Acting
Sep 9, 1953
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Stuart Milligan
Acting
Biography
Stuart Milligan (born September 10, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor and voice actor, 6′ ½″ (184 cm) tall, who relocated to the United Kingdom in 1979 and has been based there since. His parents, Phyllis and Charles Milligan, were both teachers. He is married to Rosie (Dutch-born) and they have two daughters, Sjanneke and Maaike. He is best known for his recurring role as flamboyant illusionist Adam Klaus in the BBC mystery-comedy Jonathan Creek (1998–2010, 15 episodes). His most notable film credits include an uncredited Salvage Team Leader in Aliens (1986, directed by James Cameron), Officer Walters in Outland (1981), Captain in Spy Game (2001, with Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt), Police Sergeant in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Taylor Scott in Red Joan (2018, with Cate Blanchett), Secretary of State in Hunter Killer (2018, with Ashton Kutcher), and US President in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). On television he appeared as CIA analyst Arthur O'Neill in The Assets (2014, 8 episodes), President Richard Nixon in Doctor Who (2011, 3 episodes), Terrance Penbrook in Silo (2023, Apple TV+), Major Mackay in The English (2022), and in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and Berlin Station (2016). As a voice actor he voiced Superman in BBC Radio 4's Superman On Trial (1988), Taki in Wicked City (1987, anime dub), Shunsuke Sengoku in Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990), Zack in Chuggington (US dub), and Mr. Green in the Clue video game (1997). On stage he performed in the original London production of Marilyn! (1983), Cord Elam in Oklahoma! (1998, with Hugh Jackman, West End), and Mr. Robinson in The Graduate (1991, Gielgud Theatre).
Feature Films (30)
On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides.
Outland
A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud.
Oklahoma!
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Television & Series (30)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Midsomer Murders
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Jonathan Creek
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
Dempsey and Makepeace
While visiting a diner in Nevada in 1958, the Doctor finds an alien artifact and ends up on a mission to save the Rivesh Mantilax from the danger of the Viperox and the U.S. Military.
Doctor Who: Dreamland
A Millennium update of the popular British soap opera 'Crossroads' which originally ran from 1964 to 1988. The motel is now a hotel and a brand new cast are in residence.
