English-American actor

Jonny Lee Miller

Jonathan Lee Miller is an English actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy-drama film Trainspotting (1996) and as Dade Murphy in Hackers (1995), then earning further critical recognition for his performances in Afterglow (1997), Mansfield Park (1999), Mindhunters (2004), The Flying Scotsman (2006), Endgame (2009), and T2 Trainspotting (2017). For The Flying Scotsman he received a London Film Critics' Circle nomination for Actor of the Year. He was also part of the principal cast in the films Melinda and Melinda (2004), Dark Shadows (2012), and Byzantium (2013).

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1972

November 15

Died

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1970s

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655 Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
1315 Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten.
1532 Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
1533 Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

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The world in 1972

When Jonny arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Aneurin Bevan 1897–1960 Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897) Cornelia Sorabji 1866–1954 Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (born 1866) Cynthia Breazeal 1967– American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Eleanor of Austria 1498– queen of Portugal and France (died 1558) Francesco Rosi 1922–2015 Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922) Georgia O'Keeffe 1887–1986 American painter (born 1887) J. G. Ballard 1930–2009 English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi 1776– Mexican journalist and author (died 1827) Mwai Kibaki 1931– Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (died 2022)

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Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

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