Simon Russell Beale

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-01-12 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Penang, Malaysia

Simon Russell Beale

Biography

Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE (born January 12, 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2019. He has spent much of his theatre career working in productions for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He has received ten Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning three awards for his performances in Volpone (1996), Candide (2000), and Uncle Vanya (2003). For his work on the Broadway stage he has received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a...

Acting

2014

The Mysterious Mr Webster

as Self - Interviewee

1992

Orlando

as Earl of Moray

2020

The Hour

as Himself

1995

Persuasion

as Charles Musgrove

2011

The Deep Blue Sea

as Sir William Collyer

2003

The Young Visiters

as Prince of Wales

2011

My Week with Marilyn

as Cotes-Preedy

2024

Firebrand

as Stephen Gardiner

2014

Into the Woods

as Baker's Father

2013

Legacy

as Hookey

1996

Hamlet

as Second Gravedigger

2014

National Theatre Live: King Lear

as Lear, King of Britain

2022

1985

Time and the Conways

as Party Guest

2016

2003

The Gathering

as Luke Fraser

2010

2024

Home! Home!

as Self (narrator)

2008

2006

Deep Water

as Donald Crowhurst (voice)

1999

2016

Cunk on Shakespeare

as Self - Actor

2017

The Death of Stalin

as Lavrenti Beria

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as King Cedric of Hearts

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De Gaulle – Partie 2

as Winston Churchill

2013

2017

2010

2018

Museo

as Frank Graves

2017

1999

An Ideal Husband

as Sir Edward

2020

Radioactive

as Professor Lippmann

2018

Operation Finale

as David Ben-Gurion

2018

Mary Queen of Scots

as Robert Beale

2020

A Christmas Carol

as Scrooge's voice (voice)

2010

2022

Operation Mincemeat

as Winston Churchill

2021

Benediction

as Robbie Ross

2022

The Outfit

as Roy Boyle

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