Tahj Di Nero Miles is an English actor. He appeared in Mangrove, the first film of the anthology series Small Axe directed by Steve McQueen, and between 2021 and 2024, he starred as Marlon Pryce in BBC1's TV series Death in Paradise.
Life and work
Miles was born in Hackney, London, and has Jamaican, Saint Lucian, and Dominican heritage. He attended the Betty Layward Primary in Stoke Newington. He joined the Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School at the age of seven, then signed for Fiorentini Agency. Miles performed in a West End production of Oliver!. He joined Disney’s Cub School and performed as Simba in a West End production of The Lion King for over a year. He was then in Matilda the Musical with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Cambridge Theatre (2013) and Emil and the Detectives with the Royal National Theatre. He also secured advertising contracts with Lego and Sainsbury’s. He appeared in Bugsy Malone in the West End (2015) before studying at the BRIT School of performing arts.
Miles was cast in the BBC series Class Dismissed and Flunked before joining the regular cast of BBC1's Death in Paradise as police officer Marlon Pryce. He appeared in Mangrove, the first film of Steve McQueen's film anthology Small Axe.
Miles lives in Hackney, east London.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | Class Dismissed | Tahj | 25 Episodes |
| 2019 | Flunked | Tahj | 1 Episode |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Kendrick Manning | Episode: Mangrove |
| 2021–2024 | Death in Paradise | Officer Marlon Pryce | 25 episodes |
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise | Officer Marlon Pryce | Episode: "#1.6" |
| 2024 | Mr Loverman | Daniel |
References
- ^ Carr, Flora (5 January 2021). "Who is Death in Paradise newcomer Marlon, played by Tahj Miles?". RadioTimes.com. Radio Times. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Galton, Bridget (12 December 2021). "'East London is in my heart'". Hackney Gazette.
- "Tahj Miles", Anna Fiorentini Theatre & Film School.
- Singh, Anita (26 December 2021). "Death in Paradise Christmas special, review: a half-hearted attempt at festive cheer". the Telegraph.
- "Mr Loverman is a life-affirming story about family, love, and being true to yourself". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- Actors educated at the BRIT School
- Actors from the London Borough of Hackney
- Black British male actors
- English male child actors
- English male musical theatre actors
- English male television actors
- English people of Dominica descent
- English people of Jamaican descent
- English people of Saint Lucian descent
- Living people
- Male actors from London
- People from Hackney, London