Tahj Di Nero Miles is an English actor. He appeared in Mangrove, the first film of the anthology series Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen, and between 2021 and 2024, he starred as Marlon Pryce in BBC1's TV series Death in Paradise.
Miles was born in Hackney, London, and has Jamaican, Saint Lucian, and Dominican heritage. He attended the Betty Layward Primary in Stoke Newington. [1] He joined the Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School at the age of seven, then signed for Fiorentini Agency. Miles performed in a West End production of Oliver!. He joined Disney’s Cub School and performed as Simba in a West End production of The Lion King for over a year. He was then in Matilda the Musical with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Cambridge Theatre (2013) and Emil and the Detectives with the Royal National Theatre. He also secured advertising contracts with Lego and Sainsbury’s.[2] He appeared in Bugsy Malone in the West End (2015) before studying at the BRIT School of performing arts. [1]
Miles was cast in the BBC series Class Dismissed and Flunked before joining the regular cast of BBC1's Death in Paradise as police officer Marlon Pryce.[1] [3] He appeared in Mangrove, the first film of Steve McQueen's film anthology Small Axe.[1]
Miles lives in Hackney, east London.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | Class Dismissed | Tahj | 25 Episodes | |
| 2019 | Flunked | Tahj | 1 Episode | |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Kendrick Manning | Episode: Mangrove | |
| 2021–2024 | Death in Paradise | Officer Marlon Pryce | 25 episodes[4] | |
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise | Officer Marlon Pryce | Episode: "#1.6" |