An actor who was married to Angelina Jolie in the 1990s has been cast to star in CBS’s Sherlock Holmes project, reports Deadline.com.

Jonny Lee Miller, also known for his role as Sick Boy in the film "Trainspotting," will play the detective in "Elementary," CBS’s modern take on the classic detective stories, the piece notes. In the CBS version, Holmes now lives in New York City.

Miller recently starred in a stage version of "Frankenstein" in London, where he performed with Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars as Holmes on the BBC’s version of the Holmes stories, called "Sherlock," the story notes.