Jonny Lee Miller to Star as Sherlock Holmes in CBS Pilot ELEMENTARY

According to EWOnline, actor Jonny Lee Miller will star as the classic literary character Sherlock Holmes CBS's modern-day version of that classic story entitled ELEMENTARY. 

Miller, best known as the star of ABC's 'Eli Stone', will portray the world famous detective as he solves crimes througout New York City. 

First seen on the big screen as a teenage computer genius opposite Angelina Jolie in Iain Softley's Hackers, Miller soon came to international attention starring opposite Ewan MacGregor as the drug addicted punk ‘Sick Boy' in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting. His other film credits include The Flying Scotsman, which garnered him a Scottish BAFTA nomination for Best Actor, Woody Allen's Melinda And Melinda, Alan Rudolph's Afterglow, Behind The Lines, Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and Plunkett & Maclean, which reunited him with "Trainspotting" co-star Robert Carlyle. Miller most recently co-starred with William Hurt and Chiwetel Ejiofer in the South African drama Endgame, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Miller starred for two seasons in the title role in the critically acclaimed ABC series "Eli Stone". His television work began with classic BBC dramas such as "Casualty" and "Prime Suspect 3", leading to his first US mini-series "Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk", a prequel to "Lonesome Dove." He also starred in the title role in "Byron" for the BBC and portrayed ‘Mr. Knightley' in a BBC mini-series adaptation of "Emma".

Miller's stage talents have been equally well received in productions such as Festen, The Play What I Wrote, Democracy, Four Knights In Knaresborough, and Beautiful Thing. He also starred in a revival of Frank McGuinness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me in London's West End. He made his Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre Company's  "Miss Julie" in the role of "John" in 2009.