12 Facts About Miles Anderson

Miles Anderson was born on 23 October 1947 and 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.

Miles Anderson appeared as Alistair the photographer in the film La La Land.

Miles Anderson's 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 Anderson 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.

Miles Anderson 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.

Miles Anderson has 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.

Miles 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.

Miles Anderson narrated the Sky1 version of the New Zealand documentary The Lion Man and appeared in an episode of A Touch of Frost.

In 2010, Miles Anderson appeared as the title character in The Madness of George III mounted by director Adrian Noble at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre.

Miles Anderson won the San Diego's Critics' Circle award for Best Actor.

In 2015, Miles Anderson appeared as Renard in the BBC TV series The Musketeers.

Miles Anderson is the father of actor Joe Anderson and chef Max Anderson.