Jay Simpson

Actor Jan 1 (age 60) London, England, UK 1985–2025 (40 year career)

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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 v…

Known For

Film

Pride & Prejudice

Meryton Milliner

Film

Rush

British Journalist

Film

Enola Holmes

Conductor (uncredited)

Film

The Holiday

Limo Driver

Film

Their Finest

Alf Reynolds

Film

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Steve

Film

Des

DS Chris Healey

Film

Terminal

Danny

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (49)

The Critic

as Slyfield

Blitz

as Timothy Ashdown

Tuesday

as Spike

Sherbet

as Rene

National Theatre Live: Othello

2023

as Brabantio / Gratiano

Ferryman

as Dad

Bull

as Dave

Enola Holmes

as Conductor (uncredited)

7.2

Sitting in Limbo

2020

as Trevor

7.4

King Gary Christmas Special

2020

as John The Butcher

Brexit: The Uncivil War

as Steve

Terminal

as Danny

This Little Death

as Mortimer

King Gary Pilot

2018

as John The Butcher

Their Finest

as Alf Reynolds

Rearview

as Johno

The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared

2016

as Bas

6.4

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016

as Self

The Guvnors

2014

as Neil

5.3

Rush

2013

as British Journalist

7.7

The Magnificent Eleven

2013

as Rob

2.6

The Great Train Robbery

2012

as Narrator

6.7

Acts of Godfrey

2012

as Phil

Age of Heroes

2011

as RMP Company Sergeant Major

Hattie

as Bruce

Shifter

as Huxley

The Murder at Road Hill House

2011

as George Redman

6.1

Wild Bill

2011

as Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty

6.8

Dreams of a Life

2011

as Caretaker

6.5

Round Ireland with a Fridge

as London Cabbie

Shifty

as Trevor

Mrs In-Betweeny

as Kevin

Recovery

as Johnathan

Hush Your Mouth

as Alan Townsend

The Holiday

as Limo Driver

Pride & Prejudice

as Meryton Milliner

Wall of Silence

as John Weighill

The I Inside

as Morgue Orderly

Club Le Monde

as Mark

Occasional, Strong

as Steve

South West 9

as Elf

Hot Money

as Barry Weller

Beautiful People

as Bigsy

Death of a Son

as John Williams

Erik the Viking

as Leif the Lucky

The Firm

as Dominic

The Moneymen

as Other Dealer

Empire State

1987

as Jeff

4.7

Blueberry

as Daddy

Television (34)

The Hack

2025

as Glenn Vian

6.5

The Day of the Jackal

2024

as George Hands

8.2

Sister Boniface Mysteries

as Alfie Lynch

A Spy Among Friends

as MI6 cabbie

Pistol

as Ron, Steve's Stepdad

The Nevers

as Tunnel Foreman

Stephen

as Peter Birdsall

Small Axe

as Duty Officer

Des

as DS Chris Healey

Chernobyl

as Perevozchenko

Cradle to Grave

as Ernie

The Game

as Colin Blakefield

Utopia

as Detective Richmond

Call the Midwife

as Albert Calthorpe

Mrs Biggs

as Bruce Reynolds

Black Mirror

as Rod Senseless

Silk

as Russell

Comedy Blaps

as The Pitbull

Ashes to Ashes

2008

as Reeks

7.7

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

2007

as Punter

6.8

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Jay

Not Going Out

as Stretch

Murder in Suburbia

as Photographer

Peep Show

as Foz

Foyle's War

as Sergeant Ian Brooke

Bodily Harm

as Tintin

Murphy's Law

as Neil

Pilgrim's Rest

as Ronnie

The Thin Blue Line

as Baz

Heartbeat

as Steve Dempsey

A Touch of Frost

as Peter Bainbridge

Press Gang

as Archie

The Fear

as Mark

Screen Two

as Dominic