Miles Jupp

Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor, singer, and comedian.

He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series Balamory.

He also played John Duggan in The Thick of It, Nigel in the sitcom Rev and appeared on many comedy panel shows.

Jupp was born in 1979 in London and spent his early childhood in West Hampstead.

He is the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church.

Jupp won So You Think You're Funny?, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2001 and was a Perrier Award Best Newcomer nominee in 2003 for his show Gentlemen Prefer Brogues.

In 2007, Jupp appeared fleetingly in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as a television weatherman who complained about a hot drought.

Jupp appeared in Series 3 and 4 of the political comedy, The Thick of It, as John Duggan, an incompetent press officer with a habit of making inappropriate comments.

He appeared in BBC Scotland's comedy Gary: Tank Commander as Captain Fanshaw.

In 2009, he appeared briefly in the film Sherlock Holmes as a waiter.

In the same year, he also appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.

In 2010, Jupp appeared on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. He performed as Nigel, a Church of England Lay Reader, in the BBC sitcom Rev. He also appeared as an under-secretary in the film Made in Dagenham (2010).

During his appearance on Celebrity Mastermind and Test Match Special in 2011, he claimed to have bluffed his way onto an England cricket tour to India as the cricket correspondent for both BBC Scotland and the Western Mail.

He wrote Fibber in the Heat, a book about his adventures as a cricket journalist in India.

Jupp played Archie, the Inventor in CBeebies' Balamory.

He also had a role in the BBC Scotland comedy programme, Live Floor Show, where he played an eccentric, foul-mouthed comedian.

In January 2011, Jupp was a team member alongside Goldie and Phill Jupitus on the music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

In May 2011, November 2011, and April 2012, he was a panelist on Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie To You? (BBC).

On 22 August 2011, he was a lunchtime guest on Test Match Special, where he revealed a love of cricket and that he had previously worked with the Test Match Special team, who had no idea who he was.

This became the basis of the book Fibber in the Heat.

In October 2011, he again appeared in Mock the Week.

Jupp had a cameo role in Johnny English Reborn in 2011 as an employee of MI7.

He appeared in Series 4, Episode 4 of the comedy panel game Argumental, which aired on 24 November 2011.

In 2012, he appeared on Mock the Week.

In January 2012, he won on Celebrity Mastermind.

In February 2012, he appeared on BBC Let's Dance for Sport Relief and danced to The Prodigy's "Firestarter".

In March 2012, he appeared in an episode of the televised 45th Anniversary series of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute quiz show, alongside Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and Liza Tarbuck.

In July 2013, he appeared in an episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4.

He was featured in the 2014 World War II film, The Monuments Men, as British officer Major Fielding.

Jupp has also appeared eight times on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown between 2014 and 2021.

In 2014, Jupp narrated the BBC television documentary series, Building Dream Homes.

In September 2015, Jupp replaced Sandi Toksvig as the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4.

However, while creating a programme for BBC Radio 4 in 2015, he discovered his roots are actually in Sussex.

Jupp attended three independent schools: The Hall School in Hampstead, North London; St George's School in Windsor; and Oakham School in Rutland.

He studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.

While there, he performed with an improvised comedy troupe, the Improverts, and took part in pantomime productions with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at Bedlam Theatre.

In 2015, Jupp appeared as a team captain on The Really Welsh Christmas Quiz, alongside comedians Chris Corcoran, Elis James, and Omar Hamdi.

For much of his life, Jupp believed he was of Belgian stock, descended from 16th-century Huguenot immigrants.

In 2016, he appeared in Grimsby as a police officer.

On 27 April 2016, it was announced that Jupp would voice Blackberry in the forthcoming adaptation of Watership Down.