Charlie Creed-Miles

• Name — Charlie Creed-Miles • Born — 24 March 1972 • Birthplace — Nottingham, England • Occupation — Actor • Children — Esmé Creed-Miles • Years Active — 1987–present

Creed-Miles was born 24 March 1972, in Nottingham. He is a graduate of Anna Scher Theatre school in London.

In 1991, he had minor appearances in Let Him Have It with Christopher Eccleston and Paul Reynolds, and the Hanif Kureishi 1991 film London Kills Me. In 1993, he starred in Mike Sarne's film The Punk (also known as The Punk and the Princess) as the titular punk, David. The film was a riff on Romeo and Juliet but was eclipsed by the better-known Romeo + Juliet which came out in 1996. 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. The cast included Lena Headey, Ian Hart, and Jason Isaacs, and won a BAFTA award as Best Children's Drama in 1996. In 1997, He appeared in the Luc Besson directed science fiction action film The Fifth Element, alongside Bruce Willis and Ian Holm. The same year, he played heroin addict Billy, alongside Kathy Burke and Ray Winstone, in the Gary Oldman directed film Nil By Mouth, which was Nominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best film at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. 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. The same year he featured in the BBC serial The Sins, opposite Pete Postlethwaite. 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. 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. In 2013, he starred as Billy Kimber, the leader of the street gang the Birmingham Boys in the BBC series Peaky Blinders, opposite Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Sam Neill. 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.

His relationship with actress Samantha Morton (with whom he co-starred in The Last Yellow) produced a daughter, Esmé Creed-Miles, born in 2000.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1987 — The Gemini Factor — Lee — 6 episodes • 1989 — Screen Two — Ivor — Episode: "Words of Love" • Press Gang — Danny McColl — 12 episodes • Casualty — Eric Newcombe — Episode: "Vital Spark" • Skulduggery — The Band - McBride — TV film • 1990 — The Bill — Gary Staples — Episode: "Just for a Moment" • 1991 — All Good Things — Jake — Episode: "The Trip North" • Drop the Dead Donkey — Carl — Episode: "Damien Down and Out" • 1992 — Screen One — Danny — Episode: "Trust Me" • 1992–1993 — The Upper Hand — Al — 4 episodes • 1993 — Between the Lines — Lloyd Manning — Episode: "Crack Up" • London's Burning — Rob — 1 episode • 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight — Simon Knight — TV film • 1994 — The Chief — Chas Sewell — 1 episode • Casualty — Philip O'Connor — Episode: "Negative Equity" • 1995 — A Touch of Frost — Alan Teal — Episode: "No Refuge" • The Bill — Adrian Finch — Episode: "Feeling Guilty" • Chandler & Co — Adam Purlow — Episode: "Money for Nothing" • Faith in the Future — Jools — 6 episodes • Loved Up — Danny — TV film • 2000 — The Sins — Alan Long — 2 episodes • 2001 — Station Jim — Bob Gregson — TV film • 2002 — White Teeth — Ryan Topps — Miniseries • Lenny Blue — Toby Anderson — TV film • 2003 — Hardware — Terry — Episode: "Women" • Waking the Dead — Tanner — Episode: "Breaking Glass" • Charles II: The Power and the Passion — James, Duke of York — Mini-series • 2004 — Agatha Christie's Marple — Harold Crackenthorpe — Episode: "4:50 from Paddington" • 2005 — Hustle — Howard Jennings — Episode: "Gold Mine" • 2006 — Born Equal — Man in Hostel — TV film • 2007 — Five Days — DC Stephen Beam — Series regular • Skins — Fighting Bath Man — Episode: "Chris" • 2008 — Criminal Justice — Simon Ticehurst — 2 episodes • 2009 — Freefall — Area Manager — TV film • 2011 — Injustice — DI Mark Wenborn — Miniseries • Great Expectations — Sergeant — 1 episode • Silent Witness — Francis Mynall — Episode: "Lost" • Shirley — Mike Sullivan — TV film • 2012 — Endeavour — Teddy Samuels — Episode: "Pilot" • True Love — David — 2 episodes • Falcón — José Luis Ramírez — 2 episodes • 2013 — Peaky Blinders — Billy Kimber — 4 episodes • 2015 — Death in Paradise — Jack Harmer — Episode: "Unlike Father, Unlike Son" • The Frankenstein Chronicles — Pritty — 5 episodes • 2016 — Ripper Street — Horace Buckley — 3 episodes • Ellen — Leon — TV film • Once in a Lifetime — Grant • 2017 — Against the Law — Superintendent Jones • 2018 — Silent Witness — Conor Flannery — 4 episodes • 2019 — World on Fire — David Walker — 2 episodes • Giri/Haji — Connor Abbott — 8 episodes • 2024 — Criminal Record — DS Tony Gilfoyle — Miniseries