Lee Simpson performed his first show with the Comedy Store Players imrpov troupe in 1989 and became a full-time member the following year.

He co-devised and narrated the improvised Radio 4 sitcom The Masterson Inheritance and has appeared in the sitcos Terry and Julian and Drop The Dead Donkey.

Before becoming a performer he had various menial jobs in his Great Yarmouth home town, including cooking burgers in a Wimpy, as a croupier in a casino, and as a cinema projectionist.