Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Sister of <private> Hudson and <private> Hudson Occupation: Added 2013-08-01 17:01:39 -0700 by Private User Collection: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, California, USA Mother's maiden name: Added 2014-02-07 09:24:18 -0800 by Private User Collection: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, Kalifornia Parents: <Private> Hudson, <Private> Hudson (z d. Perry) Siblings: Added 2014-02-07 09:26:48 -0800 by Private User Collection: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, Kalifornia Parents: <Private> Hudson, <Private> Hudson (z d.

Perry) Siblings: Maurice Keith Hudson, Mary Hudson (Perry) Siblings: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, CA, USA Parents: <Private> Hudson, <Private> Hudson (born Cox) Siblings: mother's ex-spouse About Katy Perry She is better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents; she grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career. She released a self-titled gospel album in 2001 as Katy Hudson which failed with the closing of its record label that year. She recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004–2005, neither of which were released. After signing on with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first Internet single, "Ur So Gay", that November, which garnered attention but did not chart.

She rose to fame with her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which topped international charts. Perry's first mainstream album, One of the Boys, followed later that year and was eventually announced to be the thirty-third best selling album of 2008 worldwide. It was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America; "I Kissed a Girl" and her second single "Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum certifications. Perry was ranked the 97th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining bold colors and vintage fashion. Her next album, Teenage Dream, was released on August 24, 2010 in the United States. Perry had a long relationship with Travis McCoy; she is currently engaged to Russell Brand. Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California.

The second child of two pastors, she has an older sister and younger brother.Her Evangelical mother, Mary Hudson (née Perry), grew up in Southern California and had "a tempestuous first marriage in Zimbabwe."Her father, Keith Hudson, was a West Coast scenester in the 1960s.Perry's maternal aunt and uncle were screenwriter Eleanor Perry and director Frank Perry, through whom she is also related to Charles M. Schwab, the founder of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Perry is of Portuguese and German ancestry on her mother's side. Perry was incorporated into her parents' ministry; she sang in their church from ages 9 to 17. She grew up listening to gospel music and was not allowed to listen to what her mother called secular music. Perry attended Christian schools and camps. As a child, Perry learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. She was taught by seasoned dancers and began with swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug. She took her GED after her freshman year of high school and decided to leave school to pursue a career in music.

Perry initially started singing "because I was at that point in my childhood where I was copycatting my sister and everything she did."Her sister practiced with cassette tapes, and Perry took the tapes herself when her sister was not around. She rehearsed the songs and performed it to her parents, who suggested she should take voice lessons. She grabbed the opportunity and began taking lessons at age nine to 16. She enrolled in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied Italian opera for a short time. Perry dated Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy, whom she met in a recording studio in New York, on and off for several years. After more than a year of friendship and casual dating, they became serious with their relationship right before they embarked into the 2008 Warped Tour. Perry and McCoy broke up in December 2008. The two began dating again in early 2009 and broke up again a few months later. Perry is now engaged to British comedian Russell Brand after he proposed in December 2009. In a YouTube interview, she said Brand would be a "perfect" father.

Discography: * One of the Boys (2008) * Teenage Dream (2010) Russell Edward Brand - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Orsett Hospital, Grays, Essex, England Immediate Family: June 4 1975 - Thurrock, England Parents: <Private> Brand, <Private> Brand (born Nichols) Ex-wife: June 4 1975 - Grays, Wielka Brytania Ex-wife: Ronald Henry Brand, Barbara Elizabeth Brand (zd. Nichols) Ex-wife: Only child. He is an English comedian, actor, columnist, author and presenter of radio and television. Brand achieved fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his radio show, among other television series and award ceremonies. He has also appeared in a number of films, including the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bedtime Stories, St Trinian's, Get Him to the Greek, and most recently, Despicable Me.

He is noted for various controversies that have surrounded him in the British media, such as the 2008 prank calls that led to his resignation from the BBC. He is engaged to Katy Perry. Brand was born in Orsett Hospital, Grays, Essex, England, the only child of Barbara Elizabeth (née Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer, who married six years earlier. Brand's parents separated when he was six months old. His mother raised him on her own; he had a somewhat isolated and lonely childhood. When Brand was seven, he was sexually abused by a tutor. When Brand was eight, his mother had uterine cancer; a year later she had breast cancer. Brand stayed with relatives whilst his mother underwent treatment. When Brand was 14, he became bulimic. He left school and home at 16, at which time his mother had lymphoma and he did not get on with her live-in partner. He then began taking drugs, including: cannabis, amphetamines, LSD, Ecstasy, cocaine, crack and heroin.

