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Acting

Jay Simpson

Career: Active from 1983 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Sitting in Limbo
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jay Simpson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.6, average 3.4
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4
Spiritual
1.4, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

British Crime 2
Toxic Masculinity 2
Character Study 2
Social Commentary 2
Tense Atmosphere 2
Family Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

90

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

as Daddy

Black Cab

as Harry

The Present Times

as Clive Westlake

2020s

21 titles · average score 71

Tuesday

68

as Spike

The Day of the Jackal

77

TV show · as George Hands

Sherbet

as Rene

Sister Boniface Mysteries

68

TV show · as Alfie Lynch

Ferryman

as Dad

A Spy Among Friends

77

TV show · as MI6 cabbie

Bull

78

as Dave

Stephen

71

TV show · as Peter Birdsall

The Nevers

60

TV show · as Tunnel Foreman

Enola Holmes

72

as Conductor (uncredited)

Sitting in Limbo

85

as Trevor

Des

80

TV show · as DS Chris Healey

2010s

28 titles · average score 68

Chernobyl

90

TV show · as Perevozchenko

This Little Death

as Mortimer

Rearview

as Johno

Their Finest

75

as Alf Reynolds

The Guvnors

42

as Neil

Rush

81

as British Journalist

Utopia

92

TV show · as Detective Richmond

The Magnificent Eleven

29

as Rob

Call the Midwife

82

TV show · as Albert Calthorpe

The Great Train Robbery

as Narrator

Black Mirror

80

TV show · as Rod Senseless / Gordon

Silk

75

TV show · as Russell

2000s

21 titles · average score 71

Shifty

79

as Trevor

Ashes to Ashes

77

TV show · as Reeks

Recovery

79

as Johnathan

The Sarah Jane Adventures

66

TV show · as Jay

Hush Your Mouth

as Alan Townsend

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

60

TV show · as Punter

The Holiday

61

as Limo Driver

Not Going Out

79

TV show · as Stretch

Pride & Prejudice

84

as Meryton Milliner

Wall of Silence

78

as John Weighill

Peep Show

91

TV show · as Foz

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as Sergeant Ian Brooke / Sgt Brooke

1990s

5 titles · average score 68

Beautiful People

67

as Bigsy

TV show · as Ronnie

The Thin Blue Line

77

TV show · as Baz

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Steve Dempsey

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Peter Bainbridge

1980s

12 titles · average score 62

The Firm

72

as Dominic

Death of a Son

as John Williams

Press Gang

77

TV show · as Archie

Erik the Viking

55

as Leif the Lucky

The Fear

TV show · as Mark

as Other Dealer

Empire State

37

as Jeff

Nobody Here Knows

as Mouth

Screen Two

69

TV show · as Dominic / John Williams

All in Good Faith

TV show · as Youth

The Baker Street Boys

TV show · as Wiggins

Dramarama

TV show · as Vincent