Christopher Simpson

Christopher Crawford Gatsinzi Simpson born 1975 is an Irish actor He played Karim in the film adaptation of Monica Alis novel Brick Lane Simpson was born in Dublin Ireland His father is Irish and his mother was of GreekRwandan descent His father met his mother in Rwanda whilst training to be a teacher When Simpson was a child he visited Rwanda with his mother His mothers first language was Kinyarwanda Simpson lived in Dublin until he was six years old After his parents divorced he moved to London with his mother and his sister Fiona where he has lived ever since When Simpson was at primary school he began attending drama classes on Thursday evenings with an amateur dramatics club Simpson has often been cast in South Asian roles although his heritage is mixed European and African In 2002 he played twins Magid and Millat in White Teeth In 2003 he starred in Second Generation and appeared in State of Play In 2003 Simpson played a supporting role in Code 46In 2004 he played the role of Hassan Sabbah in The Keeper The Legend of Omar Khayyam In 2005 he appeared in Chromophobia In 2006 he played a supporting role in Mischief Night In 2007 he played the lead role of Karim in the film adaptation of Monica Alis novel Brick Lane and a supporting role in Exitz Simpson had one week to learn the part of Karim for Brick Lane In 2008 Simpson was a British Independent Film Awards jury member In 2006 Simpson played the role of Dionysus in Conall Morrisons The Bacchae of Baghdad an updated version of Euripidess play The Bacchae at the Abbey Theatre In 2011 he played the role of Maz in John Donnellys The Knowledge and the role of Parvez in Steve Waters Little Platoons both at the Bush Theatre In 2016 he played the role of Sebastian in Bryony Laverys adaptation of Brideshead Revisited at the English Touring Theatre and UK National Tour