Simon Russell Beale
Born in Penang, Malaysia — Jan 12 1961
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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 (…
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American Experience
John Adams (voice)
House of the Dragon
Ser Simon Strong
Spooks
William Towers
Penny Dreadful
Ferdinand Lyle
Thor: Love and Thunder
Dionysus
The Hollow Crown
Falstaff
Mary & George
Sir George Villiers
The Legend of Tarzan
Mr. Frum
The Magic Faraway Tree
Know All
A Very Peculiar Practice
Mark Stibbs
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Sir Hector Moreland
Vanity Fair
John Sedley
A Dance to the Music of Time
Widmerpool
Persuasion
Charles Musgrove
The Outfit
Roy Boyle
Hamlet
Second Gravedigger
The Death of Stalin
Lavrenti Beria
Mary Queen of Scots
Robert Beale
Firebrand
Stephen Gardiner
The Choral
Sir Edward Elgar
Into the Woods
Baker's Father
Douglas Is Cancelled
Bently
Dunkirk
Winston Churchill
Operation Finale
David Ben-Gurion
Orlando
Earl of Moray
Operation Mincemeat
Winston Churchill
Radioactive
Professor Lippmann
Alice in Wonderland
King Cedric of Hearts
My Week with Marilyn
Cotes-Preedy
Sacred Music
Presenter
Benediction
Robbie Ross
Symphony
An Ideal Husband
Sir Edward
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge's voice (voice)
The Gathering
Luke Fraser
The Deep Blue Sea
Sir William Collyer
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)
Winston Churchill
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Wellington
Muse of Fire
Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Hamlet
My Cousin Rachel
Couch
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)
Winston Churchill
Prima Facie
Deep Water
Donald Crowhurst (voice)
Museo
Frank Graves
Cunk on Shakespeare
Self - Actor
The Hour
Himself
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Richard II
Time and the Conways
Party Guest
The Young Visiters
Prince of Wales
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Henry Lehman
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Self - Interviewee
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Lear, King of Britain
Legacy
Hookey
The Mushroom Picker
Anthony
RSC Live: The Tempest
Prospero
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Duchess / Introduced by
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Home! Home!
Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
Timon
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Sir Harcourt Courtly
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
Narrator
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Joseph Stalin
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
presenter
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
Himself - Performer
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
Presenter
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
Sacred Music: God's Composer
Presenter
An Easter Celebration
presenter
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Richard II