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Jay Simpson

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59 Years Old

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.

Born

London, England, UK on 1st January 1966

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Black Mirror
Gordon
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Black Mirror
Rod Senseless
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The Day of the Jackal
George Hands
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Punter
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Call the Midwife
Albert Calthorpe
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Chernobyl
Perevozchenko
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Foyle's War
Sgt Brooke
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Foyle's War
Sergeant Ian Brooke
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Utopia
Detective Richmond
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Peep Show
Foz
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The Nevers
Tunnel Foreman
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Ashes to Ashes
Reeks
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Sister Boniface Mysteries
Alfie Lynch
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Not Going Out
Stretch
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The Sarah Jane Adventures
Jay
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Heartbeat
Steve Dempsey
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Small Axe
Duty Officer
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Rush
British Journalist
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Press Gang
Archie
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Pistol
Ron, Steve's Stepdad
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Des
DS Chris Healey
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Pride & Prejudice
Meryton Milliner
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The Game
Colin Blakefield
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The Thin Blue Line
Baz
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Stephen
Peter Birdsall
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A Spy Among Friends
MI6 cabbie
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Enola Holmes
Conductor (uncredited)
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Pilgrim's Rest
Ronnie
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Blitz
Timothy Ashdown
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The Holiday
Limo Driver
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Terminal
Danny
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Tuesday
Spike
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The Critic
Slyfield
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Bull
Dave
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Erik the Viking
Leif the Lucky
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Brexit: The Uncivil War
Steve
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The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Bas
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Wild Bill
Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty
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Their Finest
Alf Reynolds
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The I Inside
Morgue Orderly
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Empire State
Jeff
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The Guvnors
Neil
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Age of Heroes
RMP Company Sergeant Major
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The Firm
Dominic
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The Murder at Road Hill House
George Redman
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South West 9
Elf
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Hattie
Bruce
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Dreams of a Life
Caretaker
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Shifty
Trevor
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Death of a Son
John Williams
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Recovery
Johnathan
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Sitting in Limbo
Trevor
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
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Hot Money
Barry Weller
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Rearview
Johno
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Ferryman
Dad
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
London Cabbie
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Beautiful People
Bigsy
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National Theatre Live: Othello
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Acts of Godfrey
Phil
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Mrs In-Betweeny
Kevin
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Club Le Monde
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Wall of Silence
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Shifter
Huxley
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Occasional, Strong
Steve
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King Gary Pilot
John The Butcher
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Hush Your Mouth
Alan Townsend
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King Gary Christmas Special
John The Butcher
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The Great Train Robbery
Narrator
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Blueberry
Daddy
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Sherbet
Rene