Biography

Christian Simpson was born in London to British parents, and moved to Hollywood in 2009. He has appeared in 4 of the top 5 movie sagas of all time including Star Wars. He now works in Hollywood as a Voice and Commercial Actor.

Before diversifying his entertainment career into work in front of and behind the camera, he began as an award-winning Composer and Pianist writing with gold-selling artists. He is also a successful British Inventor and Property Investor.

Simpson's first major work as an Actor was his succinct feature as Lt. Gavyn Sykes in the #1 PG movie of all time, Star Wars: Episode I (1999), with his likeness immortalized in the Star Wars video games Galaxies (-2011) and Battle For Naboo (2001), a title where his character took the lead role.

He made recurring appearances in the British television soap opera Family Affairs (2005) as Sergeant Wilson. He also had a part in the popular BBC series Judge John Deed (2007) as George Channing Jr., Casualty (2014) as Martin Turner, True Blood (2012) and more.

In 2015 he earned an "Additional Voices" credit on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and completed filming as British fighter pilot survivor Sgt. Fletcher Smith on Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).

Behind the camera Simpson also worked on film series including The Mummy (2008) as Brendan Fraser's Double, Star Wars (2005) as Anakin Skywalker's Stand-in/Double, The Dark Knight Trilogy (2012), and Harry Potter (2011) as the Old Fred Weasley, a character who ironically died young.

In 2015 he began development for the TV adaptation of his novel The Chrononaut (2008) with the executive producer of Superman Returns, and came full circle, becoming a writer for the official StarWars.

- IMDb mini biography by: Benito Coleman