Russell Brand, aka. Russell Edward Brand, is an English actor, comedian, author, radio host, and activist. Starting off as a stand-up comedian, Brand went on to become an MTV presenter and later also hosted , a

Russell Brand Age, Childhood, Family

An English comedian, actor, radio host, author, and activist Russell Edward Brand was born on 4 June 1975, in Orsett Hospital in Grays, Essex, England. He is the only child of Barbara Elizabeth and Ronald Henry Brand.

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He was raised by his mother and had a hard childhood. Brand finished his schooling at Grays School Media Arts. And In 1991, he was accepted to join Italia Conti Academy where he had his tuition funded by Essex County Council.

Professional Life: Movies, Stand up Comedy, TV Shows

Russell Brand's first performance as a stand-up comedian was at Hackney Empire in 2000, where he finished fourth. Though he finished fourth, he managed very well to attract the attention of Nigel Klarfeld, an agent of Bound Comedy Ltd.

He later performed in Edinburg at Pablo Diablo’s Cryptic Triptych, with puppet master Mark Felgate and Anglo- Iranian comic writer Shappi Khorsandi.

He did his first one-man show; in 2004, for the Edinburgh Festival, as a reaction to his honest account of his heroin addiction.

Later that year, he came back with Eroticised Humor and made his first nationwide tour for the series . In his comic series , he used his life encounters and portrayed them as comic characters.

Later, in his career, he co-hosted the evening gigs for the with Noel Fielding. The brand 2007 performed for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the Royal Variety Performance. Following his success, he made his second nationwide tour, which was also made available on DVD and was called;

Brand later started performing in the US and recorded for Comedy Central which was titled which made its airing in New York in March 2009.