Justin Brett
Biography
Justin Brett trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama. Aside from acting and improvisation (which he also coaches), he also performs as a comedian, and co-runs Duke’s Comedy Club. Theatre includes: alt. Johnny Cash in Million Dollar Quartet (West End); Dame in Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood (Theatr Clywd); Dick Barton in Dick Barton, Special Agent and Captain Tempest in Return to the Forbidden Planet (Oldham Coliseum and Tour); Dame inBeauty and the Beast and Ugly Sister in Cinderella (New Wolsey; Oxford Playhouse); Lost in The Stars (Royal Festival Hall); October Plenty (Globe); Blue/Orange (Octagon, Bolton – Nominated Best Actor, MEN Awards); East Lynne (New Vic, Stoke); The Real Thing(Manchester Library); 101 Dalmatians (Chester Gateway); Strangers on a Train, Blue/Orange, Arms and the Man (Keswick); The Champion of Paribanou, My Sister Sadie, This Is Where We Came In (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); A Small Family Business (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Christmas on Mars (Finborough); The Rivals (Bath); The Revenger`s Tragedy (Bridewell); Deirdre of the Sorrows(Riverside Studios); Jinx, Other Lives, Clowns (Orange Tree).T.V. credits include: Hilary Devey’s Interns; Peep Show; Doctors; EastEnders; Topsy and Tim; Pulling; Gory Greek Gods; Dombey & Son;The Queen’s Nose; The Bill; London`s Burning; Ghoul-Lashed; Spooky.Film includes: War Horse (Steven Spielberg); Gulliver’s Travels; The Fallen; Brothers; Randall’s Flat.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Michael
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Motorbike Rider
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Rock Executive
Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Matt Davidson
Everyone's "larging" it big time as a bunch of Brit boys work their way through Paros getting high, getting drunk and getting laid.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Mitch
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical show 948, filmed before a live audience at the Pleasance Grand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 and released on DVD. Setting: Camping, the Highlands. A modern-day Greek myth featuring romance, adventure and surprisingly located elephants. Featuring music in the styles of Sondheim, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Jesus Christ Superstar and In the Heights.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Antoine
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical show 949, filmed before a live audience at the Pleasance Grand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 and released on DVD. Setting: A fashion show, darling. Enter ‘Milan Week of Fashion’ and meet beautiful ingenue Marie and dirty rat photographer Lawrence Fordham. And also a host of rather vicious pigeons. And a troupe of opera singers paid to highlight emotional moments. Featuring songs inspired by West Side Story, Sondheim, Legally Blonde and Hamilton.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Kenton Dyer
Disgraced journalist Jayne Baghurst seeks to re-establish herself in London through the support of her daughter Robin, after being served with divorce papers from her husband. While Jayne attempts to force her once-obliging spouse to take on the substantial debt she has accrued during their year of separation, Robin begins to see the social contracts underlying her family relationships for what they are.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Gal
A musical twist on the hammer murder scene in Ben Wheatley's Kill List, made for the Film4 Scene Stealers competition.