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Simon Russell Beale

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1961Born, Penang

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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 (2003). For his work on the Broadway stage he has received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for his performance as George in…

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2026Prima Facie

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Thor: Love and ThunderDionysus

House of the DragonSer Simon Strong

The Legend of TarzanMr. Frum

Into the WoodsBaker's Father

The Death of StalinLavrenti Beria

Filmography

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2026Prima FacieMovie

2026De Gaulle: LibertéWinston ChurchillMovie

2026De Gaulle: RésistanceWinston ChurchillMovie

2026The Magic Faraway TreeKnow AllMovie

2025The ChoralSir Edward ElgarMovie

2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleSir Hector MorelandMovie

2024Douglas Is CancelledBently · 4 episodesShow

2024FirebrandStephen GardinerMovie

2024Mary & GeorgeSir George Villiers · 1 episodeShow

2024Home! Home!Narrator (voice)Movie

2022House of the DragonSer Simon Strong · 7 episodesShow

2022Thor: Love and ThunderDionysusMovie

2022Operation MincemeatWinston ChurchillMovie

2022The OutfitRoy BoyleMovie

2021BenedictionRobbie RossMovie

2020A Christmas CarolScrooge's voice (voice)Movie

2020RadioactiveProfessor LippmannMovie

2019National Theatre Live: The Lehman TrilogyHenry LehmanMovie

2019National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the SecondRichard IIMovie

2018Mary Queen of ScotsRobert BealeMovie

2018Vanity FairJohn Sedley · 7 episodesShow

2018Operation FinaleDavid Ben-GurionMovie

2018MuseoFrank GravesMovie

2017The Death of StalinLavrenti BeriaMovie

2017My Cousin RachelCouchMovie

2017RSC Live: The TempestProsperoMovie

2016The Legend of TarzanMr. FrumMovie

2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCRichard IIMovie

2015Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the VesperspresenterMovie

2014Into the WoodsBaker's FatherMovie

2014Penny DreadfulFerdinand Lyle · 14 episodesShow

2014National Theatre Live: King LearLear, King of BritainMovie

2013LegacyHookeyMovie

2013Lava Land - Glowing HawaiiNarratorMovie

2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageHamletMovie

2012National Theatre Live: Timon of AthensTimonMovie

2012Shakespeare's SonnetsMovie

2012The Hollow CrownFalstaff · 3 episodesShow

2012Simon Schama's Shakespeare2 episodesShow

2011A Musical Nativity with John RutterMovie

2011Sacred Music: God's ComposerPresenterMovie

2011National Theatre Live: CollaboratorsJoseph StalinMovie

2011The Deep Blue SeaSir William CollyerMovie

2011My Week with MarilynCotes-PreedyMovie

2011Symphony4 episodesShow

2011Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThe Duchess / Introduced byMovie

2010Sacred Music: A Christmas HistoryPresenterMovie

2010National Theatre Live: London AssuranceSir Harcourt CourtlyMovie

2008An Easter CelebrationpresenterMovie

2008Sacred MusicPresenter · 8 episodesShow

2006Deep WaterDonald Crowhurst (voice)Movie

2004DunkirkWinston Churchill · 3 episodesShow

2003The Young VisitersPrince of WalesMovie

2003The GatheringLuke FraserMovie

2002SpooksWilliam Towers, Home Secretary · 7 episodesShow

1999Blackadder: Back & ForthWellingtonMovie

1999Alice in WonderlandKing Cedric of HeartsMovie

1999An Ideal HusbandSir EdwardMovie

1997The Temptation of Franz SchubertFranz SchubertMovie

1997A Dance to the Music of TimeWidmerpool · 4 episodesShow

1996HamletSecond GravediggerMovie

1995PersuasionCharles MusgroveMovie

1993The Mushroom PickerAnthony · 3 episodesShow

1992OrlandoEarl of MorayMovie

1992Downtown LagosHeron · 3 episodesShow

1988American ExperienceJohn Adams (voice) · 1 episodeShow

1986A Very Peculiar PracticeMark Stibbs · 1 episodeShow

1985Time and the ConwaysParty GuestMovie

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