Jay Simpson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-01-01 (59 years old)

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 Er...

Acting

2008

Shifty

as Trevor

2022

Ferryman

as Dad

2011

2024

The Critic

as Slyfield

2024

Tuesday

as Spike

2001

Hot Money

as Barry Weller

2008

2007

Recovery

as Johnathan

2004

Wall of Silence

as John Weighill

2004

The I Inside

as Morgue Orderly

1989

Death of a Son

as John Williams

2011

Age of Heroes

as RMP Company Sergeant Major

1989

Erik the Viking

as Leif the Lucky

2006

The Holiday

as Limo Driver

2001

2014

2023

National Theatre Live: Othello

as Brabantio / Gratiano

1987

2024

Sherbet

as Rene

2002

2018

Terminal

as Danny

1999

2011

Wild Bill

as Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty

1989

The Firm

as Dominic

2017

Their Finest

as Alf Reynolds

2010

2011

Hattie

as Bruce

2011

Dreams of a Life

as Caretaker

2002

2011

Shifter

as Huxley

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Blueberry

as Daddy

2017

Rearview

as Johno

2013

Rush

as British Journalist

2020

Enola Holmes

as Conductor (uncredited)

2020

2005

Pride & Prejudice

as Meryton Milliner

2021

Bull

as Dave

2012

2024

Blitz

as Timothy Ashdown

2007

Hush Your Mouth

as Alan Townsend

2018

King Gary Pilot

as John The Butcher

2020

King Gary Christmas Special

as John The Butcher

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