Charlie Creed-Miles (born 24 March 1972) is an English actor.[1] He is notable for his film roles which include Let Him Have It (1991), London Kills Me (1991), Loved Up (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Nil By Mouth (1997), Essex Boys (2000), King Arthur (2004), Harry Brown (2009), Wild Bill (2011), 100 Streets (2016), and Romans in 2017.
Creed-Miles was born 24 March 1972,[2] in Nottingham.[3] Charlie Creed-Miles is a graduate of Anna Scher Theatre school in Islington[4]
In 1991, he had minor appearances in Let Him Have It with Christopher Eccleston and Paul Reynolds (actor),[4] and the film London Kills Me with Danny Dyer.[4]
In 1995, he had a main role in the BBC drama Loved Up, a school information film for teenagers to show the risks of taking ecstasy.[5] The cast included Lena Headey, Ian Hart, and Jason Isaacs,[5] and won a BAFTA award as Best Children's Drama in 1996.[6]
In 1997, He appeared in the Luc Besson directed science fiction action film The Fifth Element,[4] alongside Bruce Willis and Ian Holm.[3] The same year, he played heroin addict Billy,[4] alongside Kathy Burke and Ray Winstone,[7] in the Gary Oldman directed film Nil By Mouth,[3] which was Nominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best film at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
In 2000, he was the narrator and main character in the British crime film Essex Boys, which co-starred Sean Bean and Tom Wilkinson and was about a real-life drugs-related ambush.[4] The same year he featured in the BBC serial The Sins, opposite Pete Postlethwaite.[4]
In 2009, He appeared as Detective Sergeant Terence "Terry" Hicock in Harry Brown, in a cast that included Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Liam Cunningham and David Bradley,[1]
In 2011, he starred as the protagonist, in Wild Bill, alongside Will Poulter, who played his son. The cast included a host of British talent with Leo Gregory, Neil Maskell, Liz White, Iwan Rheon, Olivia Williams, Jaime Winstone, Andy Serkis, and Sean Pertwee. It received positive reviews.[8]
In 2016, he starred opposite Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton in the London drama film 100 Streets, for which, he attended the premiere at the BFI Southbank in London.[9]
His relationship with actress Samantha Morton (with whom he co-starred in The Last Yellow) produced a daughter, Esmé Creed-Miles, born in 2000.[10]