Jay Simpson
Acting
Born: January 1, 1966 (age 60) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Chernobyl
2019
Rush
2013
Enola Holmes
2020
Black Mirror
2011
The Holiday
2006
The Day of the Jackal
2024
Terminal
2018
The Nevers
2021
Utopia
2013
Their Finest
2017
Peep Show
2003
Photos (1)
Movies (43)
Pride & Prejudice
Meryton Milliner
Rush
British Journalist
Enola Holmes
Conductor (uncredited)
The Holiday
Limo Driver
Terminal
Danny
Their Finest
Alf Reynolds
Tuesday
Spike
Blitz
Timothy Ashdown
The I Inside
Morgue Orderly
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Steve
Erik the Viking
Leif the Lucky
Age of Heroes
RMP Company Sergeant Major
The Critic
Slyfield
Bull
Dave
The Guvnors
Neil
Sherbet
Rene
Wild Bill
Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty
The Firm
Dominic
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Bas
Empire State
Jeff
Ferryman
Dad
The Murder at Road Hill House
George Redman
The Magnificent Eleven
Rob
Beautiful People
Bigsy
Sitting in Limbo
Trevor
Acts of Godfrey
Phil
National Theatre Live: Othello
Brabantio / Gratiano
Death of a Son
John Williams
Shifty
Trevor
Round Ireland with a Fridge
London Cabbie
Mrs In-Betweeny
Kevin
Recovery
Johnathan
South West 9
Elf
Wall of Silence
John Weighill
Rearview
Johno
Dreams of a Life
Caretaker
Hot Money
Barry Weller
Club Le Monde
Mark
Nobody Here Knows
Mouth
Hattie
Bruce
The Great Train Robbery
Narrator
Shifter
Huxley
King Gary Christmas Special
John The Butcher
TV Shows (38)
Black Mirror
Rod Senseless · 1 eps
Black Mirror
Gordon · 1 eps
Call the Midwife
Albert Calthorpe · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Sergeant Ian Brooke · 2 eps
Foyle's War
Sgt Brooke · 5 eps
Chernobyl
Perevozchenko · 2 eps
The Day of the Jackal
George Hands · 1 eps
A Touch of Frost
Peter Bainbridge · 1 eps
Screen Two
Dominic · 1 eps
Screen Two
John Williams · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Steve Dempsey · 1 eps
Peep Show
Foz · 1 eps
Silk
Russell · 1 eps
The Nevers
Tunnel Foreman · 1 eps
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Alfie Lynch · 1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Jay · 2 eps
Not Going Out
Stretch · 2 eps
Utopia
Detective Richmond · 1 eps
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Punter · 1 eps
Ashes to Ashes
Reeks · 1 eps
The Hack
Glenn Vian · 7 eps
Murphy's Law
Neil · 1 eps
A Spy Among Friends
MI6 cabbie · 3 eps
Dramarama
Vincent · 1 eps
Des
DS Chris Healey · 3 eps
The Thin Blue Line
Baz · 1 eps
Pistol
Ron, Steve's Stepdad · 4 eps
Press Gang
Archie · 1 eps
Murder in Suburbia
Photographer · 1 eps
The Game
Colin Blakefield · 2 eps
Small Axe
Duty Officer · 1 eps
Stephen
Peter Birdsall · 3 eps
Babies
Ralph · 2 eps
Run
Steven · 1 eps
Mrs Biggs
Bruce Reynolds · 2 eps
Cradle to Grave
Ernie · 6 eps
The Fear
Mark · 1 eps
Bodily Harm
Tintin · 1 eps
