Jay Simpson
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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
Credits
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
as Meryton Milliner
Rush (2013)
as British Journalist
The Holiday (2006)
as Limo Driver
Enola Holmes (2020)
as Conductor (uncredited)
Tuesday (2024)
as Spike
Their Finest (2017)
as Alf Reynolds
Terminal (2018)
as Danny
Erik the Viking (1989)
as Leif the Lucky
Blitz (2024)
as Timothy Ashdown
The Moneymen (1988)
as Other Dealer
Age of Heroes (2011)
as RMP Company Sergeant Major
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
as Steve
National Theatre at Home: The Story (2026)
as Detective Williamson / Ensemble
The I Inside (2004)
as Morgue Orderly
The Critic (2024)
as Slyfield
Bull (2021)
as Dave
Hush Your Mouth (2007)
as Alan Townsend
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (2016)
as Bas
The Present Times (—)
as Clive Westlake
Ferryman (2022)
as Dad
Wild Bill (2011)
as Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty
The Firm (1989)
as Dominic
Black Cab (—)
as Harry
Mrs In-Betweeny (2008)
as Kevin
The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)
as George Redman
The Guvnors (2014)
as Neil
Nobody Here Knows (1986)
as Mouth
Dreams of a Life (2011)
as Caretaker
Empire State (1987)
as Jeff
Beautiful People (1999)
as Bigsy
Sitting in Limbo (2020)
as Trevor
Club Le Monde (2002)
as Mark
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
as Self
Hot Money (2001)
as Barry Weller
The Magnificent Eleven (2013)
as Rob
Sherbet (2024)
as Rene
Hattie (2011)
as Bruce
Round Ireland with a Fridge (2010)
as London Cabbie
Shifty (2008)
as Trevor
National Theatre Live: Othello (2023)
as Brabantio / Gratiano
Acts of Godfrey (2012)
as Phil
Death of a Son (1989)
as John Williams
South West 9 (2001)
as Elf
Recovery (2007)
as Johnathan
King Gary Christmas Special (2020)
as John The Butcher
Wall of Silence (2004)
as John Weighill
The Great Train Robbery (2012)
as Narrator
Rearview (2017)
as Johno
Occasional, Strong (2002)
as Steve
Shifter (2011)
as Huxley
Blueberry (—)
as Daddy
This Little Death (2018)
as Mortimer