Jay Simpson
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: 01 January 1966
Played In
National Theatre at Home: The Story
Detective
Babies
Ralph
The Hack
Glenn Vian
The Day of the Jackal
George Hands
Blitz
Timothy Ashdown
The Critic
Slyfield
Tuesday
Spike
Sherbet
Rene
National Theatre Live: Othello
Brabantio / Gratiano
A Spy Among Friends
MI6 cabbie
Pistol
Ron, Steve's Stepdad
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Alfie Lynch
Ferryman
Dad
Bull
Dave
Stephen
Peter Birdsall
The Nevers
Tunnel Foreman
King Gary Christmas Special
John The Butcher
Small Axe
Duty Officer
Enola Holmes
Conductor (uncredited)
Des
DS Chris Healey
Sitting in Limbo
Trevor
Chernobyl
Perevozchenko
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Steve
King Gary Pilot
John The Butcher
This Little Death
Mortimer
Terminal
Danny
Their Finest
Alf Reynolds
Rearview
Johno
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Bas
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
Cradle to Grave
Ernie
The Game
Colin Blakefield
The Guvnors
Neil
Rush
British Journalist
The Magnificent Eleven
Rob
Utopia
Detective Richmond
The Great Train Robbery
Narrator
Mrs Biggs
Bruce Reynolds
Acts of Godfrey
Phil
Call the Midwife
Albert Calthorpe
Black Mirror
Rod Senseless
Black Mirror
Gordon
Comedy Blaps
The Pitbull
Wild Bill
Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty
Shifter
Huxley
Dreams of a Life
Caretaker
Age of Heroes
RMP Company Sergeant Major
The Murder at Road Hill House
George Redman
Silk
Russell
Hattie
Bruce
Round Ireland with a Fridge
London Cabbie
Shifty
Trevor
Mrs In-Betweeny
Kevin
Ashes to Ashes
Reeks
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Punter
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Jay
Recovery
Johnathan
Hush Your Mouth
Alan Townsend
The Holiday
Limo Driver
Not Going Out
Stretch
Pride & Prejudice
Meryton Milliner
The I Inside
Morgue Orderly
Murder in Suburbia
Photographer
Wall of Silence
John Weighill
Peep Show
Foz
Occasional, Strong
Steve
Foyle's War
Sergeant Ian Brooke
Foyle's War
Sgt Brooke
Bodily Harm
Tintin
Club Le Monde
Mark
Hot Money
Barry Weller
South West 9
Elf
Murphy's Law
Neil
Beautiful People
Bigsy
Pilgrim's Rest
Ronnie
The Thin Blue Line
Baz
A Touch of Frost
Peter Bainbridge
Heartbeat
Steve Dempsey
Erik the Viking
Leif the Lucky
The Firm
Dominic
Press Gang
Archie
Death of a Son
John Williams
The Moneymen
Other Dealer
The Fear
Mark
Empire State
Jeff
Screen Two
Dominic
Screen Two
John Williams
Dramarama
Vincent
Blueberry
Daddy
Black Cab
Harry