1966-01-01 ( 59 years old ) in London, England, UK
Jay Simpson is a prolific English film, television and stage actor. Most recently, he has appeared in Chernobyl and Frontier.
Simpson is perhaps best known in television for portraying cockney desk sergeant Ian 'Brookie' Brooke in Foyle's War, and he has also appeared on television in Recovery with David Tennant and Sarah Parish, Hot Money, Bad Crowd, A Touch of Frost, Casualty, Primeval, The Bill, Peep Show, Rome, Ashes to Ashes, Murder in Suburbia and Soundproof. Jay also uses his charm and voice skills as he is the voice of 'The Tree of Temptation' in Big Brother.
His films include Hush Your Mouth, The Holiday, Pride and Prejudice and Erik the Viking and the 1988 TV film The Firm with Gary Oldman. He also voiced a major character, Flea, in the 2008 English language DVD re-release of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film, Free Jimmy, alongside Woody Harrelson and with dialogue written by Simon Pegg. The character of Flea was something of comedy relief in the film, with a character partly inspired by Sean Ryder.
In 2008 he appeared alongside Ross Boatman and Roger Lloyd-Pack in Patrick Marber's play Dealer's Choice for a run on the West End. In 2011 he appeared as George Redman in the television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for ITV.
In 2011, he appeared in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror
On 13 April 2012, he appeared as Stretch in the sitcom Not Going Out and appeared in the ITV series Mrs Biggs as one of the great train robbers, Bruce Reynolds.
Movies
Blitz
2024-11-01
The Critic
2024-09-13
Tuesday
2024-06-07
Sherbet
2024-01-18
National Theatre Live: Othello
2023-02-23
Ferryman
2022-01-31
Bull
2021-11-05
Enola Holmes
2020-09-23
Sitting in Limbo
2020-06-08
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019-01-19
Terminal
2018-05-10
Their Finest
2017-02-19
Rearview
2017-02-10
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016-06-13
The Guvnors
2014-06-24
Rush
2013-09-02
The Great Train Robbery
2012-10-08
Acts of Godfrey
2012-01-27
Wild Bill
2011-10-21
Shifter
2011-09-01
Dreams of a Life
2011-08-16
Age of Heroes
2011-05-19
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011-04-25
Hattie
2011-01-19
Round Ireland with a Fridge
2010-01-01
Shifty
2008-10-24
Mrs In-Betweeny
2008-03-03
Recovery
2007-02-25
Hush Your Mouth
2007-01-01
The Holiday
2006-12-05
Pride & Prejudice
2005-09-16
The I Inside
2004-03-21
Wall of Silence
2004-01-12
Occasional, Strong
2002-12-12
Club Le Monde
2002-10-11
Hot Money
2001-12-12
South West 9
2001-10-12
Beautiful People
1999-09-16
Erik the Viking
1989-09-01
The Firm
1989-02-26
Death of a Son
1989-01-08
Empire State
1987-03-01
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