Miles Anderson

Miles Anderson is an English actor with an impressive resume on the British stages and TV screens.

Biography
Miles Anderson's childhood, the son of Major-General John Anderson and writer Daphne Anderson, placed him at the heart of the historical change in Africa in the 1950s and 60s. Educated at Prince Edward School, his father commanded the Rhodesian Army in the pre UDI days and in 1964 was removed by the then Prime Minister for his opposition to the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, and two years later the family left the country.

Anderson's adventures across the globe in exotic lands as Malaya, Singapore, Zambia, with the Iban tribe in Brunei involving a head-to-head with a honey bear, along with his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, followed by experiences in British theatre and American movies, and his forays as a fisherman in Greece, have combined to provide a vast array of anecdotes and stories. A teller of fascinating, hair-raising, often hilarious, and frequently poignant tales, Anderson has become a highly popular raconteur.

Anderson has been acting on stage and on screen for many years; perhaps best known in recent times for his television appearances as Colonel Aidan Dempsey in Ultimate Force, Roger O'Neill in the award-winning House of Cards, Terry Fox in Holby City and Colonel Dan Fortune in the hit series Soldier, Soldier, all of them for the British TV. Most recently he was seen as Major Marchbanks in the BBC adaptation of The Ruby in the Smoke, he appeared in 2007 in the sixth series of the crime-drama Waking the Dead and in 2008 he made a brief appearance as Edward Tunstall in the BBC's flagship soap, EastEnders.

Since 2009 he narrates the popular New Zealand documentary TV program The Lion Man.

His stage appearances in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company have won him acclaim with, amongst others, The Witch of Edmonton, The Twin Rivals, Macbeth, The Weir, Oliver! and Twelfth Night. He was also the first ever man to play Peter Pan in the Trevor Nunn's acclaimed production of the same title. 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 was nominated for an Olivier Award for Sigismund in Calederon's Life's A Dream.

He has worked with such Directors as Richard Attenborough, Trevor Nunn, Adrian Noble, Max Stafford-Clark, Sam Mendes, Paul Seed, John Caird, Ian Rickson and Dominic Cooke.

Criminal Minds
He portrayed scientist Dr Nichols, a specialist in anthrax demoted from his post in Fort Detrick due to his fanatic views, who became a student mentor in the Season Four episode Amplification.

