Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

Acting

Born January 12, 1961 · 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 se…

Known for

House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon

2022

American Experience

American Experience

1988

Spooks

Spooks

2002

Spooks

Spooks

2002

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022

Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful

2014

Remembers…

Remembers…

2022

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

Acting(74)

2026Prima Facie

2026De Gaulle: LibertéWinston Churchill

2026De Gaulle: RésistanceWinston Churchill

2026The Magic Faraway TreeKnow All

2025The ChoralSir Edward Elgar

2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleSir Hector Moreland

2024Douglas Is CancelledBently

2024FirebrandStephen Gardiner

2024Mary & GeorgeSir George Villiers

2024Home! Home!Narrator (voice)

2022House of the DragonSer Simon Strong

2022Thor: Love and ThunderDionysus

2022Remembers…Self

2022Operation MincemeatWinston Churchill

2022The OutfitRoy Boyle

2021BenedictionRobbie Ross

2020A Christmas CarolScrooge's voice (voice)

2020The HourHimself

2020RadioactiveProfessor Lippmann

2019National Theatre Live: The Lehman TrilogyHenry Lehman

2019National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the SecondRichard II

2018Mary Queen of ScotsRobert Beale

2018Vanity FairJohn Sedley

2018Operation FinaleDavid Ben-Gurion

2018MuseoFrank Graves

2017The Death of StalinLavrenti Beria

2017My Cousin RachelCouch

2017RSC Live: The TempestProspero

2016The Legend of TarzanMr. Frum

2016Cunk on ShakespeareSelf - Actor

2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCRichard II

2015Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vesperspresenter

2014Into the WoodsBaker's Father

2014The Mysterious Mr WebsterSelf - Interviewee

2014Penny DreadfulFerdinand Lyle

2014National Theatre Live: King LearLear, King of Britain

2013LegacyHookey

2013Lava Land - Glowing HawaiiNarrator

2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageHamlet

2013Muse of FireSelf

2012National Theatre Live: Timon of AthensTimon

2012Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012The Hollow CrownFalstaff

2012Simon Schama's Shakespeare

2011A Musical Nativity with John Rutter

2011Sacred Music: God's ComposerPresenter

2011National Theatre Live: CollaboratorsJoseph Stalin

2011The Deep Blue SeaSir William Collyer

2011My Week with MarilynCotes-Preedy

2011Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThe Duchess / Introduced by

2010Sacred Music: A Christmas HistoryPresenter

2010National Theatre Live: London AssuranceSir Harcourt Courtly

2010BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th BirthdayHimself - Performer

2008An Easter Celebrationpresenter

2008Sacred MusicPresenter

2006Deep WaterDonald Crowhurst (voice)

2004DunkirkWinston Churchill

2003The Young VisitersPrince of Wales

2003The GatheringLuke Fraser

2002SpooksWilliam Towers

1999Blackadder: Back & ForthWellington

1999Alice in WonderlandKing Cedric of Hearts

1999An Ideal HusbandSir Edward

1997The Temptation of Franz SchubertFranz Schubert

1997A Dance to the Music of TimeWidmerpool

1996HamletSecond Gravedigger

1995PersuasionCharles Musgrove

1993The Mushroom PickerAnthony

1992OrlandoEarl of Moray

1988American ExperienceJohn Adams (voice)

1986A Very Peculiar PracticeMark Stibbs

1985Time and the ConwaysParty Guest

This Is Your Five Minute CallMalcolm