Russell Brand

Arena-level stand-up that asks us to think as well as laugh The Guardian

Awards:

• Winner: British Comedy Awards: Outstanding Contribution To Comedy 2011 • Winner: British Comedy Awards: Best Live Stand-Up 2008 • Winner: Television and Radio Awards: Best Television Performer in a Non-Acting Role • Winner: British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer 2006 • Winner: Loaded Laftas: Best Stand-Up 2006 • Winner: Time Out: Best Stand-Up 2006

Russell Brand is an award-winning comedian, writer, actor and presenter.

Russell initially rose to fame in 2003 for his work as a presenter on MTV and on Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother’s Big Mouth. Since then he has become one of the most recognisable and best-loved comedy performers in the world, with a series of sold-out tours, bestselling DVDs and a number of major film roles to his name.

His first nationwide stand-up tour, 2006’s Shame, was a huge success, eventually being filmed at London’s iconic Shepherd’s Bush Empire and released as a bestselling DVD, entitled Russell Brand: Live. He followed that tour with 2007’s Only Joking (released on DVD as Doin’ Life) and in 2009 embarked on his debut series of US dates with Scandalous. His critically–acclaimed 2013 show, Messiah Complex, was also a major hit and again a bestselling DVD. Russell’s latest show, Re:Birth, was met with critical acclaim on its UK and international tour and was released as an hour-long stand-up special on Netflix in 2018.

Russell has enjoyed a wide-ranging and incredibly successful career in UK television. After concluding his stint on Big Brother’s Big Mouth in 2007, he went on to host his own chat shows, MTV’s 1 Leicester Square and Channel 4’s The Russell Brand Show, as well as the Bafta-nominated Ponderland, also for Channel 4. He has presented the NME Awards, Brit Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards (in 2008, 2009 and 2012) and in 2013 hosted a special stand-up show for Comic Relief, entitled Give It Up For Comic Relief. He has also appeared on UK TV institutions such as BBC2’s Have I Got News For You, Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of the Year, BBC1’s The Graham Norton Show and ITV1’s The Jonathan Ross Show.

As well as his impressive UK career, Russell is a major star in the US where he has acted in a string of Hollywood films. He starred as Aldous Snow in the hit 2008 Judd Apatow comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a role he reprised in 2010’s equally successful spin-off Get Him To The Greek. Other film roles have included voicing Dr Nerfario in the Despicable Me series and Creek in 2016’s animated box office smash-hit Trolls. He’s appeared multiple times on late night shows including The Tonight Show (with both Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon), Conan, Late Night With Seth Myers and The Late Late Show, as well as guest hosting the legendary Saturday Night Live. In 2018 Russell joined the cast of hit HBO show, Ballers, alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Russell is also a phenomenally successful writer with best-selling titles including autobiographies My Booky Wook and My Booky Wook 2 as well as 2014’s political title, Revolution. In 2017 Russell released Recovery, which outlines the 12-step programme which gave Russell freedom from all

For information please contact Chambers Management T: 0207 796 3588 F: 0207 796 3676 W: www.chambersmgt.co.uk addictions. Recovery became an Instant New York Times Best Seller, and Sunday Times Number One Best Seller. 2019 sees the release of Russell’s latest book, Mentors, which explores how we all – consciously and unconsciously – choose guides, mentors and heroes.

UK Television:

• Roast Battle (Judge) (Comedy Central UK, 2018) • Celebrity Juice (Guest) (ITV, 2018) • Sunday Brunch (Guest) (Channel 4, 2017, 2018) • Loose Women (Guest) (ITV, 2018) • QI (Contestant) (BBC2, 2017) • This Morning (Guest) (BBC1, 2017) • The One Show (Guest) (BBC1, 2011, 2017) • The Last Leg (Guest) (C4, 2013 – 2017) • Red Nose Day (Guest) (BBC1, 2015) • Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Guest) (C4, 2010- 2015) • Comic Relief: National Treasures (Guest) (BBC1, 2015) • The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz (Guest) (C4, 2015) • Russell Brand: End The Drugs War (Host) (BBC1, 2014) • Question Time (Guest) (BBC1, 2013-2014) • Newsnight (Guest) (BBC2, 2012- 2014) • Pride Of Britain Awards (Guest) (ITV, 2010- 2014) • The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year (Guest) (C4, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013) • Mind Shift (Guest) (Gaia, 2013) • Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway (Guest) (ITV, 2013) • Loose Women (Guest) (ITV, 2007- 2013) • The Jonathan Ross Show (Guest) (ITV, 2013) • Russell Brand From Addiction To Recovery (Host) (BBC3, 2012) • London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony Of British Music (Guest) (BBC, 2012) • The Graham Norton Show (Guest) (BBC1, 2007-2012) • 2012 MTV Movie Awards (Host) (MTV ,2012) • A Moment With (Guest) (Comedy Central, 2012) • The Secret Policeman’s Ball (Guest) (C4,2012) • 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (Host) (MTV, 2011) • Daybreak (Guest) (ITV, 2011) • Piers Morgan’s Life Stories (Guest) (ITV, 2011) • Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards (Presenter) (Nickelodeon, 2011) • Big Time Rush (Guest) (MTV, 2011) • Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Team Captain) (BBC1, 2011) • The Simpsons (Voice) (C4, 2011) • Paul O’Grady Live (Guest) (ITV, 2010) • Alex Zane’s Guestlist (Guest) (SKY, 2010) • 2010 MTV Movie Awards (Presenter) (MTV, 2010) • Sport Relief (Guest) (BBC1, 2010) • 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (Host) (MTV, 2009) • Russell Brand’s Ponderland (Host) (C4, 2007- 2009) • Shockwaves NME Awards (Guest) (ITV, 2009) • The New Paul O’Grady Show (Guest) (C4, 2007- 2008) • 2008 MTV Music Video Awards (Host) (MTV, 2008) • Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (Guest) (BBC1, 2006- 2008) • Comedy Live Presents Russell Brand And Friends (Host) (C4, 2008)

For information please contact Chambers Management T: 0207 796 3588 F: 0207 796 3676 W: www.chambersmgt.co.uk • Have I Got News For You (Guest) (BBC1, 2007) • Big Brother According To Russell Brand (Host) (C4, 2007) • Brit Awards 2007 (Host) (C4, 2007) • Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth (Presenter) (C4, 2005- 2007) • Dawn French’s Boys Who Do Comedy (Guest) (BBC2, 2007) • The Russell Brand Show (Host) (C4, 2006) • The British Comedy Awards 2006 (Guest) (ITV, 2006) • Russell Brand’s Got Issues (Host) (E4, 2006) • Big Brothers Big Mouth (Presenter) (C4, 2004- 2006) • 1 Leicester Square (Host) (MTV, 2006) • ShockWaves NME Awards (Host) (ITV, 2006) • Re: Brand (Host) (UK Play, 2002) • White Teeth (Actor) (C4, 2002) • The Bill (Actor) (ITV, 1994) • Mud (Actor) (C4, 1994)

US Television:

• Ballers (Actor) (HBO, 2018) • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Guest) (CBS, 2017) • Real Time with Bill Maher (Guest) (HBO, 2017) • Celebrity Style Story (Guest) (E!, 2016) • The Wendy Williams Show (Guest) (FOX 5,2014) • Live! With Kelly (Guest) (ABC, 2010- 2014) • Rachael Ray (Guest) (FOX, 2010- 2014) • Late Night With Seth Myers (Guest) (NBC, 2014) • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Guest) (NBC, 2014) • The Today Show (Guest) (NBC, 2008- 2014) • CBS This Morning (Guest) (CBS, 2014) • Entertainment Tonight (Guest) (E!, 2008 – 2014) • Late Show With David Letterman (Guest) (CBS, 2008- 2014) • The View (Guest) (ABC, 2009- 2014) • The Improv: 50 Years Behind The Brick Wall (Guest) (EPIX, 2013) • How I Rock It (Guest) (Esquire, 2013) • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Guest) (ABC, 2008- 2013) • Brand X With Russell Brand (Host) (FX, 2012- 2013) • Conan (Guest) (TBS, 2010- 2013) • Chelsea Lately (Guest) (E!, 2009- 2013) • The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (Guest) (NBC, 2008- 2013) • Kathy (Guest) (Bravo TV,2013) • The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (Guest) (CBS, 2008- 2013) • Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (Guest) (NBC, 2009- 2013) • Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (Guest) (Spike, 2012) • Rove LA (Guest) (FOX, 2012) • Piers Morgan Tonight (Guest) (CNN, 2011- 2012) • The Rosie Show (Guest) (NBC, 2011) • Up Close With Carrie Keagan (Guest) (No Good TV, 2008– 2011) • The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (Presenter) (ABC, 2011) • Saturday Night Live (Host) (NBC, 2011) • 2010 American Music Awards (Presenter) (ABC, 2010) • Larry King Live (Guest) (CNN, 2010) • The Movie Loft (Guest) (WSBK TV, 2009) • The Morning Show (Guest) (Seven Network, 2009) • The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet (Guest) (Fox, 2009) • Late Night With Conan O’Brien (Guest) (TBS, 2008) •

For information please contact Chambers Management T: 0207 796 3588 F: 0207 796 3676 W: www.chambersmgt.co.uk Australian TV:

• The Project (Guest) (Network TEN, 2012) • The 7PM Project (Guest) (Network TEN, 2009- 2011)

Dutch Television:

• Our Colonial Hangover (Guest) (VPRO, 2014)

Film:

• Army Of One (Actor) (2016) • Trolls (Voice) (2016) • Brand: A Second Coming (2015) • Anonymous: A Million Men (2015) • The Emperor’s New Clothes (2015) • A Royal Hangover (2014) • Russell Brands The Bird (2014) • Paradise (Actor) (2013) • Despicable Me 2 (Voice) (2013) • Rock Of Ages (Actor) (2012) • Arthur (Actor) (2011) • Hop (Voice) (2011) • Russell Brand: The World According To Russell Brand (2010) • The Tempest (Actor) (2010) • Despicable Me (Voice) (2010) • Get Him To The Greek (Actor) (2010) • Bedtime Stories (Actor) (2008) • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Actor) (2008) • St. Trinian’s (Actor) (2007) • Penelope (Actor) (2006)

Radio:

• The Russell Brand Show- XFM (2013) • The Russell Brand Show- TalkSPORT (2010) • The Russell Brand Show- BBC Radio 2 (2006) • The Russell Brand Show- BBC Radio 6 Music (2005)

Books:

• Mentors (2019) • Recovery (2017) • Revolution (2014) • Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales : The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (2014) • Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal (2010) • Articles Of Faith (2008) • My Booky Wook (2007) • Irons In The Fire (2007)

Live: • Russell Brand Re:Birth (2017-2018) • Russell Brand: Exposed (2016) • Russell Brand: Messiah Complex (2013) • Give It Up For Comic Relief (2013) • Russell Brand Booky Wook 2 tour (2010) • Russell Brand: Scandalous (2009)

For information please contact Chambers Management T: 0207 796 3588 F: 0207 796 3676 W: www.chambersmgt.co.uk • Apatow For Destruction (2008) • Russell Brand (Montreal) (2008) • Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit (2007) • A Seriously Funny Attempt To Get The SFO In The Dock (2006) • Russell Brand: Shame (2006) • Secret Policeman’s Ball (2006) • Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit (2006) • Russell Brand: Eroticised Humor (2005) • Russell Brand’s Better Now (2004) • These Are Not Our Views (2004) • Pablo Diablo’s Cryptic Triptych (2000)

Press comments: Charismatic star makes a hugely enjoyable return to the stage Evening Standard **** (May 2017)

…merciless and very, very funny… Brand is at his dazzling best The i **** (May 2017)

One of the most impressive sights of the comedy year The Telegraph ****

It's great to see arena-level standup that asks us to think as well as laugh – but which nevertheless keeps the laughs front and centre The Guardian ****

[on Messiah Complex] as thought provoking as it is entertaining Time Out **** He’s still a cut above the rest and yes, he pulls off the near-miraculous: we laugh, we think, we think as we laugh Telegraph ****

A force of nature whose musings on sexuality, karma and the human condition are often so florally postulated that each seems like an astral projection rather than an opinion Independent a bright man with a sincere ‘one-world love-and-piece and screw the corporations’ message he wants to use his fame to convey. His charisma – or his libido – cannot be dimmed Chortle he is a brilliant, literate, raconteur with a gloriously over-the-top way with words Scotsman hilarious, thought-provoking and brilliant. Nottingham Post

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