Tahj Miles

Tahj Di Nero Miles is an English actor. He appears in the BBC series Death in Paradise (2021–22) and in films by director Steve McQueen (2020).

Life and work

Miles was born in Hackney, London and has Jamaican, St 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's Class Dismissed and Flunked before joining the regular cast of BBC1's Death in Paradise as police officer Marlon Pryce.[3][1] [4][5][6] He appeared in Steve McQueen's film anthology Small Axe.[1] [4]

Miles lives in Hackney, east London.[1]

References
  1. "'East London is in my heart'", Hackney Gazette 12 December 2021
  2. A F Performing Arts biography
  3. Royal Televsion Society, interview with Tahj Miles] 7 January 2022.
  4. Radio Times "Who is Death in Paradise newcomer Marlon, played by Tahj Miles?", 5 January 2021
  5. Who is Death in Paradise newcomer Marlon, played by Tahj Miles? Radio Times 5 January 2021
  6. "Death in Paradise Christmas special, review", 26 December 2021 Telegraph
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