Joel McKinnon Miller

Joel McKinnon Miller (born February 21, 1960) is an American film and television actor who is best known for playing the roles of Don Embry on Big Love and Detective Norm Scully on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1991.

Life and career

McKinnon Miller, born in 1960, is a native of Rockford, Minnesota. He took opera singing lessons as a youth, and later attended the University of Minnesota Duluth where he studied theatre. He dropped out in 1980, a few credits short of graduating, but returned to his alma mater to finish his degree in 2007.^[1]

Prior to Big Love, McKinnon Miller's main television role was that of Lyle Nubbin in three episodes of Las Vegas. Since 1991 he has also appeared as a guest star on several American television series, including Cold Case, Murphy Brown, The Commish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pacific Blue, Dharma & Greg, The X Files, ER, Malcolm in the Middle, Roswell, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, American Horror Story, The Closer, and Everybody Loves Raymond (in which he portrayed George, the custodian, in the episode The Faux Pas).^[2][3]

McKinnon Miller's biggest film role is in the 2003 award-winning television film Secret Santa. He also played supporting characters in The Truman Show, Galaxy Quest, Rush Hour 2 and Men in Black II, and supplied the voice of Bromley in the animated feature The Swan Princess. He is a cast member of the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, as Detective Norman Scully.^[3]

Filmography

References

External links

• Joel McKinnon Miller on IMDb