Brand stated during an interview on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday that he had "a strange relationship with his father, whom he saw sporadically and who took him to visit prostitutes during a trip to the Far East". After Brand's parents divorced, his father remarried twice. Brand attended Grays School, a comprehensive. He made his theatrical debut at the age of 15 playing "Fat Sam" in a school production of Bugsy Malone, which prompted him to become an actor. He began working as an extra, and applied to study at the Italia Conti Academy. He was accepted, and Essex council funded his tuition for an introductory year, with potential funding for three additional years. Brand joined the Academy in 1991, but was using drugs and expelled during his introductory year for his behaviour. Afterward, Brand had small acting roles in the children's show Mud and in The Bill. In 1995, Brand applied for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Drama Centre London and was accepted to Drama Centre. By this point he was a heroin addict and an alcoholic.

He was expelled in the final term of his last year for smashing a glass over his head and then stabbing himself in the chest and arms because of poor reactions to one of his performances. After leaving Drama Centre, Brand decided to focus on comedy, and began writing material with Karl Theobald, whom he met at Drama Centre. They formed a short-lived double act, Theobald and Brand on Ice. Personal life: Brand lives in Hampstead, London, with his cat, which he named after the singer Morrissey, of whom Brand is a big fan. He has been a vegetarian since the age of 14, and is a fan of football and a supporter of West Ham United; Brand says that his love of football is "intrinsically about my relationship with my father". He dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion, describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka". He has bipolar disorder, and he has suffered from bulimia,and went through a period of self-harm. Brand has shown interest in the Hare Krishna Movement and chants the Hare Krishna mantra for drug rehabilitation. Brand is a former heroin and sex addict and a recovering alcoholic.

He has had numerous run-ins with the police, having been arrested 11 times. During the time of his addiction, he was known for his debauchery. Brand was ejected from The Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh, and he infamously introduced his drug dealer to Kylie Minogue during his time at MTV. He has abstained from drug use since 2002 and is now a patron of the addiction charity Focus 12. His abandonment of drugs and alcohol was instigated by his agent, John Noel, after Brand was caught taking heroin in a bathroom during his Christmas party. Brand regularly attends AA and NA meetings. After a string of high-profile relationships, Brand developed a reputation in the media as a ladies' man. His dating life won him The Sun's Shagger Of The Year award in 2006, 2007,and 2008. The award has been renamed "The Russell Brand Shagger Of The Year Award" in honour of Brand having won three years in a row.

In January 2009, Brand and several other celebrities wrote to The Independent (as supporters of the Hoping Foundation) to condemn Israel's assault on Gaza, and the "cruel and massive loss of life of the citizens of Gaza". In February 2009, Brand and several other entertainers wrote to The Times defending Bahá'í leaders then on trial in Iran. In April 2009, he attended the 2009 G-20 London summit protests and spoke to the press. In September 2009, Brand was reported to be dating American singer/songwriter Katy Perry. On 6 January 2010, the couple announced their engagement. Family Detective: Russell Brand - Telegraph Family Detective: Russell Brand Russell Edward Brand was born in Thurrock in 1975 Nick Barratt 12:01AM GMT 24 Mar 2007 Nick Barratt's investigation into our hidden histories. This week: Russell Brand The career of Russell Brand has been dogged by controversy, befitting his status as one of Britain's more outrageous comedians and broadcasters.

His radio career has spanned Xfm, from which he was dismissed after making obscene comments on air, via digital BBC 6 Music to a late-night slot last year on Radio 2, where his show gained a cult following. But it is perhaps for his TV work that he is now best known. He gained notoriety when he was sacked by MTV after going to work dressed as Osama Bin Laden on September 12, 2001. Since then, he has hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth, which helped to re-establish his television credentials, before being rewarded with his own chat show on Channel 4, The Russell Brand Show. Earlier this year he hosted The Brit Awards 2007, in a bold move to televise the event live for the first time since the debacle hosted by Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood in 1989. He has also appeared in ITV's The Abbey as a recovering crack addict, a role that mirrored his earlier life when he was a self-confessed heroin addict (he has been clean since 2003 and now works with drugs rehabilitation charities).

