Simon Russell Beale
Acting
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…
Filmography
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De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge
2026
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
The Choral
2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024
Firebrand
2024
Mary & George
2024
Home! Home!
2024
House of the Dragon
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
Remembers…
2022
Operation Mincemeat
2022
The Outfit
2022
Benediction
2021
A Christmas Carol
2020
The Hour
2020
Radioactive
2020
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
2019
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Vanity Fair
2018
Operation Finale
2018
Museo
2018
The Death of Stalin
2017
My Cousin Rachel
2017
RSC Live: The Tempest
2017
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
Cunk on Shakespeare
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
2015
Into the Woods
2014
The Mysterious Mr Webster
2014
Penny Dreadful
2014
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
Legacy
2013
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
The Hollow Crown
2012
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
2011
Sacred Music: God's Composer
2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
My Week with Marilyn
2011
Symphony
2011
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
2010
An Easter Celebration
2008
Sacred Music
2008
Deep Water
2006
Dunkirk
2004
The Young Visiters
2003
The Gathering
2003
Spooks
2002
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1999
An Ideal Husband
1999
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
Hamlet
1996
Persuasion
1995
The Mushroom Picker
The Mushroom Picker
1993
Orlando
1992
American Experience
1988
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Time and the Conways
Time and the Conways
1985
Prima Facie
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