Simon Brooks(III)
- Actor
Brooks was born in the small East Yorkshire port of Goole in the summer
of 1968. His acting talent was first spotted at the age of 10 by his
teacher Doreen Hislop, who cast him as 'Small Boy' in the end-of-term
play Amelia-Anne and the Umbrella. That small but pivotal role led to
many other stage successes, among them Badger in Wind in the Willows,
Bill Cracker in Brecht's Happy End, the MC in Cabaret, and a trio of
Shakespeare roles: Falstaff, King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream,
in which the audience were delighted to see Brooks's Bottom. His first
professional role came in Nigel Williams' controversial stage play The
Adventures of Jaspar Ridley, with Hull Truck Theatre in 1985. This led
to a small but pivotal role in the BBC's hard-hitting drama Spyship (1983).
Since then Brooks has been resting, playing rock 'n' roll (Brooks is
also a talented drummer), singing karaoke and belly-dancing, although
it was recently announced that he plans to kickstart his acting career
in the new year with an appearance in the new, as yet untitled, Bob
Hoskins movie.