Brett Findlay (born 30 May 1972) is a British film and stage actor. Findlay trained at the

Drama Studio London Drama Studio London (DSL) is a British drama school in London. It is accredited by the Federation of Drama Schools. The Drama Studio London was founded in 1966 by actor and director Peter Layton, focusses on developing individual talent nurtur ...

. He was married to Jemilah Findlay (''née'' Litvinoff, granddaughter of

Cherry Marshall Cherry Marshall (25 July 1923 – 28 January 2006) was an English fashion model and agent, and non-fiction writer. She was married to the poet Emanuel Litvinoff. Early life Marshall was born Irene Maud Pearson on 25 July 1923, at Girlsta Cottag ...

and

Emanuel Litvinoff Emanuel Litvinoff (5 May 1915 – 24 September 2011) was a British writer and well-known figure in Anglo-Jewish literature, known for novels, short stories, poetry, plays and human rights campaigning. Early years Litvinoff's early years in what ...

) until 2021 when they divorced. They have two children a daughter, Akiko and a Son. He had a cameo part in ''

Beyond the Fire ''Beyond the Fire'', Maeve Murphy's second feature, was an award winning film about love in the wake of sexual assault starring Cara Seymour and Scot Williams. The film was first selected and screened at New British Cinema season at the ICA. Pe ...

'', the award-winning Best Film (UK Feature) London Independent Film Festival and was principal actor in the 2008 thriller ''

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''. In his previous career as a musician he is most noted as percussionist with

Kula Shaker Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a num ...

, the English

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band. He also played percussion on

Toploader Toploader are an English rock band from Eastbourne, East Sussex, formed in 1997, with over two million album sales and several top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, ''Onka's Big Moka'', sold over one million units and peaked i ...

's album

Onka's Big Moka ''Onka's Big Moka'' is the debut studio album by English band Toploader. It was released on 11 November 1999, through S2 Records. And produced by long time collaborator of the Manic Street Preachers, Dave Eringa. The album reached the Top ...

Filmography

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'' Film (2010) *''

'' Film (2009) *'' Remedy'' Short (2009) *''

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'' TV (2003) *'' I Was Never Young'' Short (2003)

Theatre

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The Time of Your Life ''The Time of Your Life'' is a 1939 five-act play by American playwright William Saroyan. The play is the first drama to win both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The play opened on Broadway in 1939. Cha ...

'' (2008) * Giving Gorillas Passports (2009) *''

No Shame, No Fear ''No Shame, No Fear'' is a 2003 novel for young adults by Ann Turnbull. Set in the fictional town of Hemsbury in the 1660s, the novel depicts the love between a Quaker girl, Susanna, and Will, the son of a rich merchant. Their story takes place ...

'' (2006) *

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(2005) *

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

(2005) *

The Constant Wife ''The Constant Wife'', a play written in 1926 by W. Somerset Maugham, is a comedy whose modern and amusing take on marriage and infidelity gives a quick-witted, alternative view on how to deal with an extramarital affair. A “sparkling comedy ...

(2004) *

The Country Wife ''The Country Wife'' is a Restoration comedy written by William Wycherley and first performed in 1675. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial f ...

(2004)

Discography

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Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts ''Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts'' is the second album by the British indie and psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. Recording Initial recording sessions for the album were produced by John Leckie but the band soon decided to bring in producers Georg ...

'' (1999) *''

'' (1999)

References

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Kula Shaker on Later with Jools Holland, 2008Theatre review for The Time of Your Life, 2008
1972 births Living people Alumni of the Drama Studio London English male film actors English male stage actors Male actors from Somerset {{England-actor-stub