Russell Brand

Russell Brand is one of those performers who makes you feel like the whole world is a stage he built just to monologue on — and honestly, for a while, it worked. The rapid-fire wordplay, the rockstar hair, the genuinely sharp stand-up sets like Scandalous and Messiah Complex showed a guy who could back up the bravado with real wit. His film roles in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek turned him into a genuine Hollywood commodity, and his Big Brother's Big Mouth hosting days proved he could hold a crowd on pure charisma alone. He's also been remarkably open about his past struggles with addiction, and that honesty gave his work an unexpected emotional depth. A complicated figure, no question — but as a comedian operating at full throttle, he was genuinely hard to look away from.

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Name (English)

Russell Brand

Name (Japanese)

ラッセル・ブランド

Reading

らっせる・ぶらんど

Born

June 4, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Grays, United Kingdom

Height

185 cm

Occupation

actor / columnist / comedian / television presenter / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• James Joyce Awards

• Official sitehttps://russellbrand.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/russellbrand/
• Xhttps://x.com/rustyrockets
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Brand
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296609

Tags

• actor
• columnist
• comedian

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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