Ben Miller

Career Miller moved to London to pursue a career in comedy. He 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. They performed their first full-length show together at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1994, and returned when they were nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award 1996.

Their success resulted in the commission of the television series Armstrong and Miller, which ran for four series from 1997 to 2001 – one on the Paramount Comedy Channel and three on Channel 4. In 1998, the duo also had their own radio show with the same name on BBC Radio 4, which featured many of the sketches and characters from their TV series. After a six-year break, the show was recommissioned for Hat Trick Productions as The Armstrong & Miller Show and three series have been produced. In 2008, they also had a second radio show, Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller.

Miller also started acting in films, starring in Steve Coogan's first feature film, The Parole Officer (2001). In 2003 he played the role of Bough, sidekick to Rowan Atkinson's title character, in the film Johnny English. In 2006 he took part in a three-part Christmas special, The Worst Christmas of My Life. He starred as James Peregrine Lester in ITV's sci-fi drama Primeval (2007),

Miller provided the voice for the ITV Digital and later PG Tips Monkey in a popular series of television advertisements featuring Johnny Vegas. In 2008, he appeared as television producer Jonathan Pope in Tony Jordan's series Moving Wallpaper on ITV1 and starred in Thank God You're Here.

In 2010, he made his directorial debut with the film Huge. A third series of Death in Paradise was commissioned for early 2014. On 9 April 2013 it was announced that Miller would be departing the series, to be replaced by actor Kris Marshall.

Miller explained he had personal reasons for the change: "It was the job of a lifetime, but logistically I just didn't feel I could continue. My personal circumstances just made it too complicated, but I will miss it like a lung. I love it here." Miller's wife had discovered she was pregnant after he had begun filming the first series. Their time apart caused strains on his relationship with her and their sons, so he wanted to spend more time with his family. He also appeared with Billy Connolly and David Tennant in the film What We Did on Our Holiday. Miller guest starred in Doctor Who as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the third episode: "Robot of Sherwood".

Starring opposite Nancy Carroll and Diana Vickers, Miller played Robert Houston in the play The Duck House by Dan Patterson and Colin Swash. The show is a political satire based on the UK parliamentary expenses scandal. That year, Miller played the role of Murray in the six-part BBC sitcom I Want My Wife Back,

In November 2022, Miller released his seventh children's book Secrets of a Christmas Elf. In 2024, 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.

Personal life Miller dated actress Rachel Weisz while they were both studying at Cambridge University during the early 1990s. He has been diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite reports to the contrary, in an interview with Roman Kemp on BBC Radio 5 Live in December 2024, Miller said he could not play the drums and did not know where this claim came from.

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

In 2025, Miller was nominated for a Logie award.

Books It's Not Rocket Science (2014) Sphere The Aliens Are Coming!: The Exciting and Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe (2017) Sphere The Night I Met Father Christmas (2018) Simon & Schuster The Boy Who Made the World Disappear (2019) Simon & Schuster ISBN 978 - 1 - 4711 - 7267 - 0 The Day I Fell into a Fairytale (2020) Simon & Schuster How I Became a Dog called Midnight (2021) Simon & Schuster Diary of a Christmas Elf (2021) Simon & Schuster How I Became a Dog Called Midnight (2022) Simon & Schuster The Night We Got Stuck in a Story (2022) Simon & Schuster Secrets of a Christmas Elf (2022) Simon & Schuster Once Upon a Legend (2023) Simon & Schuster Diary of a Big Bad Wolf (2024) Simon & Schuster Robin Hood Aged 10 3/4 (2024) Simon & Schuster Diary of a Puss in Boots (2025) Simon & Schuster Diary of a Wicked Witch (2025) Simon & Schuster The Night I Met Father Christmas (2025) Simon & Schuster A Very Dangerous Pursuit (2026) HarperCollins

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