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While at Cambridge, he acted with and dated [[Rachel Weisz]]. He is now married to [[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]. A talented musician, Miller plays the [[guitar]] and [[drums]],<ref name="HWM1"/> and likes [[yoga]].<ref name="5Min"/> |
While at Cambridge, he acted with and dated [[Rachel Weisz]]. He is now married to [[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]. A talented musician, Miller plays the [[guitar]] and [[drums]],<ref name="HWM1"/> and likes [[yoga]].<ref name="5Min"/> Miller was best man to Alexander Armstrong in 2004, but let slip in an interview that during the stag event in [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]] the group iced cakes, and describe the weekend as "utterly bizarre, probably the most effeminate stag do in history."<ref>[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/special_reports/m2002/s/146/146169_life_is_sweet_for_alex.html Life is sweet for Alex] Manchester Evening News - 14 February 2005</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:59, 16 October 2007
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Ben Miller (born 1966) is a British comedian, director and actor.
Biography
Miller was born in London, England and grew up in Nantwich, Cheshire.[1] His father, Michael Miller, was a lecturer in American Literature at Birmingham City University, and his mother Marion taught English at South Cheshire College. He has two younger sisters, Leah and Bronwen.
He was educated at Malbank School, his local comprehensive school in Nantwich, and then at St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he studied Natural Sciences. He remained at Cambridge to study for a PhD in quantum physics, entitled: "novel quantum effects in quasi-zero dimensional mesoscopic electron systems."[2]
Career
While studying for his thesis, a friend offered Miller £10 a day to ferry around some judges for an arts festival.[3] He resultantly met his collaboration comedy partner, and fellow Cambridge student Alexander Armstrong at 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 at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1994 and returned in 1996, when they were nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award.[4]
Their success resulted in the commissioning of the television series Armstrong and Miller, which ran for four series in total throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s; one on the Paramount Comedy Channel and three on Channel Four. The duo had their own radio show with the same name on BBC Radio 4 in 1998, which featured many of the sketches and characters from their TV series, and a second show Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller later in the same year. After a six year break, the show has recently been recommissioned for Hattrick Productions and will run on BBC1 in Autumn 2007.[2]
In 2001 he starred in Steve Coogan's first feature film, the British comedy The Parole Officer.[5] In 2003 he played the role of 'Bough', sidekick to Rowan Atkinson's titular character in the film Johnny English. In 2004 he co-starred in The Prince and Me. In 2004 and 2005, he starred in two consecutive series of the BBC television series The Worst Week of My Life,[6] alongside Sarah Alexander,[1] followed in 2006 by a Christmas special, The Worst Christmas of My Life. In 2007 he starred as James Lester in ITV's sci-fi drama Primeval,[4] and the Australian movie Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance as Mr Jonathan.[3]
Until 2007, Miller provided the voice for the ITV Digital and now PG Tips Monkey, in a popular series of television adverts featuring Johnny Vegas.[7]
He has recently begun working behind the camera and directed the television pilot -- which subsequently became the first episode -- of Steve Coogan's 2006 British BBC TV Comedy series Saxondale.
In 2008 he is due to appear on ITV1 as television producer Jonathan Pope in Tony Jordan's forthcoming series Echo Beach UK Soap.
Personal Life
While at Cambridge, he acted with and dated Rachel Weisz. He is now married to Belinda Stewart-Wilson. A talented musician, Miller plays the guitar and drums,[1] and likes yoga.[6] Miller was best man to Alexander Armstrong in 2004, but let slip in an interview that during the stag event in Taunton, Somerset the group iced cakes, and describe the weekend as "utterly bizarre, probably the most effeminate stag do in history."[8]
Awards
Miller was awarded a Judge's Commendation for his portrayal of Hamlet at the 1990 National Student Drama Festival. Ben co-wrote MindGym, winner of the first BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for comedy in 1998, with Tim Wright and Adam Gee.
Selected Filmography
- 2000 - There's Only One Jimmy Grimble - Johnny Two Dogs, alongside Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle
- 2001 - The Parole Officer, Colin - A Steve Coogan project
- 2003 - Johnny English - Bough, English's Sidekick, alongside Rowan Atkinson
- 2007 - Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance - Mr. Jonathon
References
- ^ a b c HOW WE MET: Sarah Alexander & Ben Miller Independent on Sunday - March 7, 2004
- ^ a b The Armstrong & Miller Show - Armstrong and Miller BBC Press Office - 12 October 2007
- ^ a b Ben dazzles 'em news.com.au - March 04, 2007
- ^ a b Star of Primeval and The Armstrong and Miller Show cult.tv
- ^ Coogan's out on Parole BBC News - 10 August 2001
- ^ a b The 5-Minute Interview: Ben Miller The Independent - December 21, 2005
- ^ Al and monkey bring back the monkey magic Unilever Press Dept
- ^ Life is sweet for Alex Manchester Evening News - 14 February 2005
External links
- Ben Miller at IMDb
- Ben Miller at MySpace