38 Facts About Simon Brodkin

Simon Benjamin Brodkin was born on 29 September 1977 and is an English comedian, performing both on the stand-up circuit and in comedy television series.

Simon Brodkin is best known for playing a cheerful chav character called Lee Nelson, but performs as other comedy characters, such as a Liverpudlian footballer called Jason Bent.

Simon Brodkin was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London on 29 September 1977.

Simon Brodkin attended the independent University College School, Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden.

Simon Brodkin studied medicine at the University of Manchester, graduating in 2001.

Simon Brodkin practised medicine in Manchester city hospitals until 2007, when he began performing stand-up comedy full-time.

Simon Brodkin withdrew because the BBC would not have been able to broadcast his shows during the electoral campaign due to their code of impartiality.

Simon Brodkin has performed stand-up as himself, touring Troublemaker in 2021 and 2022.

Simon Brodkin began appearing on television in 2003, in a series of shorts entitled From Baghdad To Balham on Channel 4, playing a recently arrived Iraqi asylum seeker, and twice on Absolutely Fabulous on BBC One.

In 2005, Simon Brodkin appeared as Nelson in three episodes of Channel 4's The Morning After Show, alongside fellow guest Bob Mugabe.

In 2007, Simon Brodkin wrote for and appeared on Al Murray's ITV1 prime time sketch show Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, where he appeared playing his characters of Jason Bent and Lee Nelson, as well as alongside Murray in sketches about mobile phone shop assistants.

In 2008, Simon Brodkin appeared as Dr Omprakash and Nelson in the BBC Three comedy show The Wall.

In 2011, Simon Brodkin appeared as Lee Nelson in 28 January episode of ITV's Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford and in Heat 3 of Let's Dance for Comic Relief on BBC One.

In 2011, Simon Brodkin starred as Clinton Faberge in Channel 4's short-lived comedy strand Another One Bites the Crust.

In 2012, Simon Brodkin returned as Nelson on the judging panel in Heat 4 of Let's Dance for Sport Relief on BBC One, along with Russell Kane and Jo Brand.

In 2013, Simon Brodkin again returned as Nelson in Heat 3 of Let's Dance for Comic Relief on BBC One, dancing with street dance duo Twist and Pulse.

Simon Brodkin won the "judges' vote", thus performing again in the final.

In December 2013 Simon Brodkin performed stand-up on John Bishop's Christmas Show on BBC One.

In 2009, Simon Brodkin was commissioned by the BBC to write his own show for BBC Three.

Simon Brodkin has won several competitions and awards for his work, including Brighton's Komedia comedy competition and The Writers' Guild Award for Best Newcomer in Edinburgh for his show Everyone But Himself.

Many of Simon Brodkin's pranks were featured in a TV programme Britain's Greatest Hoaxer which was shown on Channel 4 on 7 February 2017.

Simon Brodkin was arrested and charged with pitch encroachment contrary to the Football Act 1991.

On 20 July 2015, Simon Brodkin gatecrashed a press conference at the headquarters of the football governing body FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland amidst the organisation's corruption scandal.

Simon Brodkin walked onto the stage in character as Jason Bent and threw a wad of United States dollar bills worth $600 over the FIFA president Sepp Blatter, claiming that it was part of a bid to bring the 2026 FIFA World Cup to North Korea.

Simon Brodkin was promptly led out of the conference by security personnel, and Blatter temporarily postponed the news conference.

Simon Brodkin was escorted away by the show's floor manager.

In January 2016, Simon Brodkin auditioned on Britain's Got Talent, dressed as a rabbi, and pretended to be an awful rapper named Steven Goldblatt, as a way to prove his opinion that untalented acts do well on the show.

Simon Brodkin was selected for a Judge's Audition at the Dominion Theatre in London, where he performed a rap about Britain named "Red, White and Blue".

On 24 June 2016, at the re-opening of Donald Trump's Trump Turnberry golf resort, Simon Brodkin hijacked Trump's speech with Nazi golf balls.

The US presidential candidate was about to take to the podium at his Turnberry resort when Simon Brodkin interrupted, dispersed the balls amongst the podium, and began giving out balls to the crowd.

On 4 October 2017, Simon Brodkin interrupted Prime Minister Theresa May's speech to the Conservative Party conference, handing her a mocked-up P45 form and telling her "Boris asked me to give this to you", at a time when it was much speculated that Boris Johnson, then Foreign Secretary, might seek to replace May as Conservative Party leader.

Simon Brodkin then went over to Johnson and gave him the 'thumbs up' gesture before he was removed from the venue.

Simon Brodkin had obtained the appropriate documents to attend the event, which led to calls to revise security measures.

In November 2012, during a signing at HMV on Oxford Street in London, Simon Brodkin performed a prank as Nelson in which he "stole" his own DVD and was chased by an actor dressed as a policeman.

Simon Brodkin said "[West had] interrupted Taylor Swift at an awards ceremony, saying Beyonce should have won, so I thought it was legitimate", and that he was disappointed Kanye didn't enter into the spirit.

In March 2016, Simon Brodkin invaded a speech by Volkswagen at the Geneva Motor Show.

Simon Brodkin was seen dressed as a VW engineer attempting to add a "cheat box" to the car whilst VW board member Jurgen Stackmann was making a speech.

Simon Brodkin was removed by security before the speech continued.