Simon Russell Beale
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…
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Filmography
Acting (76)
Movies (57)
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)
2026 Upcomingas Winston Churchill
Jun 3
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)
2026 Upcomingas Winston Churchill
Jul 3
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as Sir Hector Moreland
The Choral
2025as Sir Edward Elgar
Firebrand
2024as Stephen Gardiner
Home! Home!
2024as Narrator (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022as Dionysus
The Outfit
2022as Roy Boyle
Operation Mincemeat
2022as Winston Churchill
Benediction
2021as Robbie Ross
Radioactive
2020as Professor Lippmann
The Hour
2020as Himself
A Christmas Carol
2020as Scrooge's voice (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
2019as Richard II
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019as Henry Lehman
Mary Queen of Scots
2018as Robert Beale
Operation Finale
2018as David Ben-Gurion
Museo
2018as Frank Graves
RSC Live: The Tempest
2017as Prospero
The Death of Stalin
2017as Lavrenti Beria
My Cousin Rachel
2017as Couch
The Legend of Tarzan
2016as Mr. Frum
Cunk on Shakespeare
2016as Self - Actor
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016as Richard II
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
2015as presenter
The Mysterious Mr Webster
2014as Self - Interviewee
Into the Woods
2014as Baker's Father
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014as Lear, King of Britain
Muse of Fire
2013as Self
Legacy
2013as Hookey
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013as Hamlet
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
2013as Narrator
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
2012as Timon
My Week with Marilyn
2011as Cotes-Preedy
The Deep Blue Sea
2011as Sir William Collyer
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011as The Duchess / Introduced by
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011as Joseph Stalin
Sacred Music: God's Composer
2011as Presenter
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
2010as Himself - Performer
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010as Sir Harcourt Courtly
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
2010as Presenter
An Easter Celebration
2008as presenter
Deep Water
2006as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
The Gathering
2003as Luke Fraser
The Young Visiters
2003as Prince of Wales
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999as Wellington
Alice in Wonderland
1999as King Cedric of Hearts
An Ideal Husband
1999as Sir Edward
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
1997as Franz Schubert
Hamlet
1996as Second Gravedigger
Persuasion
1995as Charles Musgrove
Orlando
1992as Earl of Moray
Time and the Conways
1985as Party Guest
Prima Facie
Television (19)
Mary & George
2024as Sir George Villiers
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024as Bently
House of the Dragon
2022as Ser Simon Strong
Remembers…
2022as Self
Vanity Fair
2018as John Sedley
Penny Dreadful
2014as Ferdinand Lyle
Penny Dreadful
2014as Ferdinand Lyle
The Hollow Crown
2012as Falstaff
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
Symphony
2011
Sacred Music
2008as Presenter
Dunkirk
2004as Winston Churchill
Spooks
2002as William Towers
Spooks
2002as Home Secretary
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997as Widmerpool
The Mushroom Picker
1993as Anthony
American Experience
1988as John Adams (voice)
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986as Mark Stibbs
Blackadder
1983as Napoléon
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