Interesting chap:
Miller was born to television director
Sam Miller and actress
Janine Wood. He played football at
Leyton Orient from the age of seven to 12. He first appeared in a documentary drama as Pieter Beijerinck, in a 2006 documentary drama,
Krakatoa: The Last Days, directed by his father. He appear in further productions for a number of years before returning to football.
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Acting career[edit]
Miller rose to fame when, at the age of 11, he was chosen out of 700 applicants for the
titular role in
Oliver Twist, the
BBC One Christmas adaptation of the Charles dingdongens
classic of the same name, broadcast in December 2007.
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Miller starred as the lead character Sean in the 2009 British children's miniseries
Runaway, broadcast on BBC One, which was part of the
CBBC season about
homelessness.
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Filmography[edit]
Football career[edit]
Having previously played youth football for
Leyton Orient, Miller joined Tottenham's development centre when he was 14. He signed a contract when he was 16.
[2] He featured regularly for Tottenham's Under-16 team over the course of the 2012–13 season before joining Tottenham full-time in the summer of 2013.
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On 21 September 2013, Miller was selected for an
England under-18 squad for two matches against Hungary on 11 and 14 October 2013.
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On 25 August 2016, Miller joined
Burton Albion on loan.
[6] His first goal for the club came on 10 September of the same year, a late equaliser against
Wolverhampton Wanderers.
[7] In January 2018, he injured his knee in a game against
Queens Park Rangers, ending the season prematurely for him.
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In 2018–19 season, he scored a goal in the 1–1 draw against
Plymouth Argyle in December 2018.
[9] Miller left Burton Albion at the end of the contract in 2019.
In an interview with
The Guardian in April 2020, Miller revealed that he has retired from football and is pursuing a career as a film-maker and musician.
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