Russell Brand
- 48 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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How Russell Brand reinvented himself as a clickbait conspiracy theorist
Having seen his Hollywood career flop and TV work dry up, Russell Brand has seemingly reinvented himself as a YouTube conspiracy theorist.
The stand-up comedian's controversial views on the world's biggest news events have pulled in 5.4million subscribers to his channels - and drawn comparisons to outspoken former footballer David Icke, who believed Earth had been hijacked by shape-shifting reptilians.
Grant Rollings, The Sun, 31st March 2022Russell Brand interview
"Look into my eyes and see if you think I'm telling you the truth."
Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 28th March 2022How Russell Brand went from stand-up stardom to peddling YouTube conspiracy theories
With a series of alarmist videos tackling issues like Covid and the Russian-Ukrainian war, the comedian has reinvented himself as a popular online current affairs guru. But while his latest venture offers a mixed bag of healthy scepticism and poorly sourced controversy-mongering, it's worth asking what exactly he stands to gain, writes Louis Chilton.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 15th March 2022People are saying Russell Brand is the UK's Joe Rogan after his latest comments
Recently, in his video entitled "How Did We Miss This?" Brand slammed Justin Trudeau while talking about the "authoritarianism" happening in Canada.
Kieran Galpin, JOE, 14th March 2022Russell Brand's mocking of Brian Stelter sees following grow in US
A video of Russel Brand mocking CNN host Brian Stelter has gone viral. The 46-year-old comedian took aim at Stelter for his recent comments about Joe Rogan's opinion not being as well-founded as newsrooms such as CNN, contending that "not all opinions are created equal".
Peony Hirwani, The Independent, 8th February 2022Why comedians stopped being funny
It's safer to become a podcaster than tell a good joke.
Dorian Lynskey, Unherd, 8th February 2022What it was like working with Russell Brand
Henry Jeffreys recalls his time working for a certain tousle-haired comedian.
Henry Jeffreys, The Fence, 28th October 2021Russell Brand fallen down anti-vax conspiracy hole
According to a report from the Daily Beast's Cheyenne Roundtree, comedian and actor Russell Brand - whose star had diminished considerably over the past few years - has found new life as a purveyor of anti-vax conspiracy rumors.
Tom Boggioni, Raw Story, 3rd October 2021Russell Brand review - piety, politics and parenting
The spiritual comedian's lofty aspirations make way for funny riffs on fatherhood and lockdown in a self-ridiculing set.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th September 2021Russell Brand's Shakespeare show to be streamed
On demand and PPV service, LIVENow, has announced that on 14 July audiences can watch exclusively on the platform a filmed version of Russell Brand's one man theatre show, Our Little Lives: Shakespeare & Me, in which he takes some life lessons from Shakespeare.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th June 2021