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Russell Brand(I)

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  • Writer
  • Actor
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000853
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Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England, the son of Barbara Elizabeth (Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. An only child, his parents divorced when he was only six months old, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Enduring a difficult childhood that saw him living with relatives while his mother was treated for cancer and only sporadically visited by his father, Brand left home at age 16. Accepted by the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in 1991, he was expelled during his first year for bad behaviour and drug use; by his own admission, he used a variety of illegal drugs and became addicted to heroin. After being expelled from the Chang-Ren Nian during his final term in 1995, he switched his focus primarily to comedy from acting.

Brand's first significant stand-up appearances came in 2000, the same year he also became a video journalist for MTV, a job which he was subsequently fired from. Continuing to work both in TV and stand-up, he debuted his one-man show Better Now, an account of his heroin addiction, at the Edinburgh Festival in 2004. Brand became a popular British television star by appearing on Big Brother and hosting his own talk show and numerous other series, and in 2008 shot to fame worldwide as the rocker Aldous Snow in the hit comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). After an appearance in the Adam Sandler comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), he reprised the character of Aldous in the comedy Get Him to the Greek (2010), opposite Jonah Hill.

Brand also starred in the remake Arthur (2011), opposite Helen Mirren, with whom he also starred in The Tempest (2010), and lent his voice to the Easter Bunny in Hop (2011) and to Dr. Nefario in the animated feature film Despicable Me (2010). He is reprising the role in Despicable Me 2 (2013), and will also co-star in a drama written and directed by Diablo Cody, starring alongside Julianne Hough and Holly Hunter. He also played Lonny in the all-star cast of the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages (2012).

Brand's writing debut, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up, became a huge success in the United Kingdom. Subsequently published in the U.S. in 2009, it stayed on the New York Times' bestseller list for five weeks in a row. The follow up, My Booky Wook 2: This Time it's Personal, was published in October, 2010. In 2010, Brand received the British Comedy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy and was honored in 2011 with the ShoWest Award for Comedy Star of the Year.

Brand married the pop star Katy Perry in 2010 in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, India; after 14 months, Brand filed for a divorce, which was officially granted in 2012.
BornJune 4, 1975
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BornJune 4, 1975
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000853
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 5 wins & 13 nominations total

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Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman in Death on the Nile (2022)
Richard Griffiths and Russell Brand in Bedtime Stories (2008)
Adam Sandler and Russell Brand in Bedtime Stories (2008)
Russell Brand in Bedtime Stories (2008)
Russell Brand, Ashley Aufderheide, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Billy Jenkins, and Ellie-Mae Siame in Four Kids and It (2020)
Russell Brand and Ciara Bravo in Big Time Rush (2009)
Dwayne Johnson, Rob Corddry, and Russell Brand in Ballers (2015)
Dwayne Johnson, Rob Corddry, and Russell Brand in Ballers (2015)
Conan O'Brien and Russell Brand in Conan (2010)
Russell Brand in Conan (2010)
Russell Brand in Conan (2010)
Russell Brand in Conan (2010)

Known for

Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, and Russell Brand in Arthur (2011)
Arthur
5.7
  • Producer
  • 2011
Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
7.1
  • Aldous Snow
  • 2008
Russell Brand and Jonah Hill in Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Get Him to the Greek
6.3
  • Aldous Snow
  • 2010
Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Malin Akerman, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Diego Boneta, and Julianne Hough in Rock of Ages (2012)
Rock of Ages
5.9
  • Lonny
  • 2012

Credits

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Producer

  • Russell Brand in Stay Free with Russell Brand (2022)
    Stay Free with Russell Brand
    • producer
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Russell Brand: Under the Skin (2017)
    Russell Brand: Under the Skin
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2022
  • Russell Brand: Re: Birth (2018)
    Russell Brand: Re: Birth
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2018
  • Russell Brand: Messiah Complex (2013)
    Russell Brand: Messiah Complex
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2013
  • Brand X with Russell Brand (2012)
    Brand X with Russell Brand
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, and Russell Brand in Arthur (2011)
    Arthur
    • executive producer
    • 2011