As well as being a presenter, Brand is an accomplished stand-up comedian, appearing in The Secret Policeman's Ball, last year, and winning "Best Newcomer" at the 2006 British Comedy Awards. Here's the family background to this colourful character. Who is he related to? Russell Edward Brand was born in Thurrock, Essex, in 1975, the son of Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer from Barking, and his wife, Barbara Elizabeth Nichols. They were married six years before at Havering Parish Church, when Barbara still worked as a secretary. Both families had links with the motor industry - perhaps Russell might one day present Top Gear? Ronald's father, Henry George Brand, was a lorry driver, based in Dagenham, where his wife, Janet, brought up the family. This was a bit of a change from his own father's profession; his marriage certificate in 1936 reveals that his father, also called Henry George Brand, worked as a boot repairer in Limehouse. In contrast, Russell's other grandfather, Frederick William Nichols, worked as a motor accessories buyer at the time of Barbara's birth, in 1946.

He married Barbara's mother, Nellie Miller, in 1942, after obtaining a divorce from his first wife. Yet Frederick's forebears had a different set of skills: they worked with wood. His father, also called Frederick William Nichols, was a piano-maker in Hackney who in 1900 married Theresa Bennett, whose father, Robert, was a cabinet-maker. Frederick senior's father, Edward Henry Nichols, was a carpenter who worked (as did thousands of others) in the building trade in London's East End. Elsewhere on Russell's family tree, we see another series of occupations listed. William Hale, Nellie Miller's grandfather, worked first as a cellarman and then as a beer-bottler for a variety of pubs and breweries in parts of London. He was based mainly in Marylebone, in London, supporting his wife and four children at various addresses - indeed, his brother-in-law also stayed with them in the early 1890s.

However, there is a hidden story to his marriage: if you compare census returns, his wife would appear to have aged by only five years between 1881 and 1891, which masks the fact that she was technically a minor when they married in 1880, as she was only 15 at the time. One wonders if her father, a florist, was asked to provide the flowers for the wedding, or even approved of the match. Certainly no one from either family witnessed the marriage certificate. What's in a name? Brand is a surname that reflects Russell's nature. It comes from the Old Norse word brandr, which means fiery torch or beacon, as well as sword. Consequently, it would have been linked to warriors as well as sparky-natured individuals.

Next week, I'll be looking into the background of the musician Billy Bragg Recent articles in family detective Russell Brand - Biography - IMDb Russell Brand Biography Showing all 58 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (6) | Trivia (11) | Personal Quotes (35) Overview (4) 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Mini Bio (1) Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England, the son of Barbara Elizabeth (Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. An only child, his parents divorced when he was only six months old, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Enduring a difficult childhood that saw him living with relatives while his mother was treated for cancer and only sporadically visited by his father, Brand left home at age 16. Accepted by the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in 1991, he was expelled during his first year for bad behaviour and drug use; by his own admission, he used a variety of illegal drugs and became addicted to heroin.

After being expelled from the Drama Centre London during his final term in 1995, he switched his focus primarily to comedy from acting. Brand's first significant stand-up appearances came in 2000, the same year he also became a video journalist for MTV, a job which he was subsequently fired from. Continuing to work both in TV and stand-up, he debuted his one-man show Better Now, an account of his heroin addiction, at the Edinburgh Festival in 2004. Brand became a popular British television star by appearing on Big Brother and hosting his own talk show and numerous other series, and in 2008 shot to fame worldwide as the rocker Aldous Snow in the hit comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). After an appearance in the Adam Sandler comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), he reprised the character of Aldous in the comedy Get Him to the Greek (2010), opposite Jonah Hill . Brand also starred in the remake Arthur (2011), opposite Helen Mirren , with whom he also starred in The Tempest (2010), and lent his voice to the Easter Bunny in Hop (2011) and to Dr.

Nefario in the animated feature film Despicable Me (2010). He is reprising the role in Despicable Me 2 (2013), and will also co-star in a drama written and directed by Diablo Cody , starring alongside Julianne Hough and Holly Hunter . He also played Lonny in the all-star cast of the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages (2012). Brand's writing debut, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up, became a huge success in the United Kingdom. Subsequently published in the U.S. in 2009, it stayed on the New York Times' bestseller list for five weeks in a row. The follow up, My Booky Wook 2: This Time it's Personal, was published in October, 2010. In 2010, Brand received the British Comedy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy and was honored in 2011 with the ShoWest Award for Comedy Star of the Year.

