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Jay Simpson
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 port…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
National Theatre at Home: The Story
Movie Detective
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2026
Babies
TV show Ralph
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2025
The Hack
TV show Glenn Vian
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2024
The Day of the Jackal
TV show George Hands
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2024
Blitz
Movie Timothy Ashdown
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2024
The Critic
Movie Slyfield
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2024
Tuesday
Movie Spike
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2024
Sherbet
Movie Rene
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2023
National Theatre Live: Othello
Movie Brabantio / Gratiano
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2022
A Spy Among Friends
TV show MI6 cabbie
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2022
Pistol
TV show Ron, Steve's Stepdad
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2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV show Alfie Lynch
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2022
Ferryman
Movie Dad
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2021
Bull
Movie Dave
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2021
Stephen
TV show Peter Birdsall
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2021
The Nevers
TV show Tunnel Foreman
More credits
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2020
King Gary Christmas Special
Movie John The Butcher
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2020
Small Axe
TV show Duty Officer
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2020
Enola Holmes
Movie Conductor (uncredited)
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2020
Des
TV show DS Chris Healey
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2020
Sitting in Limbo
Movie Trevor
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2019
Chernobyl
TV show Perevozchenko
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2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Movie Steve
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2018
This Little Death
Movie Mortimer
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2018
Terminal
Movie Danny
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2017
Their Finest
Movie Alf Reynolds
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2017
Rearview
Movie Johno
- 2016
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2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Movie Self
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2015
Cradle to Grave
TV show Ernie
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2014
The Game
TV show Colin Blakefield
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2014
The Guvnors
Movie Neil
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2013
Rush
Movie British Journalist
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2013
Run
TV show Steven
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2013
The Magnificent Eleven
Movie Rob
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2013
Utopia
TV show Detective Richmond
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2012
The Great Train Robbery
Movie Narrator
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2012
Mrs Biggs
TV show Bruce Reynolds
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2012
Acts of Godfrey
Movie Phil
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2012
Call the Midwife
TV show Albert Calthorpe
