life:...
. He also co-wrote Vincenzo Natali's independently produced feature film, Nothing
Nothing (film)
Nothing is a 2003 Canadian film, directed by Vincenzo Natali. It stars David Hewlett and Andrew Miller.-Plot:The film tells the story of two good friends and housemates, Andrew , an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave , a loser who works in an office where he is treated with...
, in which he also starred opposite childhood friend David Hewlett
David Hewlett
David Ian Hewlett is an English-born Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay on the science fiction television shows Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis.-Early life:...
.
Most recently, he created the web series, Imaginary Bitches
Imaginary Bitches
Imaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes...
. He has directed and produced all episodes, and written episodes one through 5, and episodes 8, 10, 12, and 13. He co-wrote episodes 6 and 7.
Filmography
- Iris Expanding (2010) - Adam - The Morning Show Host
- NothingNothing (film)Nothing is a 2003 Canadian film, directed by Vincenzo Natali. It stars David Hewlett and Andrew Miller.-Plot:The film tells the story of two good friends and housemates, Andrew , an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave , a loser who works in an office where he is treated with...
(2003) - Andrew - Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1990) - Jeff Bradford
- Circles (1998) - Garrett Winters
- CubeCube (film)Cube is a 1997 Canadian science fiction psychological thriller/horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film was a successful product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project....
(1997) - Kazan - Last of the DogmenLast of the DogmenLast of the Dogmen is a 1995 adventure Western film written and directed by Tab Murphy about the search for and discovery of an unknown band of Dog Soldiers from a tribe of Cheyenne Indians...
(1995) - Briggs - Trapped in ParadiseTrapped in ParadiseTrapped in Paradise is a 1994 Christmas-themed crime comedy film written and directed by George Gallo, and starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey.-Plot:...
(1994) - Deputy Myers - Trial by JuryTrial by Jury (film)Trial by Jury is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Heywood Gould and starring Joanne Whalley, Gabriel Byrne and Armand Assante.-Tagline:For one juror, the question of guilt or innocence is a matter of life or death.....
(1994) - Krasny - Boozecan (1994) - Eric
- J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993) - Rip Horton
- Family Pictures (1993) - Bob
- Plashch Kazanovy (1993) -
- Oh, What a Night (1992) - Donald
- A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong (1992) - Ike Friesen
- South of WawaSouth of WawaSouth of Wawa is a Canadian comedy film, which was released in 1991. It was written by Lori Lansens, and directed by Robert Boyd.The film stars Rebecca Jenkins as Lizette, a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage who organizes a road trip with her coworker Cheryl Ann to see Dan Hill in concert.The...
(1991) - Simon - Perfectly NormalPerfectly NormalPerfectly Normal is a Canadian comedy film, released in 1991. Directed by Yves Simoneau and written by Eugene Lipinski and Paul Quarrington, the film starred Robbie Coltrane, Michael Riley and Kenneth Welsh.-Cast:*Robbie Coltrane as Alonzo Turner...
(1991) - Pizza Guy - Princes in Exile (1990) - Tyler
Director
- Boy Meets Girl (2010)
- Imaginary BitchesImaginary BitchesImaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes...
(2008–2009) (TV series) (14 episodes) - Cooking to Get Lucky (2008) (TV series) (5 episodes)
Writer
- The Secret CircleThe Secret CircleThe Secret Circle is a fictional novel series created by L. J. Smith. The series revolves around thirteen teenage witches that form an infamous coven known as 'The Secret Circle'....
(2011) - Imaginary BitchesImaginary BitchesImaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes...
(2008–2009) (TV series) (12 episodes) - NothingNothing (film)Nothing is a 2003 Canadian film, directed by Vincenzo Natali. It stars David Hewlett and Andrew Miller.-Plot:The film tells the story of two good friends and housemates, Andrew , an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave , a loser who works in an office where he is treated with...
(2003) - Boys and GirlsBoys and Girls (2000 film)Boys and Girls is a romantic comedy film that was released in 2000, directed by Robert Iscove. The two main characters, Ryan and Jennifer meet each other initially as adolescent teenagers...
(2000) - Simon SezSimon SezSimon Sez is a 1999 action comedy film starring Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, and John Pinette. The score for this film was composed by Brian Tyler.-Plot:Interpol agent Simon goes on a mission in France to save a kidnapped girl and defeat an arms dealer....
(1999)
Producer
- The Secret CircleThe Secret CircleThe Secret Circle is a fictional novel series created by L. J. Smith. The series revolves around thirteen teenage witches that form an infamous coven known as 'The Secret Circle'....
(2011) - Imaginary BitchesImaginary BitchesImaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes...
(2008–2009) (TV series) executive producer / producer (14 episodes) - NothingNothing (film)Nothing is a 2003 Canadian film, directed by Vincenzo Natali. It stars David Hewlett and Andrew Miller.-Plot:The film tells the story of two good friends and housemates, Andrew , an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave , a loser who works in an office where he is treated with...
(2003) (co-producer)
Personal life
Miller attended McGill UniversityMcGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada, where he studied Political Science and Economics.
On March 10, 2007, Miller became engaged to actress Eden Riegel
Eden Riegel
Eden Sonja Jane Riegel is an American actress. She portrayed Bianca Montgomery on the daytime drama All My Children, and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium...
. The two were married on September 30, 2007, in Malibu, California. The couple were introduced by Riegel's All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
co-star Cameron Mathison
Cameron Mathison
Cameron Arthur Mathison is a Canadian actor and television host, perhaps best known for his role as Ryan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children — a role which he has played from December 15, 1997 to 2002, and from 2003 to 2011...
, a childhood friend of Miller's.