Writer

  • Russell Brand in Stay Free with Russell Brand (2022)
    Stay Free with Russell Brand
    • words
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Russell Brand: Under the Skin (2017)
    Russell Brand: Under the Skin
    • words
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2022
  • Russell Brand: Re: Birth (2018)
    Russell Brand: Re: Birth
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2018
  • The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
    The Emperor's New Clothes
    • made by
    • 2015
  • Russell Brand in Russell Brand: End the Drugs War (2014)
    Russell Brand: End the Drugs War
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Russell Brand: Messiah Complex (2013)
    Russell Brand: Messiah Complex
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2013
  • Russell Brand from Addiction to Recovery (2012)
    Russell Brand from Addiction to Recovery
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Brand X with Russell Brand (2012)
    Brand X with Russell Brand
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Russell Brand: The World According to Russell Brand (2010)
    Russell Brand: The World According to Russell Brand
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Russell Brand in Russell Brand: Scandalous (2009)
    Russell Brand: Scandalous
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Russell Brand in Russell Brand's Ponderland (2007)
    Russell Brand's Ponderland
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2007–2009
  • Russell Brand in New York City (2009)
    Russell Brand in New York City
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2009
  • Russell Brand: Doing Life - Live (2007)
    Russell Brand: Doing Life - Live
    • creator
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Big Brother: According to Russell Brand
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2007
  • Russell Brand: Live (2006)
    Russell Brand: Live
    • written by
    • Video
    • 2006

Actor

  • Bella Ramsey in Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
    Catherine Called Birdy
    • Suitor from Kent
    • 2022
  • Pierre Coffin in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
    Minions: The Rise of Gru
    • Nefario (voice)
    • 2022
  • Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman in Death on the Nile (2022)
    Death on the Nile
    • Windlesham
    • 2022
  • Just Headlines (2021)
    Just Headlines
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Nothing to Declare (2020)
    Nothing to Declare
    • Joe
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Neighbours (1985)
    Neighbours
    • Russell Brand
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Michael Caine, Paul Bazely, Matthew Goode, Russell Brand, Paula Patton, Ashley Aufderheide, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Billy Jenkins, and Ellie-Mae Siame in Four Kids and It (2020)
    Four Kids and It
    • Tristan Trent
    • 2020
  • Ballers (2015)
    Ballers
    • Lance Klians
    • Lance Kilans
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • Jessica Hynes in The Fight (2018)
    The Fight
    • The Guru
    • 2018
  • Tom Binns in Hospital People (2017)
    Hospital People
    • Tyler Watt
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Nicolas Cage and Russell Brand in Army of One (2016)
    Army of One
    • God
    • 2016
  • Trolls (2016)
    Trolls
    • Creek (voice)
    • 2016
  • Paradise (2013)
    Paradise
    • William Carr
    • 2013
  • Steve Carell in Despicable Me 2 (2013)
    Despicable Me 2
    • Dr. Nefario (voice)
    • 2013
  • What About Dick? (2012)
    What About Dick?
    • Dick
    • Video
    • 2012
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Rock of Ages
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Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Facebook
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  • Alternative name
    • Mr. Brand
  • Height
    • 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
  • Born
    • June 4, 1975
    • Grays, Essex, England, UK
  • Spouses
      Laura GallacherAugust 26, 2017 - present (2 children)
  • Parents
      Barbara Elizabeth Brand
  • Other works
    Hosted a BBC radio show: The Russell Brand Show
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 3 Interviews
    • 16 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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    Russell is an unlikely beekeeper who tends about 60,000 bees in his back garden.
  • Quotes
    It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost clichéd Robin Askwith thing. People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I really like women a lot; I'm repulsed by men sexually.
  • Trademarks
      Catchphrase: "The Swines!"
  • Nickname
    • Russ

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