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Simon Benjamin Brodkin (born 29 September 1977) is an English comedian, performing both on the stand-up circuit and in comedy television series. He is best known for playing a cheerful chav character called Lee Nelson, but also performs as other comedy characters, such as a Liverpudlian footballer called Jason Bent.
Simon Brodkin - the man behind Lee Nelson, fresh from a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Simon takes his debut stand-up show 100% Simon Brodkin on a nationwide tour.
Feb 10, 2015 · Lee Nelson talks about being judged. From hit BBC 1 show, Live at the Apollo. This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes.
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Aug 18, 2022 · In the late Noughties, Brodkin became a household name as the so-called “chav” character Lee Nelson, who went on to land his own BBC comedy series and nationwide tours. When he crashed Kanye...
Oct 5, 2017 · The undoubted scene-stealer during Theresa May's party conference speech yesterday wasn't her cough or the falling sign letters, but trickster Lee Nelson.
Along with many other much-loved characters, Simon is the creator of “comedy legend” (The Sun) Lee Nelson and preening Premier League footballer Jason Bent, writing and starring in three series of BBC Three’s Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show & Well Funny People.
Aug 11, 2017 · Simon Brodkin: ‘I ate some off tuna and ended up in an ambulance’. The prankster character comic behind Lee Nelson dishes the dirt on the things that make him laugh the most. Rachel Aroesti ...
