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Ben Miller
Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English comedian, actor, and author. He rose to fame as a member of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with fellow comedian Alexander Armstrong. His credits include Armstrong and Miller (1997-2001), The Parole Officer (2001), Johnny English (2003), The Prince and Me (2004), The Worst Week of My Life (2005), Saxondale (2006), Primeval (2007), Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance (2007), Huge (2010), Death in Paradise (2011-2014), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2012), What We Did on Our Holiday (2014), Horrible Histories (2015), It's Not Rocket Science (2015), Doctor Who - "episode: Robot of Sherwood" (2016), I Want My Wife Back (2016), Ballot Monkeys (2016), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), Upstart Crow (2018), Sticks and Stones (2019), Bridgerton (2020, Professor T. (2021-2026), and Austin (2024).
Bennet Evan Miller's parents were teachers. His father taught American literature at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic. His mother was from Neath, Wales. His maternal grandfather was a Lithuanian Jewish migrant. His paternal grandfather was a tailor in the East End of London, while his paternal great-grandmother taught English at South Cheshire College. He has two younger sisters. He is a distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln.
Miller was educated at Malbank School and Sixth Form College in Nantwich before studying Natural Sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As an undergraduate, he participated in theatre with his girlfriend, actress Rachel Weisz. He remained at Cambridge to undertake a PhD in solid state physics, with the title of his proposed thesis being "Novel quantum effects in low-temperature quasi-zero-dimensional mesoscopic electron systems".
He abandoned his thesis to pursue a career in comedy. His interest in comedy began when a friend asked him to help chauffeur the judges of the National Student Drama Festival, which was being held that year in Cambridge. Having finished his degree, he joined the Footlights in 1989 and worked with Andy Parsons, David Wolstencroft and Sue Perkins before he directed a revue.
Miller moved to London to pursue a career in comedy. He was introduced to fellow Cambridge graduate Alexander Armstrong in 1992, at the TBA Sketch Comedy Group, a comedy club which ran at the Gate Theatre Studio, Notting Hill throughout the 1990s. They performed their first full-length show together at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1994, and returned when they were nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award 1996.
Their success resulted in the commission of the television series Armstrong and Miller, which ran for four series from 1997 to 2001 – one on the Paramount Comedy Channel and three on Channel 4. In 1998, the duo also had their own radio show with the same name on BBC Radio 4, which featured many of the sketches and characters from their TV series. After a six-year break, the show was recommissioned for Hat Trick Productions as The Armstrong & Miller Show and three series have been produced. In 2008, they also had a second radio show, Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller.
Miller also started acting in films, starring in Steve Coogan's first feature film, The Parole Officer (2001). In 2003 he played the role of Bough, sidekick to Rowan Atkinson's title character, in the film Johnny English. In 2004 he co-starred in the romantic comedy The Prince and Me.
In 2004 and 2005, he starred alongside Sarah Alexander in two series of the BBC television series The Worst Week of My Life,. In 2006 he took part in a three-part Christmas special, The Worst Christmas of My Life. He starred as James Peregrine Lester in ITV's sci-fi drama Primeval (2007), and as children’s dance instructor Mr Jonathan in the Australian mockumentary film Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance.
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Ben Miller
Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English comedian, actor, and author. He rose to fame as a member of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with fellow comedian Alexander Armstrong. His credits include Armstrong and Miller (1997-2001), The Parole Officer (2001), Johnny English (2003), The Prince and Me (2004), The Worst Week of My Life (2005), Saxondale (2006), Primeval (2007), Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance (2007), Huge (2010), Death in Paradise (2011-2014), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2012), What We Did on Our Holiday (2014), Horrible Histories (2015), It's Not Rocket Science (2015), Doctor Who - "episode: Robot of Sherwood" (2016), I Want My Wife Back (2016), Ballot Monkeys (2016), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), Upstart Crow (2018), Sticks and Stones (2019), Bridgerton (2020, Professor T. (2021-2026), and Austin (2024).
Bennet Evan Miller's parents were teachers. His father taught American literature at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic. His mother was from Neath, Wales. His maternal grandfather was a Lithuanian Jewish migrant. His paternal grandfather was a tailor in the East End of London, while his paternal great-grandmother taught English at South Cheshire College. He has two younger sisters. He is a distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln.
Miller was educated at Malbank School and Sixth Form College in Nantwich before studying Natural Sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As an undergraduate, he participated in theatre with his girlfriend, actress Rachel Weisz. He remained at Cambridge to undertake a PhD in solid state physics, with the title of his proposed thesis being "Novel quantum effects in low-temperature quasi-zero-dimensional mesoscopic electron systems".
He abandoned his thesis to pursue a career in comedy. His interest in comedy began when a friend asked him to help chauffeur the judges of the National Student Drama Festival, which was being held that year in Cambridge. Having finished his degree, he joined the Footlights in 1989 and worked with Andy Parsons, David Wolstencroft and Sue Perkins before he directed a revue.
Miller moved to London to pursue a career in comedy. He was introduced to fellow Cambridge graduate Alexander Armstrong in 1992, at the TBA Sketch Comedy Group, a comedy club which ran at the Gate Theatre Studio, Notting Hill throughout the 1990s. They performed their first full-length show together at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1994, and returned when they were nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award 1996.
Their success resulted in the commission of the television series Armstrong and Miller, which ran for four series from 1997 to 2001 – one on the Paramount Comedy Channel and three on Channel 4. In 1998, the duo also had their own radio show with the same name on BBC Radio 4, which featured many of the sketches and characters from their TV series. After a six-year break, the show was recommissioned for Hat Trick Productions as The Armstrong & Miller Show and three series have been produced. In 2008, they also had a second radio show, Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller.
Miller also started acting in films, starring in Steve Coogan's first feature film, The Parole Officer (2001). In 2003 he played the role of Bough, sidekick to Rowan Atkinson's title character, in the film Johnny English. In 2004 he co-starred in the romantic comedy The Prince and Me.
In 2004 and 2005, he starred alongside Sarah Alexander in two series of the BBC television series The Worst Week of My Life,. In 2006 he took part in a three-part Christmas special, The Worst Christmas of My Life. He starred as James Peregrine Lester in ITV's sci-fi drama Primeval (2007), and as children’s dance instructor Mr Jonathan in the Australian mockumentary film Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance.