Name: Russell Edward Brand
Born: June 4th 1975
Birthplace: Grays, Essex, ENGLAND
Occupations: Radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist
Influences: Peter Cook, Morrissey
Russell is the only child of Barbara Elizabeth Nichols and Ronald Henry Brand who married in 1969 and split up when Russell was three. Russell made his theatrical debut aged fifteen, in Bugsy Malone as Fat Sam and his performances earned him a council funded education at the Italia Conti stage school, which lead to a three-year scholarship at the drama centre in Camden.
Russell’s first significant stand-up appearance was at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year final in 2000. Although he did not finish in the top three, his performance attracted the attention of an agent, John Noel.
His first big tour was his show “Shame†which he toured the UK and performed to sell out audiences drawing on embarrassing things that have happened and the tabloid press and how they have treated him since he became famous.
In late November 2006 Russell put on a secret stand-up show for anyone who had added him as a friend on MySpace. This show featured unseen material not featured on his DVD.
Russell performed a sketch with close friends Matt Lucas & David Walliams for a Little Britain live show for Comic Relief in which he played a crossdressing plumber who comes out to "fellow crossdresser", Emily Howard.
Russell appeared in a sketch and did stand-up at the 2006 “Secret Policeman's Ball.â€
In March 2007, Brand performed a charity show with Noel Fielding centered around the “Goth Detectivesâ€. The idea for the show was inspired by Jonathan Ross, who, on “The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2006â€, suggested that Fielding could play Bob Skeleton ("Indie Detective"), which led to Brand and Fielding jokingly describing a fictional scenario in which they were "Goth Detectives".
Radio Shows
XFM Russell Brand Sunday Afternoons
BBC 6 Music Standing in for Nemone with Karl Pilkington
BBC 6 Music Sundays
BBC Radio 2 The Mark Radcliffe show/Various pilots
BBC Radio 2 The Russell Brand Show
Television Shows
MTV - Dancefloor chart
Sky One - Ibiza on One
UK Play - Brand
Channel 4 - The Russell Brand
E4 - Kings of Comedy
E4/Channel 4 - Big Brother's Big Mouth
MTV - 1 Leicester Square
E4 - Russell Brand's Got Issues
Channel 4 - The Russell Brand Show
Channel 4 - The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
