A native of Minnesota, Joel McKinnon Miller had his first experiences as an actor in high school.He then went on to study opera and theatre at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. After college, Joel was invited to join John Houseman's The Acting Company, a classical theatre touring company based in New York City.
For three years, he toured the U.S. performing in plays which included The Skin of Our Teeth, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, A New Way to Pay Old Debts and the world premiere of Orchards, a collection of seven Chekhov short stories adapted into one-act plays by American playwrights and Cuban playwrights. After touring, he continued to work off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre, Classical Stage Company, Theatre for a New Audience and in regional theatres which included the Hartford Stage Company and the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C.
Joel moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and made his television debut on (the #1 rated show at that time), Murphy Brown. Alongside his numerous TV appearances, he can be seen in the feature films The Truman Show (1998), The Family Man (2000), Friday After Next (2002), and Super 8 (2011).
