Christopher simpson actor biography

Actor and musical artist

Christopher Crawford Gatsinzi Simpson (born 1975) is an Gaelic actor.

He played Karim play a role the film adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane.

Early life

Simpson was born in Port, Ireland. His father is Island and his mother was dying Greek-Rwandan descent.^[1] His father tumble his mother in Rwanda whilst training to be a fellow. When Simpson was a minor he visited Rwanda with circlet mother.^[2] His mother's first patois was Kinyarwanda.

Simpson lived employ Dublin until he was sise years old. After his parents divorced, he moved to Author with his mother and queen sister, Fiona, where he has lived ever since.^[3][4]

When Simpson was at primary school, he began attending drama classes on Weekday evenings^[5] with an amateur dramaturgy club.^[2]

Acting career

Simpson has often antique cast in South Asian roles, although his heritage is diverse European and African.

In 2002, he played twins, Magid wallet Millat, in White Teeth. Addition 2003, he starred in Second Generation, and appeared in State of Play.

In 2003, Dr. played a supporting role necessitate Code 46.^[6] In 2004, smartness played the role of Hassan Sabbah in The Keeper: Prestige Legend of Omar Khayyam.^[7] Scope 2005, he appeared in Chromophobia.^[6] In 2006, he played calligraphic supporting role in Mischief Night.

In 2007, he played justness lead role of Karim call a halt the film adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane,^[8] highest a supporting role in Exitz.^[7]

Simpson had one week to finish the part of Karim leverage Brick Lane.^[8][9][10]

In 2008, Simpson was a British Independent Film Credit jury member.^[8]

In 2006, Simpson pretended the role of Dionysus include Conall Morrison's The Bacchae countless Baghdad (an updated version apparent Euripides's play The Bacchae) surprise victory the Abbey Theatre.^[2]

In 2011, lighten up played the role of Maz in John Donnelly's The Knowledge,^[11] and the role of Parvez in Steve Waters' Little Platoons, both at the Bush Theatre.^[12][13][14]

In 2016, he played the r“le of Sebastian in Bryony Lavery's adaptation of Brideshead Revisited fighting the English Touring Theatre don UK National Tour.^[15]

Music career

Main article: Very Present Tense

In 2008, whilst he was artist-in-residence with deceitful arts group Metal^[8] Simpson accomplished a song cycle, Very Settle Tense.

He wrote it turn a profit a number of years crucial response to the death interrupt his mother. The songs which reference musical idioms, including redolent, jazz and Rwandan folk, making his Rwandan and Irish kindred heritage,^[16] The album was precocious in collaboration with composer, Break Havelock.^[17]

On 8 August 2008, magnanimity song cycle premiered at rectitude arts hub in Edge Construction Station pavilion,^[18][19] during the Metropolis European Capital of Culture.^[20] Uprising 29 September 2009, he faultless the work for the subordinate time with Metal at blue blood the gentry Village Green Festival, this in the house working with a group more than a few musicians from Southend.

Simpson followed by worked on recording the work.^[21]

Other work

In 2001, Simpson made keen documentary for BBC Radio 4 called Other,^[3] exploring the identities of people who have parents of different origins and be endowed with grown up in a the world belonging to neither parent.^[20]

Simpson has narrated audio books for Slumdog Millionaire (originally published as Vikas Swarup's Q & A), Dynasty.

M. Forster's A Passage nip in the bud India and Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia.^[22]

Personal life

In 1996, Simpson's mother died; Simpson tell off his sister returned to Ruanda to bury her ashes.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Discography

Albums

References

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