{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Perry Millward | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Sidcup, London | height = | other_names = | years_active = 2002 – present | spouse = | website = }}
'''Perry Millward''' (born 24 October 1992) is an English actor primarily known for his work on stage (especially in London's West End), and with a number of film and television credits. Millward was born in Sidcup, London.<ref name="chitty">[http://www.chittythemusical.co.uk/show/cast-march04/perrymillward.htm Short bio for Perry on the website of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang musical] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927074419/http://www.chittythemusical.co.uk/show/cast-march04/perrymillward.htm |date=27 September 2007 }} (Retrieved 8 July 2006).</ref>
==Stage career and musical performance== Thanks to an Emma Priest Scholarship he received for his singing, Millward became a full-time pupil with the Sylvia Young Theatre School.<ref name="chitty" /> He was one of the students featured in the 2004 television series ''"When Will I Be Famous?"'', which gave a behind-the-scenes look at the famous theatre school.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
Millward starred as Jeremy Potts in the musical ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'',<ref name="chitty" /> as Michael Banks in ''Mary Poppins'',<ref name="CurtainUp">[http://www.curtainup.com/marypoppins.html A CurtainUpLondon review] of "Mary Poppins" by Lizzie Loveridge (Retrieved 8 July 2006).</ref> and as Gavroche in ''Les Misérables''.<ref name="chitty" />
In 2006 he performed the role of Noah in the musical ''Caroline, or Change'' at the National Theatre, London,<ref name="Guardian-arts">[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/oct/20/theatre Caroline, or Change] review by Michael Billington on Friday 20 October 2006. (Retrieved 14 November 2006).</ref> He played the role of David in Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Torch Song Trilogy in 2012.
==Film and television== Millward's first television appearance was playing a character, Warren, in an episode of ''The Bill'' in 2003; he returned to the long-running series in 2008, playing the character Joey Tomlinson. He also portrayed The Artful Dodger in a televised stage production hosted by Shane Richie called ''Celebrate 'Oliver!''' on 26 December 2005 alongside Ron Moody (Fagin) and Joseph McManners (Oliver) in which the cast sang the biggest hits from the West End production.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
On 7 July 2006 he starred as Mike in the one-hour television film drama ''That Summer Day'' broadcast on CBBC, about the bombings of the London public transport system that occurred a year earlier.<ref name="summerday">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk27/feature_thatsummerday.shtml "How 7/7 impacted on the nation's children"], BBC press release. (Retrieved 6 July 2006)</ref> In the same year he achieved a small role (Marcel) in his first feature film, ''Perfume: The Story of a Murderer''.
In 2008, he played Jacob West in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' story ''The Mark of the Berserker''. In 2009 he appeared in an episode of the British drama ''Ashes to Ashes'', and also appeared as Nathan Harris in two episodes of television series ''Casualty'', in which he had portrayed a minor character three years previously. Although his role was a minor one, he was cast as a newspaper delivery boy in the highly successful 2010 ITV television series ''Downton Abbey''.
In 2011 Millward began appearances in the role of Nick Monroe in the television series ''Monroe''; his character is a family member of the lead character of the series.
Following his minor parts in the 2006 films ''That Summer Day'' and ''Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'', Millward was cast in a significant supporting role in the 2011 television film ''Christopher and His Kind'',<ref name="Curtis Brown">[http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/perry-millward/ Perry Millward entry] at Curtis Brown talent agency (Retrieved 8 May 2011).</ref> produced by the BBC, and based on the autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood. Millward played Richard Isherwood, younger brother of Christopher, against Matt Smith's lead role. During 2011 Millward also completed filming of a supporting role in the science-fiction feature film ''John Carter of Mars''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1599985}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Millward, Perry}} Category:English male child actors Category:English male musical theatre actors Category:English male television actors Category:Actors from the London Borough of Bexley Category:Living people Category:1992 births Category:Musicians from London Category:Male actors from London Category:People from Sidcup