Miles Jupp

**Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp** (born September 8, 1979) is an British actor. He portrayed Jean's Doctor on Netflix's Sex Education.

## Biography

Jupp, the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and spent most of his childhood in London. Jupp played Archie the Inventor in CBeebies' *Balamory*. He 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 television weatherman who complained about an incredibly hot drought.

Jupp appeared in Series 3 and 4 of political comedy *The Thick of It* as John Duggan, an incompetent press officer with a habit of 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 *Gary: Tank Commander* 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*, *Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow*, and 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 team captain Phill Jupitus on the music quiz *Never Mind The Buzzcocks*. In May and November 2011, and in April 2012, he appeared as a panellist on both *Have I Got News for You* and *Would I Lie To You?* (BBC). On 22 August 2011, he appeared as the 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 again on *Mock the Week*.

In January 2012 he won an episode of *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 specially televised *45th Anniversary* series of BBC Radio 4's *Just a Minute* quiz show, alongside Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and Liza Tarbuck, and in July 2013 he appeared in an episode of *I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue*, also on BBC Radio 4. He 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.

During 2014, Jupp narrated for the BBC television documentary series, *Building Dream Homes*. He appeared in the film *Grimsby* as a police officer in 2016. On 27 April 2016, Jupp was announced to voice Blackberry in the forthcoming adaptation of *Watership Down*. In 2015, Jupp appeared as a team captain on *The Really Welsh Christmas Quiz*, alongside fellow 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*, and played auction house appraiser Winford Collins in "The Tanganyika Green", S5:E13 of *Father Brown*. In 2018 Jupp made guest appearances as Basil, an incompetent lawyer, in the television drama by ITV *The Durrells*.

## External links

* Miles Jupp on Wikipedia
* Miles Jupp at the Internet Movie Database