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Simon Russell Beale
ActorBorn January 12, 1961 (64 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Douglas Is Cancelled (TV Series) · as Bently |
| 2024 | Mary & George (TV Series) · as Sir George Villiers |
| 2023 | Firebrand · as Stephen Gardiner |
| 2022 | House of the Dragon (TV Series) · as Ser Simon Strong |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Dionysus |
| 2022 | The Outfit · as Roy Boyle |
| 2021 | Benediction · as Robbie Ross |
| 2021 | Operation Mincemeat · as Winston Churchill |
| 2020 | A Christmas Carol · as Scrooge's Voice (voice) |
| 2019 | Radioactive · as Professor Lippmann |
| 2019 | The Lehman Trilogy · as Henry Lehman |
| 2019 | The Tragedy of King Richard the Second · as Richard Ii |
| 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots · as Robert Beale |
| 2018 | Vanity Fair (2018) (TV Series) · as John Sedley |
| 2018 | Operation Finale · as David Ben-Gurion |
| 2018 | Museo · as Frank Graves |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin · as Lavrenti Beria |
| 2017 | My Cousin Rachel · as Couch |
| 2017 | Royal Shakespeare Company: The Tempest · as Prospero |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan · as Mr. Frum |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC · as Richard Ii |
| 2014 | Into the Woods · as Baker's Father |
| 2014 | Matisse Live · as Cast |
| 2014 | King Lear · as Lear, King Of Britain |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful (TV Series) · as Ferdinand Lyle |
| 2013 | Legacy · as Hookey |
| 2013 | Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Hamlet |
| 2012 | Timon of Athens · as Timon |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Falstaff |
| 2012 | Simon Schama's Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: Collaborators · as Joseph Stalin |
| 2011 | The Deep Blue Sea · as Sir William Collyer |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn · as Cotes-Preedy |
| 2011 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · as The Duchess / Introduced By |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: London Assurance · as Sir Harcourt Courtly |
| 2006 | Deep Water · as Donald Crowhurst (voice) |
| 2004 | Dunkirk (TV Series) · as Winston Churchill |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters · as Prince Of Wales |
| 2003 | The Gathering · as Luke Fraser |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Home Secretary |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Sir Edward |
| 1999 | Blackadder Back & Forth · as Wellington |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland · as King Cedric Of Hearts |
| 1997 | The Temptation of Franz Schubert · as Franz Schubert |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time (TV Series) · as Widmerpool |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | Persuasion · as Charles Musgrove |
| 1992 | Orlando · as Earl Of Moray |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as John Adams (voice) |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) · as Mark Stibbs |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Contributor |