1. Bennet Evan Miller was born on 24 February 1966 and is an English comedian, actor and author.
31 Facts About Ben Miller
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Ben Miller rose to fame as a member of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with Alexander Armstrong.
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Ben Miller is known for roles as Angus Jeremy Bough in the Johnny English film series, DI Richard Poole in the BBC crime drama series Death in Paradise and James Lester in the ITV sci-fi series Primeval.
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Bennet Evan Miller was born in London on 24 February 1966, the son of Welsh mother Marion and English father Michael Miller.
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Ben Miller's father taught American literature at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic.
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Ben Miller's paternal grandfather was a tailor in the East End of London, while his paternal great-grandmother taught English at South Cheshire College.
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Ben Miller remained at Cambridge to read for a PhD in solid state physics, with his proposed thesis, 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 later 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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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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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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In November 2022, Ben Miller released his seventh children's book Secrets of a Christmas Elf.
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In 2024, Ben Miller acted as children's author Jullian Hartswood in the comedy drama Austin for Australian television network ABC TV, and produced by Northern Pictures and Lincoln Pictures.
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Ben Miller dated actress Rachel Weisz while they were both studying at Cambridge University during the early 1990s.
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Ben Miller married actress Belinda Stewart-Wilson in 2004, and they had a son before divorcing in 2011.
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Ben Miller married production executive Jessica Parker, the daughter of musician Alan Parker, in September 2013; they have a son and daughter.
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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.