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William Miller (actor, born 1978)

British actor, born 1978

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Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ6167683 ↗
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William Thomas Francis Miller (born 9 September 1978) is an English actor and singer based in Spain.

Miller studied History, Archeology and Performing Arts in Spain, and speaks English, Spanish, Catalan, and French. He is well known for working in several Spanish television series, and has played supporting roles in Spanish, Mexican, American, British and French films.

Miller has also worked in theatre, including classical Spanish plays and musicals, and was the frontman of the Spanish rock band Deniro for five years.

He is currently working on several projects, nationally and internationally, also started producing and directing short films, nominated in film festivals in Spain.

In Music William is still active with Rage Against the Machine tribute band: RAGE RISING.

Selected filmography & Music

Films

Tempus fugit (2003) as Andros

Rottweiler (2004) as Dante

La Conjura de El Escorial (2008) as Captain Rodrigo de Villena

Sagan (2008) as Robert Westhorff

Sans laisser de traces (Traceless) (2010), as Ritchie Brown

Cinco de mayo: La batalla (2013) as Charles Ferdinand de Latrille, Conde de Lorencez

Jim doesn't know what to say (TV movie) (2014) as Lance

Los miércoles no existen (2015) as Hugo

The Midnight Man (2016) as Nomack

Megan Leavey (2016) as Constable

Ruta Madre (Going South) (2016) as Rodrigo

Don't Look at the Demon (2022) as Ian

Crawlers (2026)

Television series

Cuéntame cómo pasó, (La 1, 2002-2021), as Mike

Un paso adelante, (Antena 3, 2005), as Nacho (3 episodes)

2 de mayo, la libertad de una nación, (Telemadrid, 2008)

Hay alguien ahí (Cuatro, 2009–2010)

Above suspicion (ITV, 2012), as Rupert Mitchell (2 episodes)

Isabel (La 1, 2012-2013), as Beltrán de la Cueva

Perception (TNT, 2014), as Cyrus Dunham (1 episode)

Sr. Ávila (HBO, 2014), as Marco Stell (2 episodes)

Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste (based on Captain Alatriste) (Telecinco, 2015), as Duke of Buckingham

La que se avecina (Telecinco, 2016), as Héctor

The 100 (The CW, 2018), as Paxton "Graveyard" McCreary

Señora Acero (season 5) (Telemundo, 2018-2019), as Acasio "El Teca" Martinez #2

Warrior Nun (Netflix, 2020–2022), as Adriel

Music

Candymen, rock band from Salou (Tarragona) 2000-2010, voice and guitar. Album: Indignation (2010)

Deniro, Madrid rock band, 2010-2013, voice. Albums: El extraño disfrazado de normal (2011), De héroes y gobernantes (2013)

Rage Rising, Rage Against the Machine tribute band, 2019 - actual, voice.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6167683. VIAF identifies the subject as 169360045. The Library of Congress control number is no2014095582. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978, 2003, 2004 and 2008.

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