Christian J Simpson
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- "...you stare at a Yoda puppet for 2 hours. I swear he winked at me at one point ... Yoda's line of 'Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try' is what made me determined to get a part on a Star Wars film. How ironic is it that I succeed, and end up staring him in the face?"
- ―Christian J Simpson[src]
Christian J Simpson is an English Actor, Writer and Composer.
He portrayed fighter pilot Bravo 6 - Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). As one of only a handful of pilots to survive, his character took the lead role in the Battle for Naboo (2001) video game, and Simpson's likeness was also immortalized as a promoted Captain Sykes in the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies (2003 - ). In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Simpson became Darth Vader's right-hand man, being Hayden Christensen's stand-in for Anakin Skywalker, as well as playing the actions of the female BD-3000 Luxury Droid.
In addition to his work on the Star Wars prequels, he has been featured in several other notable film and television productions. These include Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[1] (as Old Fred Weasley - a character who ironically died young), EastEnders, Family Affairs, Red Cap, Casualty and Spooks: MI-5.[2]
As a composer, Simpson has collaborated with platinum artists including Simon Cowell's The X Factor (TV series)|The X-Factor finalist and Sony BMG artist Andy Abraham, Peter Cunnah (Honeyz/D:Ream), and Dave Curtis (Madonna's Ray of Light)[3].
As a writer, Simpson is currently developing film and television screenplays in Hollywood, where he is based.[4]
He has appeared as a guest at a number of autograph signing conventions for entertainment fans in Japan, Germany[5], Canada[1], Great Britain[6], and most recently at San Diego Comic Con in the USA.[7]
[edit] Behind the scenes
Actor Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker) was given his pilot helmet by actor Christian J Simpson (Lieutenant Sykes) for his cockpit scenes in Episode I. Similar names aside Hayden Christensen's shoes were later filled by Christian J Simpson as UK Episode III Stand-in for Anakin Skywalker himself. It was later discovered Simpson was not only born on the same date George Lucas began writing A New Hope, but that the last ever day of Star Wars movie filming fell on his birthday in 2005.[source?]
[edit] External links
"The Fan to the Man" - "Blog", Christian J Simpson's StarWars.com Blog
- Official Website and Links
- Official Facebook Fan Page
[edit] Sources
- StarWars.com 'Caught on the Cam' interview
- Star Wars Insider December 2007 Issue
