Peter Miller (born 1968) is a

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. His credits have included the television series ''

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'', ''

Virginie ''Virginie'' was a French-language Canadian television series that aired Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, stud ...

'' and ''

Lance et Compte ''He Shoots, He Scores'' (french: Lance et compte) is a Canadian ''téléroman'', or television drama series, revolving around a fictional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The series aired from 1986 to 1989 on the Radio-Canada network, and re ...

'', and the films '' Mambo Italiano'' and ''

Rouge sang ''Rouge Sang'' is a studio album by French singer Renaud released on October 2, 2006. It gained particular media attention for the song ''Elle est facho'' (''She's a fascist'') which portrays a female Front National voter. The song brought about a ...

''. Miller portrayed

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in the 2009 short-film series '' Assassin's Creed: Lineage''. Miller graduated from the

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. He was born in

Chibougamau Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman it has a population of 7,504 people (2016 Canadian Census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istc ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

and spent part of his childhood in the

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. His mother is of French descent and his father is of

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descent. He is

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francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...

bilingual. He is also a former professional football player in the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1992 CFL draft by the

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

and played six seasons in the CFL with the Roughriders,

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first season ...

, and

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as a

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; he played

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for

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