Jay Simpson
Acting
1966-01-01 · London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
TheatersNational Theatre at Home: The Story
2026 · Movie
Babies
2026 · Series
The Hack
2025 · Series
The Day of the Jackal
2024 · Series
Blitz
2024 · Movie
The Critic
2024 · Movie
Tuesday
2024 · Movie
Sherbet
2024 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Othello
2023 · Movie
A Spy Among Friends
2022 · Series
Pistol
2022 · Series
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · Series
Ferryman
2022 · Movie
Bull
2021 · Movie
Stephen
2021 · Series
The Nevers
2021 · Series
King Gary Christmas Special
2020 · Movie
Small Axe
2020 · Series
Enola Holmes
2020 · Movie
Des
2020 · Series
Sitting in Limbo
2020 · Movie
Chernobyl
2019 · Series
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019 · Movie
This Little Death
2018 · Movie
Terminal
2018 · Movie
Their Finest
2017 · Movie
Rearview
2017 · Movie
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
2016 · Movie
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · Movie
Cradle to Grave
2015 · Series
The Game
2014 · Series
The Guvnors
2014 · Movie
Rush
2013 · Movie
Run
2013 · Series
The Magnificent Eleven
2013 · Movie
Utopia
2013 · Series
The Great Train Robbery
2012 · Movie
Mrs Biggs
2012 · Series
Acts of Godfrey
2012 · Movie
Call the Midwife
2012 · Series
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
Comedy Blaps
2011 · Series
Wild Bill
2011 · Movie
Shifter
2011 · Movie
Dreams of a Life
2011 · Movie
Age of Heroes
2011 · Movie
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011 · Movie
Silk
2011 · Series
Hattie
2011 · Movie
Round Ireland with a Fridge
2010 · Movie
Shifty
2008 · Movie
Mrs In-Betweeny
2008 · Movie
Ashes to Ashes
2008 · Series
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007 · Series
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Series
Recovery
2007 · Movie
Hush Your Mouth
2007 · Movie
The Holiday
2006 · Movie
Not Going Out
2006 · Series
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Movie
The I Inside
2004 · Movie
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Series
Wall of Silence
2004 · Movie
Peep Show
2003 · Series
Occasional, Strong
2002 · Movie
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
Bodily Harm
2002 · Series
Club Le Monde
2002 · Movie
Hot Money
2001 · Movie
South West 9
2001 · Movie
Murphy's Law
2001 · Series
Beautiful People
1999 · Movie
Pilgrim's Rest
1997 · Series
The Thin Blue Line
1995 · Series
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Erik the Viking
1989 · Movie
The Firm
1989 · Movie
Press Gang
1989 · Series
Death of a Son
1989 · Movie
The Moneymen
1988 · Movie
The Fear
1988 · Series
Empire State
1987 · Movie
Nobody Here Knows
1986 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Dramarama
1983 · Series
Black Cab
Movie
The Present Times
Movie
Blueberry
Movie