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William John Miller II[1] (born September 17, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his soap opera roles as Billy Abbott on CBS' The Young and the Restless, and Jason Morgan and Drew Cain on ABC's General Hospital.

Billy Miller
Miller at the 37th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2010
Born	William John Miller II (1979-09-17) September 17, 1979 (age 43) Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
Other names	Billy J. Miller B.J. Miller
Education	Bachelor's degree
Alma mater	University of Texas
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Early life and education

Miller was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas.[1][2] As a child, Miller spent five years as a patient of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, an organization he now supports.[3][4]

He attended Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas,[5] and the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, where he received a communications degree and was one of only twenty students in the film department's intensive Production Sequence.[4]

Career

After graduating from college, Miller moved out to Los Angeles where he began working in the mail room of Industry Entertainment.[6][7][8] His first break into acting came after he signed on with the Wilhelmina modeling agency.[7] He appeared in six commercials, including two for Electronic Arts' The Sims.[9][10] He also did commercials for JCPenney, Pizza Hut and pokerparty.com.[8]

At the age of 24, Miller screen-tested for the CBS Daytime soap opera As the World Turns, but due to bad management, he lost the audition, and subsequently the management and agency.[3] He took a two-year hiatus from acting after that experience.[8]

In 2006, Miller returned to acting, starring in an episode of CSI: NY. A year later, he landed the role of Richie Novak, the murdering and blackmailing brother of Annie Lavery on the ABC Daytime soap opera All My Children. His first appearance was August 30, 2007. When news of the character's demise broke in August 2008, Miller began the audition process again. Barbara Bloom (Senior Vice President, Daytime, CBS Entertainment), Julie Hanan Carruthers (Executive Producer, All My Children), Marla Kanelos (former Script Writer, All My Children, now Associate Head Writer, The Young and the Restless), and screen-test partners Peter Bergman and Elizabeth Hendrickson were instrumental in helping him get the job at The Young and the Restless.[11]

Miller's last appearance as Richie Novak on All My Children coincided with his first appearance as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless on September 19, 2008. He became the fourth contract actor to fill the role, a role that had been met with varying degrees of success in its three previous attempts to recast the part.[12] Miller, who submitted the longest Emmy reel among all nominated performers (over 32 minutes long—an entire episode), was awarded for his work in an It's A Wonderful Life-styled episode of The Young and the Restless with his first nomination and win as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series on June 27, 2010 as well as June 14, 2013.[13]

In 2011, he was nominated a second time in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category for the same role. Miller also appears, as himself, in an independent film titled Remembering Nigel, which premiered at the Paso Robles Digital Film Festival on November 25, 2009.

In August 2012, it was confirmed that Miller would be appearing in primetime as a recurring cast member on the CW Network’s thriller Ringer.[14] Miller was also cast as Gabe Watson in the Lifetime made-for-TV movie Fatal Honeymoon.[15]

On September 2, 2014, General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini announced on Twitter that Miller would join the cast as Jason Morgan.[16][17][18] In March 2018, for his portrayal of Jason, Miller earned a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor.[19] In 2017, with the return of Steve Burton to the role of Jason, Miller's casting was retconned to that of his twin, Drew Cain.[20][21] In July 2019, Miller announced his exit from the soap.[22]

Filmography

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	CSI: NY	Will Graham	Episode: "Live or Let Die"
2007–2008	All My Children	Richie Novak	Series regular
2008–2014	The Young and the Restless	Billy Abbott	Series regular
2011	Justified	James Earl Dean	Episode: "The Moonshine War"
2011–2012	Ringer	Charlie Young	Recurring role
2012	Fatal Honeymoon	Gabe Watson	Television film (Lifetime)
2013	Castle	Mickey Gerhardt	Episode: "Number One Fan"
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Officer Robert Dolan	Episode: "The Fallen"
2014–2019	General Hospital	Jason Morgan	Series regular
		Drew Cain
2014	Major Crimes	Anthony Hunt	Episode: "Down the Drain"
2015–2019	Suits	Marcus Specter	Four episodes
2017	Ray Donovan	Todd Doherty	Three episodes
2019–2020	Truth Be Told	Alex Dunn	Recurring role

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Remembering Nigel	Himself
2011	Ripper	Edward	3D short film
2014	Bad Blood	Garret Church
2015	American Sniper	Naval Recruiter

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
2010	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won	[23]
2011				Nominated	[24]
2013				Won	[25]
2014		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Won	[26]
2015				Nominated	[27]
2018			General Hospital	Nominated	[28]

References

External links

• Billy Miller at IMDb
• Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas) Notable Alumni

На других языках

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- [en] Billy Miller (actor)

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[es] Billy Miller

William John "Billy" Miller II (Tulsa, Oklahoma; 17 de septiembre de 1979), más conocido como Billy Miller, es un actor estadounidense conocido por haber interpretado a Richie Novak en la serie All My Children, a Billy Abbott en la serie The Young and the Restless y actualmente por dar vida a Jason Morgan en la serie General Hospital.

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[ru] Миллер, Билли

Билли Миллер (англ. Billy Miller, род. 17 сентября 1979 (1979-09-17)) — американский телевизионный актёр и бывшая модель. Миллер наиболее известен благодаря своей роли Билли Эббота в дневной мыльной опере CBS «Молодые и дерзкие», где он снимался на регулярной основе с 2008 по 2014 год. За эту роль он получил три Дневные премии «Эмми», в том числе и в 2014 году, уже после ухода из шоу[1].

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