Jonathan Miller
London, England

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.

Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Così fan tutte - ROH (2020)
Director
The Mikado (2019)
Director
La Clemenza di Tito (2005)
Stage Director
Nabucco (2004)
Director
Tamerlano (2002)
Director
Le Nozze di Figaro (1998)
Director
La Fanciulla Del West (1991)
Director
Dialogue in the Dark (1989)
Director
Candide (1988)
Director
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
Director
The Mikado (1987)
Stage Director | Producer
The Beggar's Opera (1983)
Director
King Lear (1982)
Director
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
Director
Othello (1981)
Producer | Director
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Director | Producer
Timon of Athens (1981)
Director
The Winter's Tale (1981)
Producer
The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
Director
King Lear (1975)
Director
The Merchant of Venice (1973)
Stage Director
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
Director
The Zoo in Winter (1969)
Writer
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
Director | Producer | Writer
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Director | Producer | Teleplay
The Drinking Party (1965)
Director | Writer | Producer
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
Writer