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.
★6.4
MOVIE2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Dionysus
★6.4
MOVIE2025
The Choral
as Sir Edward Elgar
★6.2
MOVIE2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Know All
★7.8
MOVIE2026
De Gaulle: Liberté
as Winston Churchill
★5.9
MOVIE2016
The Legend of Tarzan
as Mr. Frum
★7.8
MOVIE2026
De Gaulle: Résistance
as Winston Churchill
★7.0
MOVIE2017
The Death of Stalin
as Lavrenti Beria
★6.6
MOVIE2018
Mary Queen of Scots
as Robert Beale
★7.1
MOVIE2022
The Outfit
as Roy Boyle
★6.5
MOVIE2022
Operation Mincemeat
as Winston Churchill
★6.7
MOVIE2011
My Week with Marilyn
as Cotes-Preedy
★6.7
MOVIE2018
Operation Finale
as David Ben-Gurion
★5.8
MOVIE2014
Into the Woods
as Baker's Father
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Sir Hector Moreland
★5.7
MOVIE2017
My Cousin Rachel
as Couch
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Alice in Wonderland
as King Cedric of Hearts
★6.6
MOVIE2020
Radioactive
as Professor Lippmann
★7.2
MOVIE1995
Persuasion
as Charles Musgrove
★6.5
MOVIE1999
An Ideal Husband
as Sir Edward
★7.3
MOVIE1996
Hamlet
as Second Gravedigger
★7.0
MOVIE1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Wellington
★6.3
MOVIE2024
Firebrand
as Stephen Gardiner
MOVIE2013
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
as Narrator
★6.2
MOVIE2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hamlet
★5.3
MOVIE2003
The Young Visiters
as Prince of Wales
★6.2
MOVIE2021
Benediction
as Robbie Ross
★10.0
MOVIE2024
Home! Home!
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2011
The Deep Blue Sea
as Sir William Collyer
★6.5
MOVIE2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2020
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
★5.6
MOVIE2003
The Gathering
as Luke Fraser
★6.9
MOVIE1992
Orlando
as Earl of Moray
★10.0
MOVIE2010
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
as Himself - Performer
★7.2
MOVIE2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Richard II
★7.0
MOVIE2017
RSC Live: The Tempest
as Prospero
MOVIE2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
★6.5
MOVIE2018
Museo
as Frank Graves
★7.5
MOVIE2016
Cunk on Shakespeare
as Self - Actor
★7.2
MOVIE2006
Deep Water
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1985
Time and the Conways
as Party Guest
MOVIETBA
This Is Your Five Minute Call
as Malcolm
★7.7
MOVIE2011
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as The Duchess / Introduced by
★5.2
MOVIE2013
Legacy
as Hookey
MOVIE2026
Prima Facie
★6.0
MOVIE2014
The Mysterious Mr Webster
as Self - Interviewee
★7.0
MOVIE2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
MOVIE2020
The Hour
as Himself
MOVIE2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Joseph Stalin
★9.0
MOVIE1997
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
as Franz Schubert
MOVIE2011
Sacred Music: God's Composer
as Presenter
★7.1
MOVIE2014
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as Lear, King of Britain
MOVIE2012
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
as Timon
MOVIE2008
An Easter Celebration
as presenter
MOVIE2015
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
as presenter
MOVIE2010
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
as Presenter
MOVIE2011
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
★8.2
MOVIE2019
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
as Henry Lehman
★10.0
MOVIE2019
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
as Richard II