| William Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | William Finn Miller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1996 6, df=yes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Hackney, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor, footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television: | , Oliver Twist, Runaway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Finn Miller (born 8 June 1996) is an English actor and former professional footballer.
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, , directed by his father. He appear in further productions for a number of years before returning to football.[2]
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 Dickens classic of the same name, broadcast in December 2007.
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.[3] [4]
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. 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.
On 21 September 2013, Miller was selected for an England under-18 squad for two matches against Hungary on 11 and 14 October 2013.[5]
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.[8] 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.[10]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[11] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur U-23s | 2017–18 | Premier League 2, Div 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Burton Albion (loan) | 2016–17 | Championship | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Burton Albion | 2017–18 | Championship | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | League 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 2 | |||