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Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series Balamory. He also played John Duggan in The Thick of It, Nigel McCall in the sitcom Rev, and appeared on many comedy panel shows. Between 2015 and 2019, Jupp was the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, replacing Sandi Toksvig.
Jupp attended three independent schools: The Hall School in Hampstead, North London; St George's School in Windsor; and Oakham School in Rutland. He studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. While there, he performed with an improvised comedy troupe, the Improverts, and took part in pantomime productions with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at Bedlam Theatre.
Jupp appeared in Series 3 and 4 of the political comedy, The Thick of It, as John Duggan, an incompetent press officer with a habit of making inappropriate comments. He appeared in BBC Scotland's comedy as Captain Fanshaw. In 2009, he appeared briefly in the film Sherlock Holmes as a waiter. In the same year, he also appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.
In 2010, Jupp appeared on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. He performed as Nigel, a Church of England Lay Reader, in the BBC sitcom Rev. He also appeared as an under-secretary in the film Made in Dagenham (2010).
In January 2011, Jupp was a team member alongside Goldie and Phill Jupitus on the music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In May 2011, November 2011, and April 2012, he was a panellist on Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie To You? (BBC). On 22 August 2011, he was a lunchtime guest on Test Match Special, where he revealed a love of cricket and that he had previously worked with the Test Match Special team, who had no idea who he was. This became the basis of the book Fibber in the Heat.
In October 2011, he again appeared in Mock the Week. Jupp had a cameo role in Johnny English Reborn in 2011 as an employee of MI7. He appeared in Series 4, Episode 4 of the comedy panel game Argumental, which aired on 24 November 2011. In 2012, he appeared on Mock the Week.
In January 2012, he won on Celebrity Mastermind. In February 2012, he appeared on BBC Let's Dance for Sport Relief and danced to The Prodigy's "Firestarter". In March 2012, he appeared in an episode of the televised 45th Anniversary series of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute quiz show, alongside Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and Liza Tarbuck. In July 2013, he appeared in an episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4. He was featured in the 2014 World War II film, The Monuments Men, as British officer Major Fielding. Jupp has also appeared eight times on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown between 2014 and 2021.
In 2014, Jupp narrated the BBC television documentary series, Building Dream Homes. In 2016, he appeared in Grimsby as a police officer. On 27 April 2016, it was announced that Jupp would voice Blackberry in the forthcoming adaptation of Watership Down. In 2015, Jupp appeared as a team captain on The Really Welsh Christmas Quiz, alongside comedians Chris Corcoran, Elis James, and Omar Hamdi.
In October 2016, Jupp appeared as Giles, the chairman of the residents' committee, in the sitcom from BBC Three Josh. In 2017, he appeared as Hardy in the film, Journey's End. He played auction house appraiser Winford Collins in the episode "The Tanganyika Green" of Father Brown. In 2018, Jupp made guest appearances as Basil, an incompetent lawyer, in the television drama by ITV The Durrells.
In 2009, Jupp became the host of BBC Radio 7 satirical comedy series Newsjack and the host of BBC Radio Scotland comedy quiz show Swots. In February 2011, he appeared as a panellist on BBC Radio 4's panel show It's Your Round. Starting in February 2012, Jupp hosted three series of a BBC Radio 4 panel show It's Not What You Know (based on his suggestion for a round on It's Your Round.), before handing the job over to Joe Lycett.
In 2011, he starred in the self-penned BBC Radio 4 comedy, In and Out of the Kitchen, "the diary, written for publication, of a somewhat minor celebrity chef, Damien Trench". A second series followed in 2013, and continued with a third series in 2014. The show had a short-lived television version in 2015. A six-part fourth series aired on BBC Radio 4 in August and September 2015.
He played the title character in BBC Radio 4 comedy Boswell's Lives (written by Jon Canter) which ran for four series, 2015–2018.
Jupp appeared as a contestant on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz in April 2012 (Series 77; Episode 1). In June 2015 he became the new presenter of the show, replacing Sandi Toksvig. He chaired the show for 12 series, with his last appearance on 31 May 2019 (Series 99; Episode 8).
