An Overview Of Russell And His Career
Russell Brand is a known name in the UK today. He is one of the leading political and social thinkers with high intellectual in Britain. But do you know how his career started and what he did before? Want to know, read this article further, as we have presented a brief overview of Russell Brand’s Career.
About Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand is a citizen of British, born and brought up in Grays, England. He is an English actor, comedian, writer, singer, and radio host. He started his career as a comedian. He is famous for his wits and humour, knowledge and views on world issues.
He has been a drug & alcohol addict and used to be famous for his wild lifestyle. He has been called a maniac and troublemaker by the media due to his outrageous behaviour under the influence of drugs, it was considered that his childhood is the reason behind his attitude.
His childhood and drugs addiction
About his childhood, he does not have a pleasant childhood. His parents separated right after a few months of his birth. In his teenage, his mother got uterine cancer and later breast cancer, which made his childhood memories filled with depression and anxiety. This time has largely influenced his life. He was famous for his drug addiction and had been the subject of media for a long time.
Career of Russell
From where did he start his career?
He began his career as a comedian, he performed in public at Hackney Empire Act of the year in 2000 and came 4th in the competition. Although he did not win, his performance grab the attention of Bound and Gagged comedy LTD. agent Nigel Klarlfled who helped him in his career. Soon, his skills got recognised by MTV and he got an opportunity on MTV as a presenter. At MTV, he presented the show Dancefloor Chart and Select. Later bringing a drug leader in the office and coming dressed up as Osama Bin Laden, he got fired from MTV. This whole fiasco happened in the year 2002. After that, He becomes famous when he hosted the “Big Brothers Eforum” in 2004, where the guests and audience presented their views on Big Brother.
His show The Russell Brand show
In 2006, he started The Russell Brand show with Morgan which made him the household name in the UK. And after that, he was flooded with opportunities to perform on television. He performed at major debate shows in Britain. He even performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in the 2007 Royal Variety Performance.
He started performing in the USA and recorded performances for Comedy Central.
Actor
He got his first acting break in the movie ST. Trinians and he got famous among American audience when he did the American movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He did many movies such as Bedtime Stories, The Tempest, and Get Him to Greek, etc. which made him a prominent name in Hollywood.
Production
He tried his hand in production and started his own production company Vanity Projects in 2008 and later released Russelles Brand Doing Life in 2009.
When his production company performed well he launches another production company with his friend Nik Linnen called ‘Branded Films’, which was established to produce films with him as an actor.
Writing
He wrote his first biography in 2007, My Booky Wook, where he shared his tale of drug addiction, and he had written part 2 of the book The Booky Wook: This time is Personal.
He had written columns on The Guardian and shares his views on current topics and news.
His recent book Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped, was published in January 2019. In the book, he mentioned the people who had a positive impact on his life, he encourages his readers to look to others and become the better version of them.
Podcasts
In 2015, he launched The Russell Podcast through Audioboom, which ended after 24episodes, and then he again started the podcast in 2017, Under the Skin with Russell Brand, where he interviewed guests from various fields. He has a number of interesting and popular channels on YouTube and other podcast platforms.
What is he doing now? Over the years, his interest in politics has risen and now, he is a social and political thinker who strives to bring attention to world issues. He brings attention to recent causes through his writing, documentaries on political issues, and podcasts. A very interesting character, and even if you don’t agree with all he has to say, it is always worthwhile listening to his point of view. On his channel Under The Skin, he interviews a wide range of different people, artists, thinkers, and politicians, and his interviewing style is extremely explorative and does never push any agenda. It’s interesting regardless on which side of the political spectrum you sit.
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