Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp was a British actor and comedian.
History
In 1999, Miles performed with Edinburgh based improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts.[1] He won So You Think You're Funny?, Leicester Comedian of the Year in 2001 and was a Perrier Award Best Newcomer nominee in 2003 for his show Gentlemen Prefer Brogues. He was probably best known as Archie the Inventor in CBeebies' Balamory. Miles Jupp also had a role in the BBC Scotland comedy programme Live Floor Show, where he played an eccentric, foul-mouthed comedian. In 2007, Miles appeared fleetingly in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as a TV Weatherman.[2]
He was the narrator of the radio show The Penny Dreadfuls present... The Brothers Faversham by The Penny Dreadfuls which aired in 2008 on BBC7 in the UK. Miles hobbies included Tea Tasting and Fly Fishing as mentioned in The Scotsman, Edinburgh Festival Edition (July 2007).
It's a little known fact that Miles used to play the tuba in Dexy's Midnight Runners, and recorded a solo album in 2003 called 'Tears of a Midget'.
Miles latest TV appearance was as a psychic rent boy in the long running Channel Five crime drama CSI:Kilmarnock.
Miles attended Oakham School in Rutland. Miles also has a brother who is aeacher at Lasswade High School, Bonnyrig A.K.A Boomtoon.
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