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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-01-01 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Джей Симпсон

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.

Known For

Acting

Shifty

2008

Shifty

as

Trevor

Ferryman

2022

Ferryman

as

Dad

The Critic

2024

The Critic

as

Slyfield

Tuesday

2024

Tuesday

as

Spike

Hot Money

2001

Hot Money

as

Barry Weller

Mrs In-Betweeny

2008

Mrs In-Betweeny

as

Kevin

Recovery

2007

Recovery

as

Johnathan

Wall of Silence

2004

Wall of Silence

as

John Weighill

The I Inside

2004

The I Inside

as

Morgue Orderly

Death of a Son

1989

Death of a Son

as

John Williams

Age of Heroes

2011

Age of Heroes

as

RMP Company Sergeant Major

Erik the Viking

1989

Erik the Viking

as

Leif the Lucky

The Holiday

2006

The Holiday

as

Limo Driver

South West 9

2001

South West 9

as

Elf

The Guvnors

2014

The Guvnors

as

Neil

National Theatre Live: Othello

2023

National Theatre Live: Othello

as

Brabantio / Gratiano

Empire State

1987

Empire State

as

Jeff

Sherbet

2024

Sherbet

as

Rene

Terminal

2018

Terminal

as

Danny

Beautiful People

1999

Beautiful People

as

Bigsy

Wild Bill

2011

Wild Bill

as

Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty

The Firm

1989

The Firm

as

Dominic

Their Finest

2017

Their Finest

as

Alf Reynolds

Round Ireland with a Fridge

2010

Round Ireland with a Fridge

as

London Cabbie

Hattie

2011

Hattie

as

Bruce

Dreams of a Life

2011

Dreams of a Life

as

Caretaker

Club Le Monde

2002

Club Le Monde

as

Mark

Shifter

2011

Shifter

as

Huxley

Blueberry

Blueberry

as

Daddy

Rearview

2017

Rearview

as

Johno

Rush

2013

Rush

as

British Journalist

Enola Holmes

2020

Enola Holmes

as

Conductor (uncredited)

Sitting in Limbo

2020

Sitting in Limbo

as

Trevor

Pride & Prejudice

2005

Pride & Prejudice

as

Meryton Milliner

Bull

2021

Bull

as

Dave

Acts of Godfrey

2012

Acts of Godfrey

as

Phil

Blitz

2024

Blitz

as

Timothy Ashdown

Hush Your Mouth

2007

Hush Your Mouth

as

Alan Townsend

The Nevers

The Nevers

as

Tunnel Foreman

Stephen

Stephen

as

Peter Birdsall

Press Gang

Press Gang

as

Archie

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

as

Rod Senseless

Pistol

Pistol

as

Ron, Steve's Stepdad

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Albert Calthorpe

Chernobyl

Chernobyl

as

Perevozchenko

Utopia

Utopia

as

Detective Richmond

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Steve Dempsey

Des

Des

as

DS Chris Healey

The Game

The Game

as

Colin Blakefield

Small Axe

Small Axe

as

Duty Officer

Not Going Out

Not Going Out

as

Stretch

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

as

George Hands

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

as

Gordon

Production

Crew

Directing