Simon Russell Beale
Acting
Born: 1961-01-12 · Penang, Malaysia
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 perfo
🎬 Movies (20)
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge
2026
Winston Churchill
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
2026
Winston Churchill
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
Know All
The Choral
2025
Sir Edward Elgar
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Sir Hector Moreland
Firebrand
2024
Stephen Gardiner
Home! Home!
2024
Narrator (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
Dionysus
Operation Mincemeat
2022
Winston Churchill
The Outfit
2022
Roy Boyle
Benediction
2021
Robbie Ross
A Christmas Carol
2020
Scrooge's voice (voice)
The Hour
2020
Himself
Radioactive
2020
Professor Lippmann
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019
Henry Lehman
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
2019
Richard II
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Robert Beale
Operation Finale
2018
David Ben-Gurion
Museo
2018
Frank Graves
The Death of Stalin
2017
Lavrenti Beria
📺 TV Shows (17)
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024
Bently
Mary & George
2024
Sir George Villiers
House of the Dragon
2022
Ser Simon Strong
Remembers…
2022
Self
Vanity Fair
2018
John Sedley
Penny Dreadful
2014
Ferdinand Lyle
The Hollow Crown
2012
Falstaff
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
Symphony
2011
Sacred Music
2008
Presenter
Dunkirk
2004
Winston Churchill
Spooks
2002
William Towers
Spooks
2002
Home Secretary
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
Widmerpool
The Mushroom Picker
1993
Anthony
American Experience
1988
John Adams (voice)
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Mark Stibbs