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.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Critic (2024) | Slyfield | - | - |
| 2 | Blitz (2024) | Timothy Ashdown | 8 | |
| 3 | Tuesday (2024) | Spike | 8 | |
| 4 | The Critic (2023) | Slyfield | - | - |
| 5 | Bull (2021) | Dave | 7 | |
| 6 | Enola Holmes (2020) Top movies in 2020 | Conductor (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
| 7 | Sitting in Limbo (2020) | Trevor | - | - |
| 8 | Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) | Steve | 5.8 | |
| 9 | Terminal (2018) | Danny | 6.2 | |
| 10 | Their Finest (2017) | Alf Reynolds | 6.8 | |
| 11 | Rearview (2017) | Johno | - | - |
| 12 | The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (2016) | Bas | 3 | |
| 13 | The Guvnors (2014) | Neil | 7.5 | |
| 14 | The Magnificent Eleven (2013) | Rob | 4 | |
| 15 | Rush (2013) | British Journalist | 7.9 | |
| 16 | Age of Heroes (2011) | RMP Company Sergeant Major | 6 | |
| 17 | Wild Bill (2011) | Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty | 7.7 | |
| 18 | Dreams of a Life (2011) | Caretaker | 3 | |
| 19 | Shifty (2008) | Trevor | 6 | |
| 20 | Recovery (2007) | Johnathan | - | - |
| 21 | The Holiday (2006) | Limo Driver | 7.1 | |
| 22 | Pride & Prejudice (2005) Oscars 2006 | Meryton Milliner | 7.5 | |
| 23 | The I Inside (2004) | Morgue Orderly | 6 | |
| 24 | Beautiful People (1999) | Bigsy | 9 | |
| 25 | The Firm (1989) | Dominic | 8.5 | |
| 26 | Erik the Viking (1989) | Leif the Lucky | 6.5 |
