1. Phillip Christopher Jupitus is a retired English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster.
47 Facts About Phill Jupitus
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Phill Jupitus worked in Essex at the Manpower Services Commission, part of the Department of Employment, for five years, while he wrote political poetry and drew cartoons.
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Phill Jupitus resigned from the department in 1984, hoping for a career in the music industry.
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Phill Jupitus toured colleges, universities and student unions, supporting bands such as Billy Bragg, the Style Council and The Housemartins.
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Phill Jupitus became press officer and compere for The Housemartins, using the role to continue being in front of an audience, while filling support slots for other artists.
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Phill Jupitus conceived and directed the Brit Awards-nominated music video for Bragg's "Sexuality" in 1991 and wrote a parody version of that song about bestiality.
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Phill Jupitus has appeared numerous times at the Glastonbury Festival as a DJ and a compere in The Left Field tent.
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Phill Jupitus produced the music video for Kirsty MacColl's 1991 single "All I Ever Wanted" from the album Electric Landlady.
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Phill Jupitus appeared at her tribute concert in 2002 as compere, and sang one of her songs, "Fifteen Minutes".
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Phill Jupitus made a guest appearance on the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 40th anniversary DVD performing with the band on the tracks "Mr Apollo" and "Canyons of Your Mind", and has toured with them around the UK.
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Phill Jupitus appears on the Bonzos' 2007 album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens.
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Phill Jupitus continued to perform with them sporadically since Ian Dury's death, appearing in Dury's place for "Drip Fed Fred" during the Madness concert at Wembley Arena shortly before Dury's death.
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Phill Jupitus performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2008.
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Phill Jupitus was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex in South Essex College's congregation ceremony in Southend on 30 September 2010.
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Phill Jupitus was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent, Canterbury in 2017, where his daughters had previously attended.
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Phill Jupitus attended the "I Do To Equal Marriage" event which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales in March 2014.
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Phill Jupitus began hosting his own radio show on BBC GLR in 1995, a regular job that would last until 2000.
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In 2002, Phill Jupitus was a stand-in presenter on BBC Radio 2 for Steve Wright while he was away on holiday.
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Phill Jupitus was the breakfast DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2002 until 30 March 2007, and made brief returns to the station during the summer of 2007, sitting in for Stephen Merchant on Sunday afternoon and Liz Kershaw on Saturday mornings.
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In February 2010, as part of his research for the book, Phill Jupitus presented the breakfast show for one week on Bournemouth University student radio station, Nerve Radio, produced by Mog McIntyre and co-presented by regular student presenters Guy Larsen and Jess Bracey.
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On 9 September 2009, Phill Jupitus narrated a half-hour documentary on BBC Radio 4 about the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes created by Bill Watterson.
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Phill Jupitus has worked on Radio 4 as a regular contributor to Loose Ends, The News Quiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Just a Minute.
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Phill Jupitus has appeared in several episodes of the Radio 4 show The Unbelievable Truth and is a regular guest with the Comedy Store Players.
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Phill Jupitus was one of the panellists on the first TV episode of the show Loose Talk, which made a brief transition from radio to television in 1994.
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Phill Jupitus was a frequent guest panellist on QI from 2003 until 2020, while his daughter, Emily Jupitus, later started working on the show as a researcher.
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Phill Jupitus had a history of mimicking the QI host, Stephen Fry, while on the show.
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Phill Jupitus has played Councillor Cowdrey in CITV children's series Bottom Knocker Street since its first series in summer 2013.
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Phill Jupitus has made one appearance in an episode of Holby City as a patient.
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Phill Jupitus is a continuity announcer for the UKTV channel Dave during the channel's evening schedule.
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Phill Jupitus took part in the Dave show Comedy Exchange, where he went to America, while Eugene Mirman came to Britain.
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Phill Jupitus has appeared in Argumental for the same channel, where team captain Marcus Brigstocke made him laugh so hard he fell off his chair and took a long time to recover.
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Phill Jupitus is a fan of the Boston Red Sox and has their logo tattooed on his arm.
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In December 2008, Phill Jupitus took part as a guest presenter on RTE's comical topical discussion show The Panel.
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Phill Jupitus co-wrote and starred in the play Waiting for Alice with Andre Vincent which had a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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In October 2009, Phill Jupitus joined the West End theatre cast of Hairspray, playing the role of Edna Turnblad at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
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Phill Jupitus joined the 2011 tour of Spamalot, playing the role of King Arthur.
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On 16 January 2015, Phill Jupitus was confirmed as starring opposite Jason Manford in the 2015 tour of Mel Brooks' musical The Producers, portraying Franz Liebkind.
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Phill Jupitus has since appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang alongside Jason Manford on a tour of the UK.
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In 2018 Phill Jupitus was interviewed by Jodie Cook for the Clever Tykes podcast: Creating Useful People.
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Early in his career Phill Jupitus drew cartoons which appeared in the NME, Time Out, Radio Times and The Guardian.
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Phill Jupitus has curated collections for the Art UK website.
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Phill Jupitus wrote the foreword for the book Leigh Art in which he reminisces about childhood visits to Leigh-on-Sea and his enjoyment for the annual Leigh Art Trail.
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Phill Jupitus is married with two children and as of 2018 lives in Fife.
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Phill Jupitus's daughter Emily is an "Elf" for the game show QI.
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Phill Jupitus is a fan of West Ham United football club and the Boston Red Sox.
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Phill Jupitus discussed his arachnophobia with the writer and broadcaster Suzy Klein on the BBC Radio 4 programme I'm Suzy, and I'm a Phobic, which was broadcast in January 2013.
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Phill Jupitus is a keen apiarist, winning several prizes at the National Honey Show 2002.