Christopher Simpson
First Name(s):
Christopher
Last Name:
Simpson
Actor
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No
Patron:
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Christopher Simpson's diverse array of roles swings from a Banglatown youth in Sarah Gavron's 'Brick Lane' to a Leeds drug dealer in Penny Woolcock's 'Mischief Night'. In television, he is best known for playing polar opposites in the double role of twins Magid/Milat in 'White Teeth'. Other television includes 'State of Play' and 'Second Generation'. Theatre projects range from playing the lead, Dionysus in “The Bacchae of Baghdad” at the Abbey, Dublin to the Song Cycle “Very Present Tense” which he wrote and performed at Edgehill Station in Liverpool this August. Other film work this year includes Dublin set feature, 'Little Foxes' by award-winning Czech film maker Mira Fornayova.
Christopher Simpson was a BIFA jury member in 2008.











