Simon Russell Beale
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 perfo...
Known For
Filmography
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026
as Winston Churchill
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Know All
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
as Winston Churchill
Prima Facie
2026
The Choral
2025
as Sir Edward Elgar
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Sir Hector Moreland
Firebrand
2024
as Stephen Gardiner
Home! Home!
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Mary & George
2024
as Sir George Villiers
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024
as Bently
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Dionysus
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Winston Churchill
The Outfit
2022
as Roy Boyle
House of the Dragon
2022
as Ser Simon Strong
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Benediction
2021
as Robbie Ross
The Hour
2020
as Himself
Radioactive
2020
as Professor Lippmann
A Christmas Carol
2020
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
2019
as Richard II
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019
as Henry Lehman
Museo
2018
as Frank Graves
Operation Finale
2018
as David Ben-Gurion
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
as Robert Beale
Vanity Fair
2018
as John Sedley
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Lavrenti Beria
RSC Live: The Tempest
2017
as Prospero
My Cousin Rachel
2017
as Couch
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
as Mr. Frum
Cunk on Shakespeare
2016
as Self - Actor
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Richard II
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
2015
as presenter
The Mysterious Mr Webster
2014
as Self - Interviewee
Into the Woods
2014
as Baker's Father
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
as Lear, King of Britain
Penny Dreadful
2014
as Ferdinand Lyle
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
2013
as Narrator
Legacy
2013
as Hookey
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
2012
as Timon
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Falstaff
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
as Sir William Collyer
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Cotes-Preedy
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Joseph Stalin
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011
as The Duchess / Introduced by
A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
2011
Sacred Music: God's Composer
2011
as Presenter
Symphony
2011
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
2010
as Himself - Performer
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
2010
as Presenter
An Easter Celebration
2008
as presenter
Sacred Music
2008
as Presenter
Deep Water
2006
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
Dunkirk
2004
as Winston Churchill
The Young Visiters
2003
as Prince of Wales
The Gathering
2003
as Luke Fraser
Spooks
2002
as William Towers
Spooks
2002
as Home Secretary
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as Wellington
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as King Cedric of Hearts
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Sir Edward
The Temptation of Franz Schubert
1997
as Franz Schubert
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as Widmerpool
Hamlet
1996
as Second Gravedigger
Persuasion
1995
as Charles Musgrove
The Mushroom Picker
1993
as Anthony
Orlando
1992
as Earl of Moray
Downtown Lagos
1992
as Heron
American Experience
1988
as John Adams (voice)
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Mark Stibbs
Time and the Conways
1985
as Party Guest