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.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 50
TV Shows 13
self 11
Voice 3
Narrator 1
Mary & George (2024)
Home! Home! (2024)
Firebrand (2024)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
The Outfit (2022)
Benediction (2021)
A Christmas Carol (2020)
The Hour (2020)
Radioactive (2020)
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy (2019)
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019)
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Vanity Fair (2018)
Operation Finale (2018)
Museo (2018)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
RSC Live: The Tempest (2017)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Cunk on Shakespeare (2016)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers (2015)
Into the Woods (2014)
Matisse (2014)
The Mysterious Mr Webster (2014)
Penny Dreadful (2014)
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
Legacy (2013)
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii (2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens (2012)
Shakespeare's Sonnets (2012)
The Hollow Crown (2012)
Simon Schama's Shakespeare (2012)
Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
National Theatre Live: Collaborators (2011)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Symphony (2011)
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House) (2011)
A Christmas History (2010)
Ancient Worlds (2010)
National Theatre Live: London Assurance (2010)
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday (2010)
Sacred Music: The Story of Allegri's Miserere (2008)
An Easter Celebration (2008)
Deep Water (2006)
Dunkirk (2004)
The Young Visiters (2003)
The Gathering (2003)
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
Hamlet (1996)
Persuasion (1995)
Orlando (1992)
American Experience (1988)
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
Time and the Conways (1985)
The Choral
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1961-01-12 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsMalaysia, United Kingdom
Also Known As사이몬 러셀 빌, Simon Russell-Beale, Simon Russell Beale CBE
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor, Laurence Olivier Award
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