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Christopher Simpson
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Christopher Simpson
Homepage
https://christophersimpson.net/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1975-01-01,Dublin, Ireland
Gender
Male
Biography
Christopher Crawford Gatsinzi Simpson (born 1975) is an Irish actor. He played Karim in the film adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane. Simpson was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father is Irish and his mother was of Greek-Rwandan descent. His father met his mother in Rwanda whilst training to be a teacher. When Simpson was a child he visited Rwanda with his mother. His mother's first language was Kinyarwanda. Simpson lived in Dublin until he was six years old. After his parents divorced, he moved to London with his mother and his sister, Fiona, where he has lived ever since. When Simpson was at primary school, he began attending drama classes on Thursday evenings with an amateur dramatics club. Simpson has often been cast in South Asian roles, although his heritage is mixed European and African. In 2002, he played twins, Magid and Millat, in White Teeth. In 2003, he starred in Second Generation, and appeared in State of Play. In 2003, Simpson played a supporting role in Code 46.In 2004, he played the role of Hassan Sabbah in The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam. In 2005, he appeared in Chromophobia. In 2006, he played a supporting role in Mischief Night. In 2007, he played the lead role of Karim in the film adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane, and a supporting role in Exitz. Simpson had one week to learn the part of Karim for Brick Lane. In 2008, Simpson was a British Independent Film Awards jury member. In 2006, Simpson played the role of Dionysus in Conall Morrison's The Bacchae of Baghdad (an updated version of Euripides's play The Bacchae) at the Abbey Theatre. In 2011, he played the role of Maz in John Donnelly's The Knowledge, and the role of Parvez in Steve Waters' Little Platoons, both at the Bush Theatre. In 2016, he played the role of Sebastian in Bryony Lavery's adaptation of Brideshead Revisited at the English Touring Theatre and UK National Tour.

Filmography

5.5

Brick Lane
2007-11-16

8

Ever Here I Be
2010-06-21

Day of the Flowers

5.2

Day of the Flowers
2013-11-29

5.4

Mischief Night
2006-11-03

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

5

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
2005-06-10

6.232

Code 46
2003-09-02

The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag

8

The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
2005-12-02

5.3

Chromophobia
2006-05-10

6.111

White Teeth
2002-09-16

0

Exitz
2007-05-03

Human Resources

7.9

Human Resources
2010-11-26

7

Psywar
2010-09-07

3.2

Sixteen
2013-10-13

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

4.8

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010-05-07

4

Little Foxes
2009-09-17

Second Generation

1

Second Generation
2003-09-14

All About George

0

All About George
2005-09-29

7

White Teeth
2002-09-17

7.6

Shameless
2004-01-13

5.4

Spooks: Code 9
2008-08-10

7

White Teeth
2002-09-17

The Man Who Fell to Earth

7.405

The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022-04-24

The Good Karma Hospital

7.8

The Good Karma Hospital
2017-02-05

The Jury: Murder Trial

8

The Jury: Murder Trial
2024-02-26

7

Scene
1968-09-26