Christopher Simpson

Christopher Simpson is an Irish actor who started drama classes while at primary school, and his work has frequently involved South Asian roles. Born in Dublin, he moved to London at age six and later played the twin roles Magid and Millat in White Teeth. In 2003 he starred in Second Generation and also appeared in State of Play, then took a supporting part in Code 46 (2003). His later films include The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2004), Chromophobia (2005), Mischief Night (2006) and Exitz (2007). In Brick Lane he played Karim, the lead, from the adaptation of Monica Ali's novel, a part he had one week to learn. On stage he appeared as Dionysus in The Bacchae of Baghdad at the Abbey Theatre, later performed at the Bush Theatre and in a touring Brideshead Revisited. He completed the song cycle Very Present Tense and narrated audio books such as A Passage to India.