Cast
Simon Russell Beale
Acting
Cast
Simon Russell Beale
Known for
Acting
Born
1961-01-12
From
Penang, Malaysia
Also known as 사이몬 러셀 빌, Simon Russell-Beale, Simon Russell Beale CBE
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.
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Dionysus
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Know All
The Legend of Tarzan
as Mr. Frum
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Sir Hector Moreland
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
as Winston Churchill
The Outfit
as Roy Boyle
Mary Queen of Scots
as Robert Beale
The Death of Stalin
as Lavrenti Beria
The Choral
as Sir Edward Elgar
Into the Woods
as Baker's Father
Operation Mincemeat
as Winston Churchill
Persuasion
as Charles Musgrove
Operation Finale
as David Ben-Gurion
Hamlet
as Second Gravedigger
My Week with Marilyn
as Cotes-Preedy
Orlando
as Earl of Moray
Alice in Wonderland
as King Cedric of Hearts
Radioactive
as Professor Lippmann
Firebrand
as Stephen Gardiner
The Gathering
as Luke Fraser
My Cousin Rachel
as Couch
An Ideal Husband
as Sir Edward
Benediction
as Robbie Ross
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hamlet
Muse of Fire
as Self
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge
as Winston Churchill
The Deep Blue Sea
as Sir William Collyer
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Richard II
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Wellington
Legacy
as Hookey
Prima Facie
Shakespeare's Sonnets
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
Deep Water
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as Lear, King of Britain
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
as Henry Lehman
The Young Visiters
as Prince of Wales
The Hour
as Himself
Museo
as Frank Graves
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as The Duchess / Introduced by
RSC Live: The Tempest
as Prospero
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
as Timon
Time and the Conways
as Party Guest
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
as Richard II
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
as Presenter
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Joseph Stalin
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
as Himself - Performer
Cunk on Shakespeare
as Self - Actor
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
as Franz Schubert
Home! Home!
as Narrator (voice)
Sacred Music: God's Composer
as Presenter
The Mysterious Mr Webster
as Self - Interviewee
An Easter Celebration
as presenter
This Is Your Five Minute Call
as Malcolm
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
as presenter