Ben Miller is an English actor, comedian, producer, writer, screenwriter, director and musician. In collaboration with Alexander Armstrong, he created the successful sketch show "Armstrong and Miller Show." He later became famous for his roles in the comedy Agent Johnny English and the detective series Death in Paradise. During his career he participated in seventy films and series.
Childhood and youth
Ben Miller was born on February 24, 1966 in London and raised in Cheshire. After graduation, he entered one of Cambridge colleges, where he studied physics and even planned to get a degree by working on abstracts in solid state physics.
He became interested in acting for the first time when the National Student Drama Festival was held in Cambridge, where his friend participated. Soon Ben became interested in theater and comedy and left scientific activity.
Carier start
Soon Ben Miller moved to London, where in 1992 he met with Alexander Armstrong. They began to perform together and two years later showed an hour-long program at the Comedy Festival in Edinburgh.
In 1997, the sketch show "Armstrong and Miller Show" was launched. The series lasted four seasons and was closed in 2001. The duo also acted as hosts on several radio programs. In 2007, the duo launched a new sketch show on another channel, which lasted three seasons.
Notable roles
Ben Miller began to appear in various series and television films since the mid-nineties, however, he began to receive prominent roles only at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 2001, he co-starred in the comedy The Warden, starring Stephen Coogan. In 2003, he played the assistant to the main character in the comedy comedy "Agent Johnny English," and a year later he played one of the main roles in the romantic comedy "The Prince and Me".
From 2004 to 2006, Ben Miller played a major male role in the sitcom "The Worst Week of My Life." From 2007 to 2011 he played a major role in the science fiction series "Jurassic Portal". Also in 2008 he entered the main cast of the series "New Wallpaper", which was closed after the first season.
Ben Miller during this period appeared as a guest star in the popular British TV series “Miss Marple” and “Doctor Who”, and also often became a guest of various talk shows and TV shows. Since 2011, the actor began to play a major role in the detective series "Death in Paradise." The show was extremely successful, and Miller himself received a new wave of popularity. However, after the second season, he decided to leave the project, and his character was killed in the first series of the third season.
Many fans of the series wondered why Ben Miller left Death in Paradise. The actor himself in an interview said about family circumstances, mismatch schedules and personal reasons. The press put forward the theory that after the birth of a child, Miller’s marriage cracked, and he decided to leave the series, which was shot far from home, and more often to be with family.
In recent years, the actor began to appear more and more in feature films. Ben Miller played a small role in the sequel to Paddington's Adventures, and is due to appear in the Johnny English trickle soon.
Personal life
Miller was married to actress Bellinda Stewart-Wilson from 2004 to 2011, the couple has one child, son Jackson.
Since 2013, married to producer Jessica Parker, the couple has two children, a son and a daughter.
In her free time she makes music, plays the guitar and drums.