Jay Simpson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-01-01
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Jay Simpson
Biography
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.
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Shifty
Oct 24, 2008
Ferryman
Jan 31, 2022
The Murder at Road Hill House
Apr 25, 2011
The Critic
Sep 13, 2024
Tuesday
Jun 07, 2024
Hot Money
Dec 12, 2001
Mrs In-Betweeny
Mar 03, 2008
Recovery
Feb 25, 2007
Wall of Silence
Jan 12, 2004
The I Inside
Mar 21, 2004
Death of a Son
Jan 08, 1989
Age of Heroes
May 19, 2011
Erik the Viking
Sep 01, 1989
The Holiday
Dec 05, 2006
South West 9
Oct 12, 2001
The Guvnors
Jun 24, 2014
National Theatre Live: Othello
Feb 23, 2023
Empire State
Mar 01, 1987
Sherbet
Jan 18, 2024
The Great Train Robbery
Oct 08, 2012
Occasional, Strong
Dec 12, 2002
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Dec 25, 2016
Terminal
May 10, 2018
Beautiful People
Sep 16, 1999
Wild Bill
Oct 21, 2011
The Firm
Feb 26, 1989
Their Finest
Feb 19, 2017
Round Ireland with a Fridge
Jan 01, 2010
Hattie
Jan 19, 2011
Dreams of a Life
Aug 16, 2011
Club Le Monde
Oct 11, 2002
Shifter
Sep 01, 2011
Blueberry
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Jan 19, 2019
Rearview
Feb 10, 2017
Rush
Sep 02, 2013
Enola Holmes
Sep 23, 2020
Sitting in Limbo
Jun 08, 2020
Pride & Prejudice
Sep 16, 2005
Bull
Nov 05, 2021
Acts of Godfrey
Jan 27, 2012
Blitz
Nov 01, 2024
Hush Your Mouth
Jan 01, 2007
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Jun 13, 2016
King Gary Pilot
Dec 23, 2018
King Gary Christmas Special
Dec 23, 2020
The Nevers
Apr 11, 2021
Stephen
Aug 30, 2021
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Sep 27, 2007
Peep Show
Sep 19, 2003
Press Gang
Jan 16, 1989
Black Mirror
Dec 04, 2011
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Feb 08, 2022
Pistol
May 31, 2022
Call the Midwife
Jan 15, 2012
Chernobyl
May 06, 2019
Pilgrim's Rest
Jul 31, 1997
Utopia
Jan 15, 2013
Heartbeat
Apr 10, 1992
Ashes to Ashes
Feb 07, 2008
Des
Sep 14, 2020
The Game
Nov 05, 2014
Small Axe
Nov 15, 2020
Not Going Out
Oct 06, 2006
The Day of the Jackal
Nov 07, 2024
The Thin Blue Line
Nov 13, 1995
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sep 24, 2007
Black Mirror
Dec 04, 2011
A Spy Among Friends
Dec 08, 2022
Foyle's War
Oct 27, 2002