Miles Anderson
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Miles Anderson (born 23 October 1947) is a Zimbabwean stage and television actor. He has appeared in television serials both in the UK and North America and in award-winning Shakespearean roles at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
He was born in 1947 in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Educated at Prince Edward school, his father commanded the Rhodesian Army until dismissed by Premier Ian Smith for his stance against racism and a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. His mother Daphne Anderson wrote a memoir of her difficult childhood in Rhodesia, The Toerags.
He has appeared in the US TV series, "Criminal Minds", as well as the ongoing ITV's Ultimate Force as Colonel Aiden Dempsey. He had previously played Lt. Col. Dan Fortune (this time a Regular "green" Army officer) in ITV's Soldier Soldier (series 1 and 2 only, 1991–92) and as Captain Bannock in Sky Bandits. 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.
His numerous performances for television include Fall of Eagles, Z-Cars, The Sweeney. Campion, House of Cards, Oliver's Travels and Holby City. Anderson has also appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders entitled "Death In Disguise" and "Last Year's Model". Most recently he was seen as Major Marchbanks in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and he appeared in 2007 in the sixth series of the crime-drama Waking the Dead.
In 2008, he made a brief appearance as Edward Tunstall in the BBC's EastEnders. In 2009, he narrated the New Zealand documentary The Lion Man and appeared in an episode of A Touch of Frost' for ITV.
In 2010, Anderson appeared as the titular character in The Madness of George III mounted by director Adrian Noble at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. He won the San Diego's Critics' Circle award for Best Actor. In 2011, he played Prospero in The Tempest and Salieri Amadeus, both directed by Noble.
He is an associate member of RADA and the father of actor Joe Anderson..He currently lives in Los Angeles, USA,
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