Where is Angelina Jolie’s first husband Jonny Lee Miller now? Before Brad Pitt, the Maleficent star tied the knot with the British actor from Trainspotting – and asked him to jump out of a plane
We always suspected that Angelina Jolie would be a tough woman to impress. But who would’ve thought it would take jumping out of a plane to win her over? According to her first husband Jonny Lee Miller’s recent interview on Radio X, he literally took a leap of faith to express his devotion to the Mr. & Mrs. Smith actress while they were still dating.
“How have you ever tried to impress the object of your affection?” the show’s host asked the actor. Miller replied: “I jumped out of an aeroplane. Well, it wasn’t my idea.”
“I was dating a young lady called Angelina [Jolie], and she said, ‘Let’s do something exciting this weekend.’”
Miller and Angelina Jolie were married from 1996 to 2000, and ended their relationship on good terms, according to People. Here’s what we know about Angelina Jolie’s first husband:
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What is Jonny Lee Miller famous for?
Miller is the grandson of Bernard Lee, who was famous for playing “M” in the James Bond films of the 1950s and 1960s.
How did Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller meet?
Are Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller still friends?
While it’s been over two decades since the pair broke up, they’ve remained good friends according to E! News. “That’s where I met Jonny, who is still a great friend,” Jolie told Buzzfeed in 2014. “So I think of him when I think of that. Although, I’m sure the movie looks so ancient now, but we had a lot of fun making that.”
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Did Jonny Lee Miller get married again?
Miller got married again in 2008, this time to American actress Michele Hicks, per The Standard.
They had one son together, Buster, but ended their marriage in 2018, according to the paper.
What is Jonny Lee Miller doing now?
Although he still does some acting – including an appearance in the 2024 London West end play A Mirror – Miller focuses much of his time as a volunteer firefighter living in New York , according to The Guardian.
“Acting, we tell stories, and that serves a function and it’s important. But to respond to a medical emergency or just to be able to actually have an impact like that on somebody else’s life, it doesn’t really compare. Honestly, if I could make a living doing it, I may well just do that,” he told the publication.
- It’s hardly surprising to hear that Angelina Jolie – a daredevil herself – has asked her partners to do extreme things to impress her – including first husband Jonny Lee Miller, he has just revealed
- Lee Miller was married to Jolie from 1996 to 2000 after they met on the set of Hackers, and the ‘fearless’ actress asked him to go skydiving after they’d just started dating