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Russell Brand is an actor, comedian, TV presenter, podcaster, radio host and author.

Born in Essex, he had a difficult childhood. Brand’s parents split when he was just six months old, so his mother raised him on her own. However, when Brand was eight, she fought the first of several battles with cancer. As a teenager, he too battled things including ADHD, bulimia, bipolar disorder, drugs and other addictions.

Something of a social outcast, Brand found light in theatre and comedy. He was in a production of Bugsy Malone at the age of 15, and then sought out work as an extra in films. In 2000, Brand launched his stand-up comedy career at the Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year showcase and came in fourth.

He appeared at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004 with his first one-man show Better Now, a confessional about heroin addiction. The following year he returned to the Fringe with Eroticised Humour, and in 2006 he launched his first UK-wide tour Shame there.

In the early 2000s, Brand’s quick wit and unique stage presence were recognised by television executives. He presented a few shows for MTV and appeared on several Big Brother specials and spinoffs. Brand landed a role in the BBC sitcom Blessed in 2005, but it was The Russell Brand Show hosted alongside comic partner Matt Morgan for BBC Radio 6 Music in 2006 that made him a star.

In 2007, the duo worked together to create a documentary called Russell Brand On The Road, plus he landed his first film role as Flash Harry in St Trinian’s and published his first memoir, My Booky Wook.

Brand starred in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008 and later hosted the MTV Video Music Awards, where he made controversial comments about everyone from President George W Bush to the Jonas Brothers. Numerous opportunities to host and perform followed. Among the highlights, Brand appeared movies like 2008’s Bedtime Stories, 2010’s Get Him To The Greek, 2011’s remake of Arthur and 2012’s jukebox musical Rock Of Ages with Tom Cruise.

Brand continued his film career with 2015’s The Emperor's New Clothes and by voicing the character Creek in 2016’s hit movie Trolls.

In 2017, he started his podcast Under The Skin to explore what’s beneath the surface of the ideas that define our time, and he also got married to Scottish blogger Laura Gallacher. The couple have two daughters.