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Billy Miller (born William John Miller on September 17, 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ) is an American actor, best known for his role as Billy Abbott on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Early Life and Family
Miller attended high school in nearby Arlington, Texas. Upon graduation, he attended the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, where he received a degree in Communications as one of only twenty students in the film department's Intensive Production Sequence.

"I entered [university] with the intention of writing, directing and producing screen plays or television shows." However, during his senior year, something happened that lead to Miller into acting. "I had to shoot my senior thesis film and my actor decided to back out at the last minute. I had to step in and do the part." It was during his graduation party that his professor commented both his directing and acting skills that had him considering making a career out of acting. It was not long after that that Miller signed on with James Levy Management (his current management team) working in their mail room to see what he wanted to do in the acting and directing business.

After college, Miller worked as a trainee at Industry Entertainment and took classes within Austin’s State Theatre. It was at Industry when Miller was talked into acting professionally and decided to enroll in more intense acting classes. Bartending helped him pay for those classes and even leveraged a second career for him as well. Miller has his own company called 4M, building and operating bars, and hopes to soon have a venue in Manhattan Beach, California.

Miller supports 46 charities that donate to Sunflower Children, a humanitarian aid organization providing survival and developmental care to orphaned, disabled, abandoned, refugee and impoverished children.

He is the owner of a Bull Mastiff named "Jones".

Career
Miller's first professional acting job was a commercial for pokerparty.com. He was also signed on with the Wilhelmina modelling agency early in his career. Through the agency, he landed commercials for JC Penney and Pizza Hut.

In 2006, he starred in an episode of CSI:NY. However, it was a year later that Miller would land the role that launched him into daytime television. A casting call had surfaced looking to fill the role of a character named "Wes" (Richie Novak) on All My Children, who had just been released from jail and was the brother of current Pine Valley resident Annie Lavery. Miller, a daytime newcomer at the time was the lucky one to snag the part.

He joined the cast of All My Children in 2007 and made his first appearance on-screen on August 30, 2007. His last appearance as Richie Novak was September 19, 2008, the same day Miller debuted in his newest and most current role as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless.

Miller also appears, as himself, in an independent film titled "Remembering Nigel"', which premiered at the Paso Robles Digitial Film Festival on November 25, 2009.

Awards

 * Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor (2010, The Young and the Restless)

Nominations

 * Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2010, The Young and the Restless)
 * Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2010, The Young and the Restless)
 * Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2008, All My Children)