Simon Russell Beale

Acting

Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE (born 12 January 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.

Date of Birth:

1961-01-12

Country:

Penang, Malaysia

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Simon Russell Beale

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Filmography of

Simon Russell Beale

Found 42 movies in total

... 2022

Benediction

Robbie Ross

... 2022

Operation Mincemeat

Winston Churchill

... 2022

The Outfit

Roy Boyle

... 2022

A Christmas Carol

Scrooge's voice (voice)

... 2020

Radioactive

Professor Lippmann

... 2020

Mary Queen of Scots

Robert Beale

... 2018

Operation Finale

David Ben-Gurion

... 2018

Museo

Frank Graves

... 2018

The Death of Stalin

Lavrenti Beria

... 2017

... 2017

... 2017

... 2016

... 2016

Into the Woods

Baker's Father

... 2014

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Lear, King of Britain

... 2014

Legacy

Hookey

... 2013

Muse of Fire

Himself

... 2013

My Week with Marilyn

Cotes-Preedy

... 2011

The Deep Blue Sea

Sir William Collyer

... 2011

... 2011

... 2010

... 2010

... 2010

Deep Water

Donald Crowhurst (voice)

... 2006

The Young Visiters

Prince of Wales

... 2003

The Gathering

Luke Fraser

... 2001

An Ideal Husband

Sir Edward

... 1999

Alice in Wonderland

King Cedric of Hearts

... 1999

Hamlet

Second Gravedigger

... 1996

Persuasion

Charles Musgrove

... 1995

Orlando

Earl of Moray

... 1992

Time and the Conways

Party Guest

... 1985

Firebrand

Stephen Gardiner

Curtain Call

Jimmy Erskine