Miles Jupp

Miles Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is a British actor and comedian, probably best known as Archie in the children's television series Balamory. Jupp attended St. George's Prep. School in Windsor, Berkshire and the independent Oakham School in Rutland, where he was a resident of Haywoods House, before studying Divinity at Edinburgh University. In 1999, Jupp performed with Edinburgh based improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts. He won So You Think You're Funny?, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2001 and was a Perrier Award Best Newcomer nominee in 2003 for his show Gentlemen Prefer Brogues. He bluffed his way on a England cricket tour to India as the cricket correspondent for BBC Scotland and the Western Mail. He is probably best known as Archie the Inventor in CBeebies' Balamory. Jupp also had a role in the BBC Scotland comedy programme Live Floor Show, where he played an eccentric, foul-mouthed comedian. In 2007, Jupp appeared fleetingly in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as a TV weatherman who complained about the incredibly hot drought. He was the narrator of the radio show The Penny Dreadfuls present...The Brothers Faversham by The Penny Dreadfuls which aired in 2008 on BBC Radio 7 in the UK. Jupp's hobbies included tea tasting and fly fishing as mentioned in The Scotsman Edinburgh Festival Edition for July 2007 and is described as something of a 'Harold Meaker' Rentaghost type character by friends and colleagues. In March 2008, he performed his third solo show entitled Everyday Rage and Dinner Party Chit Chat at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. He presented the Live at The Gilded Balloon podcast for The Guardian newspaper's coverage of the 2008 and 2009 Edinburgh Fringe. In 2009, he became host of BBC Radio 7 satirical comedy series Newsjack as well as the host on BBC Scotland comedy quiz show "Swots". He appeared in series 3 of political comedy The Thick of It as John Duggan, an incompetent press officer with a habit for making inappropriate comments, prompting the remark that his fringe is to "hide the lobotomy scars". Following this role he appeared in BBC Scotland's comedy as Captain Fanshaw. He appeared briefly in the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film as a waiter. He appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in 2009 In 2010, he appeared on Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got News For You and as Nigel, a Church of England Lay Reader in the BBC sitcom Rev. In January 2011, he was a team member with Goldie and team captain Phill Jupitus on the popular music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In February 2011, he appeared as a panelist on BBC Radio 4's panel show It's Your Round. In May 2011, he appeared as a panelist on Have I Got News for You (BBC). On 22nd August 2011, he appeared as the lunchtime guest on Test Match Special, where he revealed a love of cricket and that he had gophered for the Test Match Special team, who had no idea who he was.