Jupp appears as retired Prime Minister Henry Tobin in Party's Over from 2019 to 2022 (12 episodes). In 2022, his four-episode sketch show, Whatever Next? With Miles Jupp was broadcast on Radio 4.
| Live at Milford Haven's Torch Theatre |
| Live at Margate's Theatre Royal |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | TV Weatherman | |
| Death Defying Acts | Ventriloquist | ||
| 2008 | Is Anybody There? | Vicar | |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Waiter | |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Undersecretary 2 | |
| Timber! | Miles | Short film | |
| 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | Technician | |
| Connected | Shop Manager | Short film | |
| 2013 | The Look of Love | Interviewer | |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Major Fielding | |
| Rosewater | Maziar Bahari Producer | ||
| The Riot Club | Male Banker | ||
| The Last Sparks of Sundown | Geoffrey Chicken | ||
| 2015 | The Dark Room | The Charity Collector | Short film |
| 2016 | Grimsby | Policeman | |
| The Legend of Tarzan | The Valet | ||
| ChickLit | Marcus | ||
| Waterboys | Horatio | ||
| 2017 | Journey's End | Hardy | |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas | William Makepeace Thackeray | ||
| 2019 | Greed | Select Committee Chairman | |
| 2020 | Misbehaviour | Clive | |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Emperor Francis II |
| 1992 | Songs of Praise: A Celebration of Christmas | Himself | |
| 2001 | Revolver | Shoe Salesman | |
| 2002–2005 | Live Floor Show | Rupert Donaldson | |
| Balamory | Archie | Main role | |
| 2006 | Feel the Force | Mr. Bramwell | Episode: "Murder" |
| 2007 | Wedding Belles | Male Host | Television film |
| 2008 | She Stoops to Conquer | Tony Lumpkin | Television film |
| The Wrong Door | Ninja | Episode: "Bondo" | |
| 2009 | Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle | Various | 4 episodes |
| 2009–2012 | The Thick of It | John Duggan | 2 episodes |
| Captain Fanshaw | 10 episodes | ||
| 2010 | Lip Service | Rory | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2014 | Rev. | Nigel McCall | 19 episodes |
| 2011 | Campus | Arnold | Episode: "Post-Coital" |
| Peeder Jigson's Video Diary | Trevor Gertrude | Episode: "What Everyone's Up to in the Break" | |
| Comedy Lab | Stu Carter | Episode: Rick and Peter" | |
| 2012 | Spy | Owen | 9 episodes |
| A Young Doctor's Notebook | Palchikov the Clerk | Episode: "Episode Four" | |
| 2013 | Man Down | Man in Pub | Episode: "Episode One" |
| Narrator | 8-part documentary | ||
| 2014 | Building Dream Homes | Narrator | |
| 2014–present | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Himself – Guest | |
| 2015 | In and Out of the Kitchen | Damian Trench | 3 episodes; also writer |
| The Million Pound Motors | as narrator | ||
| 2016 | Do Not Disturb | John | |
| Josh | Giles | Episode: "Sex & Politics" | |
| Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle | James Havant Brown | Television special | |
| Outnumbered | Stuart | Episode: "Christmas Special 2016" | |
| 2017 | Father Brown | Wynford Collins | Episode: "The Tanganyika Green" |
| Quacks | George Combe | Episode: "The Madman's Trial" | |
| James and Jupp | Himself | 4 episodes | |
| The Crown | Humphrey | Episode: "Marionettes" | |
| 2017–2018 | Bad Move | Matt | 12 episodes |
| 2017–2022 | Frankie Boyle's New World Order | Panellist | 24 episodes (+4 clip show episodes) |
| 2018 | Watership Down | Blackberry (voice) | Miniseries |
| 2018–2019 | The Durrells | Basil | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Tourist Trap | Dr. Phillip Hobbs | Episode: "Culture" |
| Midsomer Murders | Cornelius Tetbury | Episode: "With Baited Breath" | |
| 2020 | The Great | Maxim the Painter | Episode: "War and Vomit" |
| 2021 | Sex Education | Obstetrician | Episode: season 3, episode 5 |
| Grantchester (TV series) | Marcus Asper | Episode: season 6, episode 2 | |
| A Very British Scandal | Dr. Ivor Griffiths | 3 Part mini-series: part 2, episode 2 | |
| 2022 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Henry Bassington-ffrench | 3 Part miniseries |
| Major Alfred Knox | 6 Part miniseries | ||
| Professor T. (British TV series) | Sean Hallett | Season 2, Episode 5 | |
| 2024 | The Duke of Rochester |
| His Majesty's Theatre | |||
| Royal Theatre | |||
| Citizens Theatre | |||
| National Theatre | |||
| Duke of York's | |||
| National Theatre | |||
| 2019 | The Life I Lead | David Tomlinson | UK tour |
| 2022–23 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry Holland | UK tour |
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