Jay Simpson
Acting
Born: 1966-01-01 · London, England, UK
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
🎬 Movies (30)
National Theatre at Home: The Story
2026
Detective
The Critic
2024
Slyfield
Tuesday
2024
Spike
Sherbet
2024
Rene
Blitz
2024
Timothy Ashdown
National Theatre Live: Othello
2023
Brabantio / Gratiano
Ferryman
2022
Dad
Bull
2021
Dave
Enola Holmes
2020
Conductor (uncredited)
Sitting in Limbo
2020
Trevor
King Gary Christmas Special
2020
John The Butcher
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
Steve
Terminal
2018
Danny
King Gary Pilot
2018
John The Butcher
This Little Death
2018
Mortimer
Their Finest
2017
Alf Reynolds
Rearview
2017
Johno
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
2016
Bas
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
Self
The Guvnors
2014
Neil
Rush
2013
British Journalist
The Magnificent Eleven
2013
Rob
The Great Train Robbery
2012
Narrator
Acts of Godfrey
2012
Phil
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
George Redman
Age of Heroes
2011
RMP Company Sergeant Major
Wild Bill
2011
Det. Harry 'Superspeed' Cotty
Hattie
2011
Bruce
Dreams of a Life
2011
Caretaker
Shifter
2011
Huxley
📺 TV Shows (30)
Babies
2026
Ralph
The Hack
2025
Glenn Vian
The Day of the Jackal
2024
George Hands
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
Alfie Lynch
Pistol
2022
Ron, Steve's Stepdad
A Spy Among Friends
2022
MI6 cabbie
The Nevers
2021
Tunnel Foreman
Stephen
2021
Peter Birdsall
Des
2020
DS Chris Healey
Small Axe
2020
Duty Officer
Chernobyl
2019
Perevozchenko
Cradle to Grave
2015
Ernie
The Game
2014
Colin Blakefield
Utopia
2013
Detective Richmond
Call the Midwife
2012
Albert Calthorpe
Mrs Biggs
2012
Bruce Reynolds
Black Mirror
2011
Gordon
Comedy Blaps
2011
The Pitbull
Silk
2011
Russell
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Reeks
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
Punter
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Jay
Not Going Out
2006
Stretch
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Photographer
Peep Show
2003
Foz
Foyle's War
2002
Sgt Brooke
Bodily Harm
2002
Tintin
Murphy's Law
2001
Neil
Pilgrim's Rest
1997
Ronnie
The Thin Blue Line
1995
Baz