Suits LA Dedicates Episode to Late Actor Billy Miller, Reveals What Happened to his Character
Suits LA dedicates the latest episode to the charismatic Emmy-winning actor and his brilliant career.
Suits LA dedicated its most recent episode to a special actor who made an enduring mark on the original Suits for five years. The episode, which featured the return of Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), includes a pre-credits tribute to the late Billy Miller, who had a recurring guest role as Specter’s little brother, Marcus, on the USA Network original hit series.
Miller was the recipient of three daytime Emmys for his work on The Young and the Restless, and you only need to peek at the YouTube archive of his career to see why he was such a star. The actor had a knack for playing troubled characters and reckless playboys that you couldn’t help but root for. Unfortunately, Miller died in 2023, mere days before his 44th birthday, after a long struggle with bioplar disorder and depression.
Miller was first introduced to Suits in Season 4, and both Macht and Suits co-creator Aaron Korsh have spoken about his inspiring career. Korsh once described “bonding” with Miller on a five-hour flight, “which seemed like it was over in minutes,” he wrote on X, adding that he found him “a funny, smart, kind, gentle man.”
After the news of his death, Macht also expressed condolences for his fictional little brother, sharing on social media, “I am touched by ur thoughtfulness, ur authentic honest approach 2 ur art, ur kind nature & big smile that Litt us all.”
With Billy Miller’s name flashing across our screens once more, let’s take a look at his stellar career and how Suits LA sent off his character.
Who did Billy Miller Play on Suits?
While Miller appeared in only a handful of Suits episodes from 2014 to 2019, he quickly became a fan favorite thanks to his intense performance of a flawed but very relatable character.
Miller played Marcus Specter, the scrappy, troubled younger brother of Harvey, the wealthier and more successful of the two siblings. Marcus, it turned out, had a gambling addiction and tended to reemerge in Harvey’s life when he needed his big brother to get him out of trouble, which Harvey did time and again, sometimes compromising his own values. The fraught sibling dynamic was electric in Season 4 and shed light on Harvey’s mysterious past and upbringing.
Going forward, Marcus also appeared a few times in flashbacks or quick moments throughout the series, always making a memorable impression. In Episode 9 of Suits LA, Harvey had a rare moment of vulnerability and revealed to his friend, Ted Black (Stephen Amell), that Marcus died "a few years back" due to cancer. He wanted to know if the grief ever gets easier since Ted also lost his brother.
Billy Miller’s star turn on daytime TV
You might also recognize Miller from over a decade of recurring roles on popular soap operas like The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, and All My Children. He was a singular talent in the daytime drama business, which is evident by his three Emmy wins for The Young and the Restless (in 2010, 2013, and 2014) in the role of charismatic “bad boy” Billy Abbott.
Miller starred in no less than 719 episodes before he left the series to join another legendary soap, General Hospital, playing twin brothers Jason Morgan and Drew Cain, which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2018 for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. With General Hospital, the powerhouse added another 592 episodes to his resume before departing the series in 2019.
Raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, Miller graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a degree in radio and television, and loved giving shoutouts to his family in the Lone Star State. In his 2011 Emmy acceptance speech, he held up his award and joked, “Well, I bet there’s a little house in Texas that’s rocking the roof off right now. Mom and Dad, I love you... This will be on your mantel as soon as I get in trouble in Vegas for carrying it around.”
Though he would go on to appear in movies, notably as a Navy recruiter in the 2014 Oscar-nominated film American Sniper, his undeniable screen presence was most apparent on TV. From his time on Suits to a recurring role on 2019’s legal drama, Truth be Told his charm lives on.
To honor his memory, his family established a permanent scholarship endowment at the University of Texas at Austin to help radio/television and film undergraduate students with financial need.
Watch Suits LA Sundays at 9/8c on NBC or available streaming on Peacock the next day.
