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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1966
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Джей Симпсон
Jay Simpson
4.4 Popularity
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
7.3
Glenn Vian
The Hack
2025
8.2
George Hands
The Day of the Jackal
2024
6.0
Timothy Ashdown
Blitz
2024
5.9
Slyfield
The Critic
2024
6.8
Spike
Tuesday
2024
0.0
Rene
Sherbet
2024
8.0
Brabantio / Gratiano
National Theatre Live: Othello
2023
6.5
MI6 cabbie
A Spy Among Friends
2022
7.5
Ron, Steve's Stepdad
Pistol
2022
6.4
Alfie Lynch
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
Credits
The Hack
as Glenn Vian
2025
7.3
The Day of the Jackal
as George Hands
2024
8.2
Blitz
as Timothy Ashdown
2024
6.0
The Critic
as Slyfield
2024
5.9
Tuesday
as Spike
2024
6.8
Sherbet
as Rene
2024
0.0
National Theatre Live: Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano
2023
8.0
A Spy Among Friends
as MI6 cabbie
2022
6.5
Pistol
as Ron, Steve's Stepdad
2022
7.5
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Alfie Lynch
2022
6.4
Ferryman
as Dad
2022
6.0
Bull
as Dave
2021
6.4
Stephen
as Peter Birdsall
2021
6.8
The Nevers
as Tunnel Foreman
2021
7.9
King Gary Christmas Special
as John The Butcher
2020
0.0
Small Axe
as Duty Officer
2020
6.9
Enola Holmes
as Conductor (uncredited)
2020
7.2
Des
as DS Chris Healey
2020
7.2
Sitting in Limbo
as Trevor
2020
7.4
Chernobyl
as Perevozchenko
2019
8.7
Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Steve
2019
6.6
King Gary Pilot
as John The Butcher
2018
0.0
Terminal
as Danny
2018
5.5
Their Finest
as Alf Reynolds
2017
6.6
Rearview
as Johno
2017
4.0
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
as Bas
2016
6.4
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
2016
0.0
Cradle to Grave
as Ernie
2015
7.7
The Game
as Colin Blakefield
2014
7.3
The Guvnors
as Neil
2014
5.3
Rush
as British Journalist
2013
7.7
The Magnificent Eleven
as Rob
2013
2.6
Utopia
as Detective Richmond
2013
8.0
The Great Train Robbery
as Narrator
2012
6.7
Acts of Godfrey
as Phil
2012
0.0
Call the Midwife
as Albert Calthorpe
2012
7.5
Black Mirror
as Rod Senseless
2011
8.3
Black Mirror
as Gordon
2011
8.3
🎬
Comedy Blaps
as The Pitbull
2011
0.0
Wild Bill
as Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty
2011
6.8
Shifter
as Huxley
2011
0.0
Dreams of a Life
as Caretaker
2011
6.5
Age of Heroes
as RMP Company Sergeant Major
2011
5.5
The Murder at Road Hill House
as George Redman
2011
6.1
Hattie
as Bruce
2011
5.7
Round Ireland with a Fridge
as London Cabbie
2010
5.0
Shifty
as Trevor
2008
5.7
Mrs In-Betweeny
as Kevin
2008
7.0
Ashes to Ashes
as Reeks
2008
7.7
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Punter
2007
6.8
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Jay
2007
7.1
Recovery
as Johnathan
2007
6.4
🎬
Hush Your Mouth
as Alan Townsend
2007
3.5
The Holiday
as Limo Driver
2006
7.1
Not Going Out
as Stretch
2006
7.4
Pride & Prejudice
as Meryton Milliner
2005
8.1
The I Inside
as Morgue Orderly
2004
5.9
Wall of Silence
as John Weighill
2004
8.0
Peep Show
as Foz
2003
8.0
🎬
Occasional, Strong
as Steve
2002
0.0
Foyle's War
as Sergeant Ian Brooke
2002
7.9
Foyle's War
as Sgt Brooke
2002
7.9
Bodily Harm
as Tintin
2002
4.0
Club Le Monde
as Mark
2002
3.5
Hot Money
as Barry Weller
2001
6.8
South West 9
as Elf
2001
3.8
Beautiful People
as Bigsy
1999
6.0
🎬
Pilgrim's Rest
as Ronnie
1997
6.0
The Thin Blue Line
as Baz
1995
7.2
Heartbeat
as Steve Dempsey
1992
7.1
Erik the Viking
as Leif the Lucky
1989
5.9
The Firm
as Dominic
1989
6.6
Press Gang
as Archie
1989
7.5
Death of a Son
as John Williams
1989
3.5
🎬
The Moneymen
as Other Dealer
1988
0.0
Empire State
as Jeff
1987
4.7
🎬
Blueberry
as Daddy
N/A
0.0