Russell Brand

He reprised his role as Aldous Snow in Get Him to the Greek and recorded sixteen songs for the soundtrack.

Brand appeared on the 2010 version of 3 Lions alongside Robbie Williams. He also appeared in the music video to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds's single AKA... What a Life! playing a drug pusher. Read Less

Footage of the incident was later sent to TMZ. Perry later defended Brand's actions, and offered an insight into the reasons for his outburst, posting on Twitter that, "If you cross the line & try and put a lens up my dress, my fiancé will do his job & protect me." Read Less

Brand was born in Orsett Hospital in Grays, Essex, England. He is the only child of Barbara Elizabeth (née Nichols) and photographer Ronald Henry Brand. Brand's parents divorced when he was six months old, and he was raised by his mother. He has described his childhood as isolated and lonely. When he was seven, he was sexually abused by a tutor. When Brand was eight, his mother contracted uterine cancer and then breast cancer one year later. While she underwent treatment, Brand lived with relatives. When he was 14, he suffered from bulimia nervosa. When he was 16, he left home because of disagreements with his mother's live-in partner. His mother had lymphoma at the time. Brand then started to use illegal drugs such as cannabis, amphetamines, LSD and ecstasy. In an interview on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday Brand says 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. In an interview with Piers Morgan, Brand stated that he thought his dad was "the coolest dad in the world", and would turn up in a Porsche one moment to collect him from school and then be reduced to nothing another and have to move in with Russell's grandmother again. After his parents' divorce, Brand's father remarried twice. Read Less

Brand lives in Los Angeles and has been a vegetarian since the age of 14 and a vegan since October 2011. PETA named him 2011's Sexiest Vegetarian. He dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion, describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka". He has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder, has suffered from bulimia, and went through a period of self-harming. Brand has shown interest in the Hare Krishna Movement and chants the Hare Krishna mantra for drug rehabilitation. During an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on her show in, Brand talked about his love of Transcendental Meditation. Read Less