Brand married the pop star Katy Perry in 2010 in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, India; after 14 months, Brand filed for a divorce, which was officially granted in 2012. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (1) Supporter of West Ham United FC. Is a vegetarian. Auditioned to be in British boy band Five . He is a big fan of The Smiths and, in particular, their ex-frontman Morrissey , so much so that he has a cat named Morrissey. Lives in Shoreditch, London. On his Radio 2 show on 18 October 2008, he and Jonathan Ross left obscene messages on the answerphone of Andrew Sachs , concerning the fact that Brand had slept with Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie . This programme was later broadcast, provoking widespread complaint from the public and politicians such as Gordon Brown . Brand later resigned from the BBC and Ross was suspended without pay for three months. The controller of Radio 2, Lesley Douglas , also resigned. Is an only child. Married Katy Perry in India. Was a postman when he was younger.

Filed for divorce from Katy Perry , on December 30, 2011, citing "irreconcilable differences". Got clean and sober December 13, 2002 through the "Focus 12 Drug Addiction Treatment Center" (UK). Personal Quotes (35) It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost clichéd Robin Askwith thing. People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I really like women a lot; I'm repulsed by men sexually. In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved. Christian Bale, I believe whilst in a restaurant, rolled his eyes at the lighting. That is an offense punishable by five years in prison in the United Kingdom. I admire Christian Bale and I think he's one of the greatest living actors on the planet currently, but we cannot shirk when it comes to good manners.

If it's true that he also dropped a napkin on his way to the lavatory, then I think that he should possibly receive the death penalty. I've always had this impulse to be destructive. I have to say to myself, 'remember, you've got all these things to do - don't ruin it just for the moment. It was nice of you to let him have a go, because, in England, he wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors. (On George W. Bush ) It's no wonder Bob Geldof knows so much about famine - he's been dining out on I Don't Like Mondays for 30 years. What I think, whilst human beings are diverse and different, ultimately - Everyone knows what it is to be in love. Everyone knows what it is to find something funny. Everyone knows what it is to hate or to be jealous or feel insecure. We're made from the same basic stuff: 30 per cent of DNA the same as bananas, 60 per cent the same as worms and 98 per cent the same as chimpanzees, so we can't be that different from each other. I'm above 'heat' magazine, I've read a few books.

But like, you know, if Robert... if there's two aftershaves on the shelf and one of them's got Robert Downey Jr.'s face on it, that might be an appealing aspect to me. [on The Tempest (2010) co-star Helen Mirren ] Confidence. Potency. Female energy. Roaring oestrogen. She's got that potency, doesn't she? That's why she can play queens and leaders. Women are, of course, powerful, feral creatures - the Earth being so female. If women get in tune to that energy, it'll destroy us all. [on fame and finding inner happiness] When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money. And I think that's because we live in a culture that celebrates fame and commerce and consumerism and money, so that if you don't have those things, you feel like you're not enough.

And I think we live in a culture that makes me, "Oh, I'm a little bit too fat or I'm too thin, or I'm not right and I don't fit in." And I think that increasingly I've realised is I've tried to change and I've tried to adapt and amend and pursue these ambitions that ultimately - everybody has beauty within themselves, and if you find this and accept this, then you will be happy regardless of external attributes or material things. I think that most of the things achievable through drugs, certainly the things that people are trying to find through drugs, are accessible through other means - perhaps like meditation or prayer or contact through some kind of higher power. It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you. No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.

[on explaining his thought process during stand-up performances] My mind is aware, I am the puppeteer of myself. When it's good, there is nothing. I'm just completely engaged in the moment, completely lost within. I have the idea as if there are tendrils that hang from the heavens, and when my head is clear, I can cling to them and nothing happens - I don't have to think, it all just comes. I feel like a conduit so that I am free from my mind... When it's good, it's like I'm not there. When I'm improvising I say anything that comes to mind - a lot of it disgusting. Change is perpetual and, to be honest, I don't see any great value in being a provocateur around trivial subjects. We're living at a time of incredible change and incredible consequence. And I think perhaps we should preserve our rhetoric for important subjects: the impending ecological doom being brought about by the irresponsibility of big business; the predatory nature of the financial industry; the constant subjugation of the world's poor; the outsourcing of manufacturing industries into the Third World; the growing disparity between the rich and the poor in apparently civilised nations like Britain and the US.

