Jonny Lee Miller

Jonny Lee Miller could swap treading the boards for scaling burning buildings after qualifying as a volunteer firefighter. Photo: AFP

Jonny Lee Miller qualifies as volunteer firefighter

Jonny Lee Miller could swap treading the boards for scaling burning buildings after qualifying as a volunteer firefighter.

Jonny Lee Miller

Jonny Lee Miller could swap treading the boards for scaling burning buildings after qualifying as a volunteer firefighter. Photo: AFP

Jonny Lee Miller has qualified as a volunteer firefighter.

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The 50-year-old British film star took to Instagram to reveal that he’s completed a course at Suffolk County Fire Academy in New York, and he’s now qualified as a firefighter.

Jonny Lee Miller was married to Angelina Jolie

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Miler, famed for his iconic role as Sick Boy in the film Trainspotting, wrote on the photo-sharing platform: “Today I qualified as a Firefighter 1 after a five month course at Suffolk County Fire Academy.

“Huge thank you to all the instructors, but especially Chief Sicilian, who took great care of class 2, and never got mad at us (externally).

“Can’t wait to serve the community I love on Fire Island NY (sic)”

Miller, who was married to Angelina Jolie from 1996 to 1999, plays former UK Prime Minister John Major in season five of ‘The Crown’.

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