Simon Brodkin

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Simon Brodkin (born September 27, 1977 in the London Borough of Camden , England ) is a British comedian .

Career

Prior to his comedian career, Brodkin studied medicine and became a doctor at the University of Manchester .

stage

In 2006 Simon Brodkin performed his first solo show ( Everyone But Himself ) at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe . He also appears in various roles, including Lee Nelson , as whose person he interacts with the audience and embodies ignorance and various clichés. Other characters are Jason Bent , an unintelligent soccer player, and the incompetent doctor Dr. Bob .

After criticizing an anti-Semitic joke, Brodkin admitted that he was himself a Jew and that his relatives had died for the joke.

watch TV

In 2003 Brodkin had several short appearances in the series From Baghdad To Balham , in which he played a recently immigrated Iraqi asylum seeker. In the same year he also made two appearances on the BBC program Absolutely Fabulous . Two years later, he played Lee Nelson again in three episodes of Channel 4's The Morning After Show .

In 2007, he appeared several times on the sketch show Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder . The following year he made several appearances on the BBC-3 programs The Wall . In addition, Brodkin took part in 2011 and 2013 Brodkin in the BBC show Let's Dance . In 2013 he also appeared on John Bishop's Christmas Show on BBC One.

Controversy

In March 2013, Brodkin, in his role as Jason Bent , ran onto the pitch ahead of a Premier League match between Manchester City and Everton FC to attend the Manchester City players' warm-up program. The following year he mingled with the players of the English squad for the 2014 World Cup at Luton Airport , but was removed after a short time.

At Glastonbury Festival 2015, he ran on stage during a Kanye West concert and was again removed from security. That same year, on July 20, 2015, he appeared in front of Sepp Blatter at a FIFA press conference and handed him a wad of banknotes, stating that these were in favor of North Korea's candidacy to host the 2026 World Cup . While he was being brought out by the security service, he threw a second wad of money at Sepp Blatter.

At the Geneva Motor Show in 2016, alluding to the cheat software affair, he made fun of the automaker Volkswagen with a symbolic "cheat box".

During the Conservative Party conference on October 4, 2017, Brodkin took the stage where Prime Minister Theresa May gave a speech. Brodkin presented May with a P45 application and shortly afterwards was escorted by security personnel from the hall with "out" calls.

Works

  • 2012: Lee Nelson Live (DVD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV comic Simon Brodkin (aka Lee Nelson aka Jason Bent) cautioned over . In: The Independent . ( independent.co.uk [accessed June 14, 2018]).
  2. ↑ TV comic Simon Brodkin (aka Lee Nelson aka Jason Bent) cautioned over . In: The Independent . ( independent.co.uk [accessed June 14, 2018]).
  3. ↑ UK prankster Simon Brodkin throws money at Fifa's Sepp Blatter. In: bbc.com. BBC , July 20, 2015, accessed July 20, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Blatter's successor is to be elected in February. In: sportschau.de. Sportschau , July 20, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Staff, agencies: Comedian Simon Brodkin disrupts VW presentation at Geneva motor show . In: The Guardian . March 1, 2016, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Simon Brodkin: A "Cheat Device" for Volkswagen. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  7. ↑ This is how a prankster managed to interrupt Theresa May's big speech . In: The Independent . October 4, 2017 ( independent.co.uk [accessed October 4, 2017]).
  8. ↑ BBC Breaking News: Protester interrupts Theresa May's keynote speech by handing her a P45 # CPC17 http://bbc.in/2xfMUIu pic.twitter.com/C1LNTFHrHl. In: @BBCBreaking. October 4, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Brodkin, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British comedian
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH London Borough of Camden , London , England