Brett Findlay

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Brett Findlay
Born (1972-05-30) 30 May 1972 (age 50)
Somerset, England
Years active2003–present
Spouse Jemilah Findlay (div 2021)

Brett Findlay (born 30 May 1972) is a British film and stage actor.

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Findlay trained at the Drama Studio London. He was married to Jemilah Findlay (née Litvinoff, granddaughter of Cherry Marshall and Emanuel Litvinoff) until 2021 when they divorced. They have two children a daughter, Akiko and a Son.

He had a cameo part in Beyond the Fire , [1] [2] the award-winning Best Film (UK Feature) London Independent Film Festival and was principal actor in the 2008 thriller Dark Rage . [3] In his previous career as a musician he is most noted as percussionist with Kula Shaker, the English psychedelic rock band. [4] He also played percussion on Toploader's album Onka's Big Moka.

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References

  1. "Institute of Contemporary Arts : Film : Beyond the Fire". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. "Beyond the Fire | Film | The Guardian". The Guardian. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Dark Rage". IMDb. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. http://users.compaqnet.be/fairyland/kulafaq2.htm "In the past, Govinda was often performed with a female vocalist called Gouri Choudhury. Also nowadays, when they do a gig, most of the time there is an additional percussion person present and his name is Brett Findlay."
  5. Harris, Elise (23 September 2003), I Was Never Young (Short), retrieved 19 December 2022