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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)
Character:Winston Churchill
Release Date:03/07/2026
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)
Character:Winston Churchill
Release Date:10/06/2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
Character:
Release Date:26/03/2026
The Choral
Character:Sir Edward Elgar
Release Date:07/11/2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Character:Sir Hector Moreland
Release Date:10/09/2025
Firebrand
Character:Stephen Gardiner
Release Date:27/03/2024
Home! Home!
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/03/2024
Thor: Love and Thunder
Character:Dionysus
Release Date:06/07/2022
Operation Mincemeat
Character:Winston Churchill
Release Date:01/04/2022
The Outfit
Character:Roy Boyle
Release Date:25/02/2022
Benediction
Character:Robbie Ross
Release Date:23/12/2021
A Christmas Carol
Character:Scrooge's voice (voice)
Release Date:04/12/2020
The Hour
Character:Himself
Release Date:19/08/2020
Radioactive
Character:Professor Lippmann
Release Date:11/03/2020
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Character:Henry Lehman
Release Date:25/07/2019
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Character:Richard II
Release Date:15/01/2019
Mary Queen of Scots
Character:Robert Beale
Release Date:07/12/2018
Operation Finale
Character:David Ben-Gurion
Release Date:29/08/2018
Museo
Character:Frank Graves
Release Date:23/08/2018
The Death of Stalin
Character:Lavrenti Beria
Release Date:20/10/2017
My Cousin Rachel
Character:Couch
Release Date:08/06/2017
RSC Live: The Tempest
Character:Prospero
Release Date:11/01/2017
The Legend of Tarzan
Character:Mr. Frum
Release Date:29/06/2016
Cunk on Shakespeare
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:11/05/2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Character:Richard II
Release Date:23/04/2016
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
Character:presenter
Release Date:27/03/2015
Into the Woods
Character:Baker's Father
Release Date:24/12/2014
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:24/05/2014
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Character:Lear, King of Britain
Release Date:01/05/2014
Legacy
Character:Hookey
Release Date:28/11/2013
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/11/2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:02/11/2013
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
Character:Timon
Release Date:01/11/2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Character:
Release Date:18/07/2012
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
Character:
Release Date:25/12/2011
Sacred Music: God's Composer
Character:Presenter
Release Date:02/12/2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Character:Joseph Stalin
Release Date:01/12/2011
The Deep Blue Sea
Character:Sir William Collyer
Release Date:25/11/2011
My Week with Marilyn
Character:Cotes-Preedy
Release Date:23/11/2011
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Character:The Duchess / Introduced by
Release Date:23/04/2011
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
Character:Presenter
Release Date:24/12/2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Character:Sir Harcourt Courtly
Release Date:24/06/2010
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
Character:Himself - Performer
Release Date:19/04/2010
An Easter Celebration
Character:presenter
Release Date:23/03/2008
Deep Water
Character:Donald Crowhurst (voice)
Release Date:15/12/2006
The Young Visiters
Character:Prince of Wales
Release Date:26/12/2003
The Gathering
Character:Luke Fraser
Release Date:23/02/2003
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Character:Wellington
Release Date:29/03/1999
Alice in Wonderland
Character:King Cedric of Hearts
Release Date:28/02/1999
An Ideal Husband
Character:Sir Edward
Release Date:14/01/1999
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
Character:Franz Schubert
Release Date:28/12/1997
Hamlet
Character:Second Gravedigger
Release Date:25/12/1996
Persuasion
Character:Charles Musgrove
Release Date:01/05/1995
Orlando
Character:Earl of Moray
Release Date:11/12/1992
Time and the Conways
Character:Party Guest
Release Date:07/04/1985
Television Appearances
Douglas Is Cancelled
Character:Bently
Mary & George
Character:Sir George Villiers
House of the Dragon
Character:Ser Simon Strong
Vanity Fair
Character:John Sedley
Penny Dreadful
Character:Ferdinand Lyle
The Hollow Crown
Character:Falstaff
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Character:
Symphony
Character:
Sacred Music
Character:Presenter
Dunkirk
Character:Winston Churchill
Spooks
Character:William Towers
Spooks
Character:Home Secretary
A Dance to the Music of Time
Character:Widmerpool
The Mushroom Picker
Character:Anthony
American Experience
Character:John Adams (voice)
A Very Peculiar Practice
Character:Mark Stibbs
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