10.0
10.0
Home! Home!
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Simon Russell Beale
Also known as: Sir Simon Russell Beale
Acting
Born:January 12, 1961(age 65)
Birthplace:Penang, Malaysia
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:University of Cambridge, Clifton College, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, St Paul's Cathedral School, Gonville and Caius College
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CommunityBiography
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 the Tom Stoppard play Jumpers in 2004. For his role as Henry Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and was nominated for an Olivier Award. Beale has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation". Beale made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando (1992). He continued acting in films such as Persuasion (1995), Hamlet (1996), My Week with Marilyn (2011), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Into the Woods (2014), and Mary Queen of Scots (2018). In 2017, he starred in Armando Iannucci's dark comedy The Death of Stalin playing Lavrentiy Beria for which he received the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also appeared in the television projects The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012). He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful.
Filmography (54 movies)
10.0
10.0
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
2019
as Richard II
10.0
10.0
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
2010
as Himself - Performer
8.7
8.7
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019
as Henry Lehman
7.8
7.8
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
as Winston Churchill
7.8
7.8
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026
as Winston Churchill
7.7
7.7
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011
as The Duchess / Introduced by
7.5
7.5
Cunk on Shakespeare
2016
as Self - Actor
7.3
7.3
Hamlet
1996
as Second Gravedigger
7.3
7.3
A Christmas Carol
2020
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
7.3
7.3
Deep Water
2006
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
7.2
7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Richard II
7.1
7.1
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
as Lear, King of Britain
7.1
7.1
Persuasion
1995
as Charles Musgrove
7.1
7.1
The Outfit
2022
as Roy Boyle
7.0
7.0
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Lavrenti Beria
7.0
7.0
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as Wellington
7.0
7.0
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
7.0
7.0
RSC Live: The Tempest
2017
as Prospero
6.9
6.9
Orlando
1992
as Earl of Moray
6.7
6.7
Operation Finale
2018
as David Ben-Gurion
6.7
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Cotes-Preedy
6.6
6.6
Radioactive
2020
as Professor Lippmann
6.6
6.6
Museo
2018
as Frank Graves
6.6
6.6
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
as Robert Beale
6.5
6.5
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Winston Churchill
6.5
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
6.5
6.5
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Sir Edward
6.4
6.4
Firebrand
2024
as Stephen Gardiner
6.4
6.4
The Choral
2025
as Sir Edward Elgar
6.2
6.2
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as King Cedric of Hearts
6.2
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Hamlet
6.1
6.1
Benediction
2021
as Robbie Ross
6.0
6.0
The Mysterious Mr Webster
2014
as Self - Interviewee
5.9
5.9
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
as Mr. Frum
5.9
5.9
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
as Sir William Collyer
5.8
5.8
Into the Woods
2014
as Baker's Father
5.7
5.7
My Cousin Rachel
2017
as Couch
5.5
5.5
The Gathering
2003
as Luke Fraser
5.4
5.4
The Young Visiters
2003
as Prince of Wales
4.4
4.4
Legacy
2013
as Hookey
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
2015
as presenter
An Easter Celebration
2008
as presenter
Sacred Music: God's Composer
2011
as Presenter
The Hour
2020
as Himself
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
2011
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
1997
as Franz Schubert
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
2012
as Timon
Prima Facie
TBA
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
2013
as Narrator
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
2010
as Presenter
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Joseph Stalin
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
Time and the Conways
1985
as Party Guest
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