Tim Mills

Timothy William Mills (born 23 May 1962) is a British screenplay writer and journalist, and a former stand-up comedian and actor.

Mills was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

He was educated at Denstone College in Staffordshire, and later gained a degree in Economics at Liverpool University. He began his entertainment career in stand-up comedy, performing at small venues and universities, and trained at drama school in 1986. Mills worked in film and television until 2004 - in both acting and writing.

Despite appearing alongside Dennis Waterman and Julia McKenzie in the critically acclaimed film Vol-au-Vent, Mills is perhaps best known in acting circles for his work in commercials on UK and German television. He was also acclaimed for his writing, regularly collaborating with Michael Jaffer of Sugarfree Films. Also at the time a regular feature writer for the London Evening Standard, Mills wrote the screenplay for the award-winning Channel 4 short film Sunny Spells before co-writing the screenplay for Full Circle. While he continues to write, he has now retired from acting.