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English actor (born 1995) For the American football player, see Bill Milner (American football).

Bill Milner
Born	William Henry Milner (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

William Henry Milner (born 4 March 1995) is an English actor. He starred as Will Proudfoot in Son of Rambow (2007), Edward in Is Anybody There? (2008), and the young Erik Lensherr in X-Men: First Class (2011).

Early life

William Henry Milner was born on 4 March 1995 in Teddington, London. He grew up in Hampton, London.

Milner made his acting debut in the Hammer & Tongs film Son of Rambow (2007). That same year, he appeared in the made-for-TV films Who Killed Mrs De Ropp? and My Boy Jack. Milner then starred alongside Michael Caine in Is Anybody There? (2008). He appeared in the film adaptation of the David Almond book Skellig (2009). Milner portrayed Ian Dury's son Baxter in the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). He played the role of young Erik Lensherr / Magneto in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011). He played the role of Tom Harvey in the Netflix film, iBoy (2017).

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Son of Rambow	Will Proudfoot
2008	Is Anybody There?	Edward
2010	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Baxter Dury
2011	X-Men: First Class	Young Erik Lensherr
2012	I, Anna	Theo
2012	Broken	Jed
2013	Locke	Sean Locke	Voice role
2015	Winter	Max
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Young Erik Lensherr	Archive footage
2016	Anthropoid	Ata Moravec
2017	iBoy	Tom Harvey
	Dunkirk	Lone Private
	The Lodgers	Edward
2018	Apostle	Jeremy
2018	Stomping Grounds	Monroe	Short film
2019	Summer Night	Rabbit
2019	Waiting for the Barbarians	Garrison Soldier 5
2022	Burial	Iossif Gulyaev
2024	Midas Man	Clive Epstein

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?	Nicholas	Television film
2007	My Boy Jack	Peter Carter	Television film
2009	Skellig	Michael	Television film
2012	The Secret of Crickley Hall	Maurice Stafford	3 episodes
2014	The 7.39	Adam Matthews	2 episodes
2014	The Job Lot	Michael Jennings	Episode #2.3
2022	The Flatshare	Si	5 episodes
2023	A Small Light	Tonny Ahlers	Miniseries
2024	The Serpent Queen	King Charles IX	Season 2

Year	Award	Work	Result
2007	British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer	Son of Rambow	Nominated
2007	Young Artist Award for Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performers (with Will Poulter)	Son of Rambow	Nominated
2008	London Critics Circle Film Award for Young British Performer of the Year	Is Anybody There?	Nominated
2010	London Critics Circle Film Award for Young British Performer of the Year	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Nominated

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