Filmography

 * Ninja (2009) - Temple
 * Criminal Minds - Amplification (2009) TV episode - Dr Nichols
 * The Bill - 2 episodes (2005) - Roland O'Brian and 2 episodes (2008) TV episodes - Bob Gatting
 * The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) - Arthur Pennigton
 * EastEnders - Episode dated 7 February 2008, Episode dated 8 February 2008 and Episode dated 29 February 2008 (2008) TV episodes - Edward
 * The Time of Your Life - Episode #1.4 and Episode #1.5 (2007) TV episodes - Phil
 * Waking the Dead - Double Bind: Part 1 and Double Bind: Part 2 (2007) TV episodes - Daniel Lennon
 * The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) - Major Marchbanks
 * Masterpiece Theatre - The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) TV episode - Major Marchbanks
 * Ultimate Force - 10 episodes Col. (2002-2006) TV episodes - Col. Aidan Dempsey
 * Midsomer Murders - Death in Disguise (1999) - Guy Gamelin Guy and Last Year's Model (2006) TV episodes - Lance Woodrow
 * Doctors - A Golfer's Tale (2006) TV episode - Terry Warner
 * The Silent Fall (2006) - Joseph Kingsley
 * William and Mary - Episode #3.4 (2005) TV episode - Lord Narrington
 * Down to Earth - Fate and Fortune (2004) TV episode - Adam Cannock
 * Holby City - 13 episodes (2002) TV episodes - Terry Fox
 * The Biographer (2002) - Newspaper Editor
 * Family Affairs (1997) TV series - George Shackleford (unknown episodes, 2001-2002)
 * The King Is Alive (2000) - Jack
 * Wing and a Prayer - Episode #2.6 (1999) TV episode - Charles Hudson
 * Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999) - Toby Ross
 * Every Woman Knows a Secret (1999) TV mini-series - Ian (unknown episodes)
 * Tomorrow Never Dies (1999) (VG) (voice) - Dr. Kaufmann / Isagura
 * Dangerfield - Harvest Time (1998) TV episode - Bailey
 * Riddler's Moon (1998)
 * A Certain Justice (1998) - Mark Rawlstone
 * The Scold's Bridle (1998) - Detective Inspector Harmer
 * Fast Food (1998) - Dwayne
 * In Your Dreams (1997) - Prosecution Counsel
 * The Odyssey (1997) - Poseidon
 * A Touch of Frost - Penny for the Guy (1997) TV episode - Sir Richard Cordwell
 * Casualty - Treasure (1997) TV episode - Andy McKenzie
 * Have Your Cake and Eat It (1997) TV mini-series - Sam Dawson (unknown episodes)
 * Into the Blue (1997) - Dr. Peter Kingdom
 * Chiller - The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts (1995) TV episode - Peter Walker
 * Oliver's Travels (1995) TV mini-series - Baron Kite (unknown episodes)
 * Moving Story - Father's Day (1994) TV episode - Barry
 * Class Act - Episode #1.1 (1994) TV episode - Mickey Clive
 * Peak Practice - Old Habits (1994) TV episode - Dominic Jenkins
 * The Rector's Wife (1994) - Patrick O'Sullivan
 * All in the Game (1993) TV mini-series - Derek Horsfield
 * A Far Off Place (1993) - Jardin
 * Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Talking to Strange Men (1992) TV episode - Mark Simms
 * Covington Cross - Pilot and The Hero (1992) TV episode - King Edward
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Somme, Early August 1916 (1992) TV episode - Giscard
 * Soldier Soldier - 8 episodes (1991-1992) TV episodes - Lt. Col. Dan Fortune
 * Seekers (1992)
 * House of Cards - 4 episodes (1990) TV episodes - Roger O'Neill
 * Campion - Mystery Mile: Part 1 and Mystery Mile: Part 2 (1990) TV episode - Anthony Datchett
 * Lorna Doone (1990) - Tom Faggus
 * Campaign (1988) TV mini-series - Paul Copeland
 * Cry Freedom (1987) - Lemick
 * Sky Bandits (1986) - Bannock
 * Call Me Mister - Running Time (1986) TV episode - Ben Fisher
 * What If It's Raining (1985) - Philip
 * The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) - David Hamilton
 * The Sweeney - Hearts and Minds (1978) TV episode - Hawkins
 * Crown Court - Soft Target (1978) TV episode - Louis Botha
 * People Like Us - 8 episodes (1978) TV episodes - Ted Hartnell
 * The Legend of Robin Hood - 4 episodes (1975) TV episodes - Will Scarlett
 * Churchill's People - The Derry Boys (1975) TV episode - Rev. Dr. Walker
 * Z Cars - Intervention (1975) TV episode - Tim Austin
 * Cloud Burst (1974) TV series - Dick Turner
 * Fall of Eagles - Death Waltz (1974) TV episode - Young Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
 * Who Killed Lamb? (1974) - P.C. Hanworth
 * Beryl's Lot - Dancing Lessons and Definitely Very Chilly (1973) TV episodes - 1st Student

THEATER

 * Macbeth in Macbeth - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * Orsino in Twelfth - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * Life's A Dream - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * The Maids - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * Peter in Peter Pan - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * Poins in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * The Devil in The Witch of Edmonton - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * The Twin Rivals - Royal Shakespeare Company
 * The Permanent Way - Out of Joint, Sydney Theatre
 * Finbar in The Weir - Royal Court
 * The Bullet - Donmar Warehouse
 * Bill Sykes in Oliver! - Palladium Theatre
 * Hero in The Rehearsal - Garrick Theatre
 * When We Dead Awaken - Almeida Theatre

LINKS

 * For an up-to-date Filmography: imdb.com/Miles Anderson