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Chris was born in Alberta, Canada but grew up in Belfast, Ireland.
Since graduating from Dublins Gaiety School of Acting in , Chris has starred in the award-winning film The Magdalene Sisters (Momentum), The Boxer (Universal), Fifty Dead Men Walking (Brightlight Pictures), Good Vibrations (Revolver Films), 71 (Warp Films), Mrs Browns Boys DMovie (Bocflix, Universal and BBC Films), Shooting For Socrates (New Black Films), High-Rise (Film 4), and Knuckledust (Featuristic Films).
On TV, Chris has played lead roles in Washington Black (Disney/Hulu/FX), Billy The Kid (MGM Plus), Soft Border Patrol (BBC), Robert Kirkmans Secret History of Comics (AMC), The Fall (BBC), Galavant (ABC), Ripper Street (BBC1), V SIGN (Green Inc & Retort), Wodehouse in Exile (BBC4), The Guards (TV3), The Man Who Crossed Hitler (Hardy Pictures for BBC), The Clinic (RTE), The Family (BBC), Missing (BBC) and The Titanic Inquiry (BBC).
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Conversation with Christopher Simpson on the Film Brick Lane
1Christopher Simpson’s diverse array of roles swing from a Banglatown youth in Sarah Gavron ’s Brick Lane, shot in , to a Leeds drug dealer in Penny Woolcock ’s Mischief Night and a Cuban charmer in the forthcoming Day Of The Flowers. On TV, he is best known for playing polar opposites in the double role of twins Magid/Milat in White Teeth. Other TV productions include State of Play and Second Generation. Theatre projects include Dionysus in The Bacchae of Baghdad. Pericles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Ramayana at the National Theatre and a site specific verbatim play, Fallujah. He wrote a song cycle called Very Present Tense which he premiered as part of Liverpool’s City of Culture in He wrote and presented a documentary for BBC radio 4 entitled Other, exploring the identities of people who have parents of different origins and have grown up in a culture belonging to neithe • Chris is a New York based actor, improviser, director, and educator. He has been studying and performing improv since moving to NYC in Currently, he can be seen at the Magnet Theater performing with his musical improv team Nightshade. When not improvising, you can find him performing with the children's educational theater company Story Pirates. Often you will find him in a super gross state because he rides his bike everywhere. Also, he can play music on his face.Christopher Simpson
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(Performer) Current Ensemble
Secret, Secret!Current Shows
Musical MegawattPast Ensembles
Rebound, Mint Condition, Rosencrantz, The Montels, Vulcan, Pyros, NightshadePast Shows
One Hundred Dates: Live!, The Magnet House Managers Show, The Circuit Reunion Show, Phoebe Jessy Raphael: A Talk Show Christmas Special, THE BIG TALENT SHOW!, The Magnet Musical Improv All-Stars Spectacular!, Sensitive Men Singing: An Improvised Reunion Concert, (Virtual) Musical Megawatt, Musical Megawa