Simon Russell Beale
Age: N/A | From: Penang, Malaysia
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Aliases: 사이몬 러셀 빌 , Simon Russell-Beale , Simon Russell Beale CBE
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Penang, Malaysia
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Movie Involvements: 42
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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 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.
Most Famous Work
American Experience
(1988) John Adams (voice)
The Hollow Crown
(2012) Sir John Falstaff
The Outfit
(2022) Roy Boyle
The Legend of Tarzan
(2016) Mr. Frum
Penny Dreadful
(2014) Ferdinand Lyle
Mary Queen of Scots
(2018) Robert Beale
Operation Mincemeat
(2022) Winston Churchill
Hamlet
(1996) Second GravediggerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | N/A | |
| 2025 | Sir Edward Elgar | |
| Sir Hector Moreland | ||
| 2024 | Bently | |
| Stephen Gardiner | ||
| Sir George Villiers | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2022 | Ser Simon Strong | |
| Dionysus | ||
| Winston Churchill | ||
| Roy Boyle | ||
| 2021 | Robbie Ross | |
| 2020 | Scrooge's voice (voice) | |
| Himself | ||
| Professor Lippmann | ||
| 2019 | Henry Lehman | |
| Richard II | ||
| 2018 | Robert Beale | |
| John Sedley | ||
| David Ben-Gurion | ||
| Frank Graves | ||
| 2017 | Lavrenti Beria | |
| Couch | ||
| Prospero | ||
| 2016 | Mr. Frum | |
| Self - Actor | ||
| Richard II | ||
| 2015 | presenter | |
| 2014 | Baker's Father | |
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| Ferdinand Lyle | ||
| Lear, King of Britain | ||
| 2013 | Hookey | |
| Narrator | ||
| Hamlet | ||
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Timon | |
| N/A | ||
| Falstaff | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2011 | N/A | |
| Presenter | ||
| Joseph Stalin | ||
| Sir William Collyer | ||
| Cotes-Preedy | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Duchess / Introduced by | ||
| 2010 | Presenter | |
| Sir Harcourt Courtly | ||
| Himself - Performer | ||
| 2008 | presenter | |
| Presenter | ||
| 2006 | Donald Crowhurst (voice) | |
| 2004 | Winston Churchill | |
| 2003 | Prince of Wales | |
| Luke Fraser | ||
| 2002 | William Towers | |
| Home Secretary | ||
| 1999 | Wellington | |
| King Cedric of Hearts | ||
| Sir Edward | ||
| 1997 | Franz Schubert | |
| Widmerpool | ||
| 1996 | Second Gravedigger | |
| 1995 | Charles Musgrove | |
| 1993 | Anthony | |
| 1992 | Earl of Moray | |
| 1988 | John Adams (voice) | |
| 1986 | Mark Stibbs | |
| 1985 | Party Guest | |
| Winston Churchill | ||
| Winston Churchill | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
