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Born · January 12, 1961 (64 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Penang, Malaysia
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.
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2025
Stephen Gardiner
6.4
2024
Self (narrator)
10.0
2024
Dionysus
6.4
2022
Himself
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2020
Lavrenti Beria
7.0
2017
Prospero
9.0
2017
Mr. Frum
5.9
2016
Self - Actor
7.5
2016
Richard II
7.5
2016
presenter
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2015
Baker's Father
5.8
2014
Self - Interviewee
6.0
2014
Lear, King of Britain
7.1
2014
Hookey
5.1
2013
Narrator
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2013
Hamlet
7.0
2013
Self
6.5
2013
Cotes-Preedy
6.7
2011
Sir William Collyer
5.9
2011
Himself - Performer
10.0
2010
presenter
0.0
2008
Donald Crowhurst (voice)
7.3
2006
Prince of Wales
5.1
2003
Luke Fraser
5.4
2003
Wellington
7.0
1999
King Cedric of Hearts
6.3
1999
Second Gravedigger
7.3
1996
Charles Musgrove
7.1
1995
Earl of Moray
6.9
1992
Party Guest
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1985
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Winston Churchill
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0.0
Winston Churchill
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Bently · (4 episodes)
7.5
2024
Sir George Villiers · (1 episode)
7.2
2024
Ser Simon Strong · (6 episodes)
8.4
2022
Winston Churchill
6.5
2022
Roy Boyle
7.1
2022
Robbie Ross
6.2
2021
Scrooge's voice (voice)
7.4
2020
Professor Lippmann
6.6
2020
Henry Lehman
8.7
2019
Richard II
10.0
2019
Robert Beale
6.6
2018
John Sedley · (7 episodes)
7.4
2018
David Ben-Gurion
6.7
2018
Frank Graves
6.6
2018
Couch
5.7
2017
Ferdinand Lyle · (14 episodes)
7.8
2014
Timon
0.0
2012
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2012
Falstaff · (3 episodes)
7.3
2012
(2 episodes)
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2012
Joseph Stalin
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2011
(4 episodes)
8.0
2011
The Duchess / Introduced by
7.7
2011
Presenter
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2010
Sir Harcourt Courtly
7.0
2010
Winston Churchill · (3 episodes)
6.3
2004
William Towers · (6 episodes)
7.6
2002
Home Secretary · (7 episodes)
7.6
2002
Sir Edward
6.5
1999
Widmerpool · (4 episodes)
5.3
1997
Anthony · (3 episodes)
1.0
1993
John Adams (voice) · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
Mark Stibbs · (1 episode)
8.0
1986
Napoléon · (1 episode)
8.0
1983