The interest in me and acceptance of my novelty has been like when Superman leaves his planet and suddenly things that are just normal for him become these superpowers here on earth. Or like Columbus returning from the colonies with tobacco. You're all beautiful, both inside and out. You mustn't worry about anything; nothing is important except finding love within yourself and being all honourable and glorious and beautiful. Take things dead slowly 'cause nothing you can attain externally has value, only that which is within yourself already is valuable. Love is a spark of divinity. There is salvation in love because it is the thing that unites us all. Love is the spark of divinity that is, in essence, life; that is found everywhere. It don't matter that it's transient, it don't matter that it often breaks our hearts, all that matters is that we can all share it in the moment. Don't be lost. You are found also. We only have the moment. All that is real is the moment. Everything else is an illusion, so there we are. I just try to see the beauty in things and people as often as I can.

I know that's a challenging way to live your life sometimes, but mostly the world is beautiful and people are beautiful. There is always the possibility of change. No matter how difficult and how entrenched your situation may seem, be it your personal situation or the situation within society; personal revolution, social revolution are always a possibility... we could form a Utopia at any moment. Life is transient and the material world is but an illusion; only love is real. I've learned that it is important to be beautiful to people. That all that matters is that you are lovely to the people around you and the people that you meet. It doesn't matter if you're a show off or a little bit vain, as long as you're good to your mum, and that you're kind, and that you're lovely. And that everything is transient and superficial and to not get attached to material things because you're going to lose it all. And the only thing that is constant is love. [in 2012, to a yakking fan]: You're the worst audience member since John Wilkes Booth.

[on why the title of his show changed from 'Strangely Uplifting' to 'Brand X'] I have a friend who didn't name his twins for months - just called them Big One and Little One. I said, 'Look, they're going out into the world now. You're going to have to give them names'. The same was true for the show. When it was apparent it was real, we named it. The main narrative thrust of The Bible though, like most spiritual texts, including the Quran is: be nice to each other because we're all the same. [on Doctor Who (2005)] I'd love to be him, I'd be like a Tom Baker one. Like a sort of long scarf, flouncy, wistful, quoting occasional poems, kicking Cybermen in the nuts. This is what the country needs. I would just travel through time pinching people's a***s. Carry on up the worm hole. Like quantum physics, so that is actually perfect. No, we can't have that in the Tardis, 'ere it's a lot bigger on the inside. [on his personal best for having orgasms] Once in Dublin... nine...

not even in a day, an evening. I felt exhausted the next day. I remember like when I first got here thinking, 'Oh, my God, I'm allowed a gun. That's really cool', and I set about justifying it in innumerable ways. I went to a gun range and I learned a little bit about shooting and all that kind of stuff. And in my mind it's like I want to be able to protect the people I love...People who knew me said, 'You should not get a gun - you don't have that kind of personality. You're not a person who should have deadly force at your disposal'...After the Sandy Hook tragedy I thought, How can I legitimately hold the opinions that I do and then hypocritically purchase a firearm. So I have not bought one. My feeling is that the more guns that are available, the more likely for them being used incorrectly here. The great Tupac Shakur , one of your fine poets in America said, 'Role is something you play. Model is something you make. Both them things are fake.' I will be an authentic father, teaching those kids how to steal letters. Communism is just sharing isn't it?

We tell children to do it all the time. It is not that I am not voting out of apathy. I am not voting out of absolute indifference and weariness and exhaustion from the lies, treachery and deceit of the political class that has been going on for generations. [on the British electoral system, which he considers broken] I don't get my authority from this pre-existing paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity.. Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not what's on the ballot..I will never vote and I don't think you should either. [on the death of Robin Williams ] Robin Williams was exciting to me because he seemed to be sat upon a geyser of comedy. Like he didn't manufacture it laboriously within but had only to open a valve and it would come bursting through in effervescent jets. What I might do is watch Mrs. Doubtfire (1993).

Or Dead Poets Society (1989) or Good Will Hunting (1997) and I might be nice to people, mindful today how fragile we all are, how delicate we are, even when fizzing with divine madness that seems like it will never expire. [on Nigel Farage ] This man is not a cartoon character, he ain't Del Boy ( Only Fools and Horses.... (1981)), he ain't Arthur Daley ( Minder (1979)), he is a Pound Shop Enoch Powell and we gotta watch him. [on why he would not stand as a Candidate] Because I don't want to become one of them. See also Russell Brand - IMDb IMDb Actor | Producer | Writer Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England, the son of Barbara Elizabeth (Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. An only child, his parents divorced when he was only six months old, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Enduring a difficult childhood that saw him living with relatives while his mother was ...

