Simon Callow

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-06-13 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Streatham, London, England, UK

Simon Callow

Biography

Simon Phillip Hugh Callow (CBE)(born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999. Callow rose to prominence originating the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1979 Peter Shaffer play Amadeus, for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. Callow joined the Miloš Forman 1984 film adaptation, t...

Acting

1984

Amadeus

as Emanuel Schikaneder

1996

James and the Giant Peach

as Grasshopper (voice)

1998

2010

Save Our Bacon

as The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)

2004

1986

A Room with a View

as The Reverend Mr. Beebe

2011

Ice

as Prime Minister

1990

Postcards from the Edge

as Simon Asquith

1994

Street Fighter

as A. N. Official

1987

Maurice

as Mr. Ducie

1995

2005

The Best Man

as Big-Time Publisher

2007

2021

2001

Christmas Carol: The Movie

as Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

2014

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

as Narrator (voice)

2008

1996

Victory

as Zangiacomo

1985

The Good Father

as Mark Varda

2024

1998

The Scarlet Tunic

as Captain Fairfax

2011

Late Bloomers

as Richard

2002

1990

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as Dr. Alex Sauer

1996

Moses

as Meneptah II (voice)

2009

Theatreland

as Himself

1988

Manifesto

as Police Chief Hunt

1991

The Trials of Oz

as John Mortimer

2005

2023

Surprised by Oxford

as Dr. Sterling

2014

Miss in Her Teens

as The Author

2002

Thunderpants

as Sir John Osgood

2024

2000

Around The World In 80 Days

as Phileas Fogg (voice)

2005

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

as Self (archive footage)

2025

Eternal Return

as Malcolm

1995

Jefferson in Paris

as Richard Cosway

1987

The Reluctant Dragon

as Dragon (voice)

2023

Dodger Special: Coronation

as Archbishop of Canterbury

2022

The Pay Day

as Gates

1993

Femme Fatale

as Vicar Ronnie

2007

2005

Bob the Butler

as Mr. Butler

2003

Bright Young Things

as King of Anatolia

1989

Revolutionary Witness

as Franciscus Palloy

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer

2016

Golden Years

as Royston

2017

Victoria & Abdul

as Mr. Puccini

1995

England, My England

as Charles II

2017

Viceroy's House

as Cyril Radcliffe

1999

Notting Hill

as Simon Callow (uncredited)

1992

Howards End

as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)

2017

Hampstead

as Judge

2011

2016

Mindhorn

as Himself

1995

2000

Deadly Appearances

as Rick Spencer

2012

Acts of Godfrey

as Godfrey

2005

Rag Tale

as Cormac Rourke

2018

Blue Iguana

as Uncle Martin

1991

The Crucifer of Blood

as Inspector Lestrade

2001

No Man's Land

as Colonel Soft

1990

Old Flames

as Nathanial Quass

2006

2017

2018

The Dead Room

as Aubrey Judd

2011

Love's Kitchen

as Guy Witherspoon

2006

Men of Mystery

as Himself

2006

1985

Honour, Profit & Pleasure

as George Frideric Handel

1997

The Woman In White

as Count Fosco

2006

The Madness of Boy George

as Narrator (voice)

2009

Orson Welles Over Europe

as Himself - Presenter

1981

1993

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Eddie Cherdowski

2000

2005

Ripley Under Ground

as Dean Bentliffe

1996

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