33 Facts About Ben Miller

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Bennet Evan Miller was born on 24 February 1966 and is an English actor, comedian, and author.

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Ben Miller rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller.

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Ben Miller was born in London, England and grew up in Nantwich, Cheshire.

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Ben Miller's father Michael Miller was a lecturer in American literature at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic; and his mother Marion was from Wales.

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Ben Miller's paternal grandfather was a Lithuanian tailor who emigrated to the UK and lived in the East End of London.

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Ben Miller was educated at Malbank School and Sixth Form College, his local comprehensive school in Nantwich.

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Ben Miller studied Natural Sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

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Ben Miller remained at Cambridge to read for a PhD in solid state physics, with his proposed thesis titled Novel quantum effects in low-temperature quasi-zero-dimensional mesoscopic electron systems.

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Ben Miller abandoned his thesis to pursue a career in comedy.

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Ben Miller moved to London to pursue a career in comedy.

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Ben Miller 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.

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Ben Miller started acting in films, starring in Steve Coogan's first feature film, The Parole Officer.

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Ben Miller provided the voice for the ITV Digital and now PG Tips Monkey in a popular series of television advertisements featuring Johnny Vegas.

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On 23 July 2012, Ben Miller began touring for his book, It's Not Rocket Science, from the Royal Society in London.

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Ben Miller appeared at the British Comedy Awards with Armstrong on Channel 4.

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In 2013, Ben Miller took part in an episode of Room 101 and a Comic Relief special of game show Pointless.

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From 2011 until the series three premiere in 2014, Ben Miller starred in the BBC-French co-produced series Death in Paradise as Detective Inspector Richard Poole.

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On 9 April 2013 it was announced that Ben Miller would be departing the series, to be replaced by actor Kris Marshall.

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Ben Miller reprised his role for a cameo appearance in a dream sequence during the tenth series in 2021.

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Ben Miller wanted to spend more time with his family.

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In 2014, Ben Miller appeared in the feature film Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism.

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Ben Miller appeared with Billy Connolly and David Tennant in the film What We Did on Our Holiday.

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On 6 September 2014, Ben Miller guest starred in Doctor Who as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the third episode: "Robot of Sherwood".

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In 2015, following the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, Ben Miller starred as King John in Series 6 of Horrible Histories.

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In 2016, Ben Miller co-presented the ITV entertainment series It's Not Rocket Science alongside Rachel Riley and Romesh Ranganathan.

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Ben Miller played the role of Murray in the six-part BBC sitcom I Want My Wife Back, starring alongside Caroline Catz.

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In November 2022, Ben Miller released his seventh children's book Secrets of a Christmas Elf.

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Ben Miller directed a television pilot that subsequently became the first episode of Steve Coogan's 2006 British BBC TV series Saxondale.

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Ben Miller was awarded a Judges' Commendation for his portrayal of Hamlet at the 1990 National Student Drama Festival.

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Ben Miller co-wrote MindGym, winner of the first BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for comedy in 1998, with Tim Wright and Adam Gee.

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In 2021, with the cast of Bridgerton, Ben Miller received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

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Ben Miller has another son, born in late 2011, and a daughter, born in June 2015, with his second wife, production executive Jessica Parker, whom he married in September 2013; Jessica is the daughter of British musician Alan Parker.

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Ben Miller is a very distant relative of US President Abraham Lincoln.