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2006 Annually Retentive (TV Series) Himself 2006 1 Leicester Square (TV Series) Himself - Host 2006 100 Greatest Funny Moments (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2006 ShockWaves NME Awards (TV Special) Himself - Host 2006 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2004 Kings of Comedy (TV Series) Presenter 2004 Comedy Lab (TV Series) Himself 2002 Re: Brand (TV Series documentary) Himself 2015 The Drunken Peasants (TV Series) Himself 2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2014 SNL Shorts (TV Movie) Various (uncredited) 2013 Greatest Stand Up Comedians (TV Movie documentary) Himself - 36th Place 2013 Chelsea Lately (TV Series) William in 'Paradise' - Episode #7.132 (2013) ...

William in 'Paradise' 2012 Eliana (TV Series) 2011 American Idol (TV Series) Himself 2010 Almost Famous III (TV Movie documentary) Shane 2007 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (TV Special documentary) Himself Hosted a BBC radio show: The Russell Brand Show See more » Publicity Listings: 2 Print Biographies | 3 Interviews | 16 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more » Official Sites: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on Nigel Farage ] This man is not a cartoon character, he ain't Del Boy ( Only Fools and Horses.... (1981)), he ain't Arthur Daley ( Minder (1979)), he is a Pound Shop Enoch Powell and we gotta watch him. See more » Trivia: On his Radio 2 show on 18 October 2008, he and Jonathan Ross left obscene messages on the answerphone of Andrew Sachs , concerning the fact that Brand had slept with Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie .

This programme was later broadcast, provoking widespread complaint from the public and politicians such as Gordon Brown . Brand later resigned from the BBC and Ross was suspended without pay for ... See more » Trademark: Catchphrase: "The Swines!" See more » Nickname: Amy Winehouse's Death: Russell Brand Pens Appreciation For the Late Singer | Hollywood Reporter Amy Winehouse's Death: Russell Brand Pens Appreciation For the Late Singer 1:09 PM PDT 7/24/2011 by Jane Kellogg COMMENTS Chris Jackson/Getty Images In a Sunday morning blog post, the British comedian and husband of pop star Katy Perry posted a letter, ‘For Amy,’ detailing the common struggle of addiction he shared with his late friend. Addiction is not an unfamiliar beast for British actor and comedian Russell Brand. In his memoir, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up, Brand detailed that his addiction to heroin was so strong, he took the drug every day for 11 years. But in 2003, Brand was finally able to kick the habit. It was around that time he was introduced to and befriended an up-and-coming jazz singer: Amy Winehouse.

STORY: Amy Winehouse Remembered: A Unique Artist Gone Too Soon, But Not Forgotten The Sunday morning after Winehouse was found dead in her apartment, Brand took to his blog to deal with the news of his friend’s death. When you love someone who suffers from the disease of addiction you await the phone call. There will be a phone call. The sincere hope is that the call will be from the addict themselves, telling you they’ve had enough, that they’re ready to stop, ready to try something new. Of course though, you fear the other call, the sad nocturnal chime from a friend or relative telling you it’s too late, she’s gone. Frustratingly it’s not a call you can ever make it must be received. It is impossible to intervene. I’ve known Amy Winehouse for years. When I first met her around Camden she was just some twit in a pink satin jacket shuffling round bars with mutual friends, most of whom were in cool Indie bands or peripheral Camden figures Withnail-ing their way through life on impotent charisma.

Carl Barrat told me that “Winehouse” (which I usually called her and got a kick out of cos it’s kind of funny to call a girl by her surname) was a jazz singer, which struck me as a bizarrely anomalous in that crowd. To me with my limited musical knowledge this information placed Amy beyond an invisible boundary of relevance; “Jazz singer? She must be some kind of eccentric” I thought. I chatted to her anyway though, she was after all, a girl, and she was sweet and peculiar but most of all vulnerable. I was myself at that time barely out of rehab and was thirstily seeking less complicated women so I barely reflected on the now glaringly obvious fact that Winehouse and I shared an affliction, the disease of addiction. All addicts, regardless of the substance or their social status share a consistent and obvious symptom; they’re not quite present when you talk to them. They communicate to you through a barely discernible but un-ignorable veil. Whether a homeless smack head troubling you for 50p for a cup of tea or a coked-up, pinstriped exec foaming off about his “speedboat” there is a toxic aura that prevents connection.

They have about them the air of elsewhere, that they’re looking through you to somewhere else they’d rather be. And of course they are. The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of the day with some purchased relief.

Question: British comedians Jo, Katy and Russell all share which surname?
Answer: Brand