Emmerdale fave Nick Miles has been part of the Yorkshire soap for 17 years but many might not know of his big-screen Hollywood past.
The star, 58, has played Jimmy King in Emmerdale since 2003 and has been involved in some of the show’s biggest storylines. Not least this year where Jimmy was involved in the death of villian Paul Ashdale - played by Reece Dinsdale.
Paul Ashdale died in a barn explosion in April 2021 which was caused by the ignition of a gas tank, after Jimmy King crashed into the barn. Paul died on the day that he was supposed to marry Mandy Dingle.
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Our colleagues at The Mirror have taken a delve back through the career of Nick Miles.
Birmingham-born actor Nick once starred in a music video for indie band Embrace as a policeman, which then struck a coincidence into his next role when he played Chief Superintendent Guy Mannion in The Bill between 1993 and 2001.
Nick has also appeared in EastEnders, Casualty, Silent Witness and Heartbeat. But he's also had Hollywood fame - Nick appeared alongside screen greats Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis in iconic director Martin Scorsese epic Gangs of New York, as an Atlantic guard leader.
Off-screen, Nick got hitched to wife Stephanie Lumb and first made the announcement about their big day at the 2006 National TV Awards.
At the time, Nick said: "I’m getting wed – It’s very exciting."
Nick and Stephanie, have lived together in West Witton within the Yorkshire Dales National Park for more than 10 years.
There has also been a new addition to their family, having recently bought an adorable border terrier puppy during lockdown.
Nick also regularly uses his platform to talk about moral and social issues.
He was left 'heartbroken' by people burning moorland near his home and called for a ban on the 'archaic' practice.
Every year people ignite the moors to encourage new growth of heather to feed grouse reared for shooting.
In April this year, Nick told The Mirror: "We are told not to burn wood in our stoves but we see them setting fire to heather which damages the environment. It depresses me every time I see it, he told The Mirror.
"It is heartbreaking when you are on top of a hill and see five different fires with emissions going up into the atmosphere and knowing underneath it is a deep peat bog, a vital sink for carbon."
Nick wrote to his MP Rishi Sunak about the issue but said his plea fell on deaf ears, despite the COP26 climate conference being hosted in the UK in November.
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