Mickey Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portrayed by | Joe Swash | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2003–2008, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 2500 15 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | Episode 4286 20 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Louise Berridge (2003) Bryan Kirkwood (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mickey Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Joe Swash. He made his first appearance on 15 April 2003. Introduced as a guest character, Mickey proved popular and was turned into a regular by executive producer Louise Berridge. The character is portrayed as a wheeler-dealer, involved in various money-making scams. A family was built around the character in 2004 when the other Millers moved to Albert Square. It was announced on 25 February 2008 that the characters of Mickey and his stepfather Keith had been axed by EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer. Mickey left on 1 July 2008. In July 2011, it was announced Swash would reprise his role for the departure storyline of his screen brother Darren and appeared for two episodes on 19 and 20 September 2011.