Jay Simon (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor best known for screen roles including: Doug in The Royal Treatment, Alan Griever in Filthy Rich, Senator Regulus in Roman Empire (TV Series), Papa Monster and Edisson in The Molly Monster Movie, the Flight Attendant in The Wedding Date, Billy Hennessy in Jack Higgins' Midnight Man and Lionel Symon in Stephen Poliakoff's Perfect Strangers.
He appeared as a solo singer in various productions for the English National Opera, including Carmen, Tosca and Jonathan Miller's The Magic Flute, in 1979 at the age of thirteen.
After graduation he was offered a post as Assistant Director to Marina Caldarone, in George F. Walker's Nothing Sacred, an adaption of Turgenev's play Fathers and sons at Theatr Clwyd.
Returning to the U.K., he starred as Celadon in Mike Westbrook's TV Opera Good Friday 1663, for Channel Four directed by Frank Cvitanovitch.
Directed by Rhys Hayward and produced by Hand made films);[1] Bollywood movie The Pinocchio Effect, This Charming Man, The Knight and the Templar, and Daybreak.
He has narrated the popular television series China's Hidden lands, Future Car, Egypt's Missing Queen, The Bermuda Triangle and MegaStructures.
He has appeared as Doug in The Royal Treatment(2022 Netflix movie)),Alan Griever in Filthy Rich', Senator Regulus in 'Roman Empire 3 (2019)' Aarne in Bombshell: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, Bryan Petersen in an NZ/Danish co produced TV series Straight Forward, The Guy and Harley Show and the popular soap Shortland Street as English heart surgeon Dr John Petersen.
[11] Back in New Zealand Jay has since voiced the Thoriphant Bounty and Man in the Kiwi animated 2019 feature Mosley (Huhu Studios) and various characters in the popular Kiwi animated series Quimbo's Quest as well as the Skaer and the Codex for the popular cult movie This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (2016) directed by Christian Nicholson.