Simon Callow
Acting
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Biography
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999. Callow rose to prominence originating the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1979 Peter Shaffer play Amadeus, ...
Known For
Filmography
Eternal Return
2026
as Malcolm
The Man with the Plan
2026
as William Beveridge
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
2025
as Himself
Étoile
2025
as Crispin Shamblee
Bookish
2025
as E
It's Christmas!
2024
as Samuel
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
2024
as Cavendish
Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
Aguska
2024
as Patrick Carter
The Boy That Never Was
2024
as Cozimo
Surprised by Oxford
2023
as Dr. Sterling
Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
2023
as Richard O'Keefe
Dodger Special: Coronation
2023
as Archbishop of Canterbury
Doctor Jekyll
2023
as Journalist
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022
as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
The Pay Day
2022
as Gates
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Narrator
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self
Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Blunden
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
2021
as Alexander Pope
The Cleaner
2021
as Mr. Abahassine
Hawkeye
2021
as Armand Duquesne III
Classical Destinations: The Great Composers
2021
as narrator
Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
2020
as Narrator
The Witcher
2019
as Codringher
Blue Iguana
2018
as Uncle Martin
The Dead Room
2018
as Aubrey Judd
A Christmas Carol
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
2017
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Mr. Puccini
Viceroy's House
2017
as Cyril Radcliffe
Hampstead
2017
as Judge
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Leech
50 Years Legal
2017
as Self
Born Silly
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
There's Something About Romcoms
2016
as Self
Golden Years
2016
as Royston
Mindhorn
2016
as Himself
The Rebel
2016
as Henry Palmer
Creditors
2015
Galavant
2015
as Edwin the Magnificent
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Miss in Her Teens
2014
as The Author
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
2014
as Self - Host - Narrator
Outlander
2014
as Duke of Sandringham
Inside No. 9
2014
as Dick
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013
as Self
Plebs
2013
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
2013
as Self
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
as Dickie Attenborough
Acts of Godfrey
2012
as Godfrey
Being Shakespeare
2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
Them From That Thing
2012
as Various
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Dudley
Ice
2011
as Prime Minister
Late Bloomers
2011
as Richard
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011
as Self
Art of Freedom
2011
as Self
Love's Kitchen
2011
as Guy Witherspoon
Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
2011
as Narrator
Ice
2011
as Prime Minister
Death in Paradise
2011
as Larry South
Jamie's Dream School
2011
as Himself
Save Our Bacon
2010
as The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010
as Self
Arn: The Knight Templar
2010
as Fader Henry
Theatreland
2009
as Self
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009
as Self - Presenter
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
as Readings (voice)
Chemical Wedding
2008
as Haddo
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008
as Self
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
Arn: The Knight Templar
2007
as Father Henry
Surveillance 24/7
2007
as St John
How Gay Sex Changed the World
2007
as Self
Ripley Under Ground
2007
as Dean Bentliffe
The Company
2007
as MI6 liaison officer Elihu
Roman Mysteries
2007
as Pliny
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Tree Blathereen (voice)
British Film Forever
2007
Lewis
2007
as Vernon Oxe
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
2006
as George Russell
Men of Mystery
2006
as Himself
Reviving Harry Lime
2006
as Himself
The Madness of Boy George
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
2006
as Self
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
2006
as George Russell
Great British Menu
2006
as Self - Guest Judge
The Best Man
2005
as Big-Time Publisher
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Narrator
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005
as Mr. Wroth
Bob the Butler
2005
as Mr. Butler
Rag Tale
2005
as Cormac Rourke
Doctor Who
2005
as Charles Dickens
George and the Dragon
2004
as King Edgar
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Andre
Shoebox Zoo
2004
as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Colonel Melchett
Bright Young Things
2003
as King of Anatolia
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2003
as Bob
Angels in America
2003
as Prior 2
Angels in America
2003
as Prior Walter Ancestor #2 (uncredited)
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
2002
as Charles Dickens
Thunderpants
2002
as Sir John Osgood
Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
2002
as Galileo
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
as Charles Dickens
Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
as Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
No Man's Land
2001
as Colonel Soft
Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001
Around The World In 80 Days
2000
as Phileas Fogg (voice)
Deadly Appearances
2000
as Rick Spencer
Animated Epics: Don Quixote
2000
as Don Quixote
Notting Hill
1999
as Simon Callow (uncredited)
Loose Women
1999
as Self
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Tilney
The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Captain Fairfax
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
as Keith
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Woman In White
1997
as Count Fosco
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Dr. Wellow
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Rupert Halliday
The Woman In White
1997
as Count Fosco
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Grasshopper (voice)
Victory
1996
as Zangiacomo
Moses
1996
as Meneptah II (voice)
An Audience with Charles Dickens
1996
as Charles Dickens
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
as Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Meneptah (voice)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
as Vincent Cadby
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Richard Cosway
England, My England
1995
as Charles II
El pasajero clandestino
1995
as Major Owens
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
as Gareth
Street Fighter
1994
as A. N. Official
Little Napoleons
1994
as Edward Feathers
Femme Fatale
1993
as Vicar Ronnie
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Eddie Cherdowski
Camp Christmas
1993
Howards End
1992
as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
The Trials of Oz
1991
as John Mortimer
The Crucifer of Blood
1991
as Inspector Lestrade
Performance
1991
as John Mortimer
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Simon Asquith
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as Dr. Alex Sauer
Old Flames
1990
as Nathanial Quass
Revolutionary Witness
1989
as Franciscus Palloy
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dr. Lutz
Manifesto
1988
as Police Chief Hunt
Maurice
1987
as Mr. Ducie
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Raimondi
The Reluctant Dragon
1987
as Dragon (voice)
Acting
1987
Inspector Morse
1987
as Theodore Kemp
A Room with a View
1986
as The Reverend Mr. Beebe
The Christmas Tree
1986
as Jacob Weinberg
Dead Head
1986
as Hugo Silver
David Copperfield
1986
as Wilkins Micawber
ScreenPlay
1986
as Raimondi
Split Screen
1986
The Good Father
1985
as Mark Varda
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
1985
as George Frideric Handel
Screen Two
1985
as Nathanial Quass
Amadeus
1984
as Emanuel Schikaneder
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Chance in a Million
1984
as Tom Chance
Saturday Review
1984
as Self
The Man of Destiny
1981
as Napoleon
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
1979
as Maximillian
Question Time
1979
as Himself - Panellist
The Sunday Drama
1977
as The Prince
Victorian Scandals
1976
as Duval
The Sweeney
1975
as Detective Sergeant
Carry On Laughing
1975
as Crew Member
NOVA
1974
as Galileo
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Aubrey Judd
Omnibus
1967
as Self