Miles Anderson

Born in Southern Rhodesia in 1947, Miles Anderson is a Zimbabwean-British actor whose work spans British and North American television, film, and stage. He became known in the UK as Lieutenant-Colonel Dan Fortune in ITV's Soldier Soldier, a role he played from 1991 to 1992. His stage career brought him the Critics' Circle Theatre Award in 1982 for best supporting actor of 1981, recognizing his work in both The Witch of Edmonton and The Twin Rivals, and he received an Olivier nomination for playing Sigismund in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Life's a Dream. In 2010 he took the title role in The Madness of George III at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, earning a San Diego Critics' Circle award. On screen, he played Lennox in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) and Major Marchbanks in The Ruby in the Smoke (2006). He also voiced Poseidon in a 1997 television adaptation of The Odyssey.