Simon Russell Beale
Acting
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.
Born: January 12, 1961
Place of Birth: Penang, Malaysia
Known For
Filmography
as Sir Hector Moreland
as Bently
as Stephen Gardiner
as Sir George Villiers
as Narrator (voice)
as Ser Simon Strong
as Dionysus
as Winston Churchill
as Roy Boyle
as Robbie Ross
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
as Himself
as Professor Lippmann
as Henry Lehman
as Robert Beale
as John Sedley
as David Ben-Gurion
as Frank Graves
as Lavrenti Beria
as Couch
as Prospero
as Mr. Frum
as Self - Actor
as Richard II
as presenter
as Baker's Father
as Ferdinand Lyle
as Lear, King of Britain
as Hookey
as Narrator
as Self
as Falstaff
as Presenter
as Joseph Stalin
as Sir William Collyer
as Cotes-Preedy
as The Duchess / Introduced by
as Presenter
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
as Himself - Performer
as presenter
as Presenter
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
as Winston Churchill
as Prince of Wales
as Luke Fraser
as William Towers
as Home Secretary
as Wellington
as King Cedric of Hearts
as Sir Edward
as Franz Schubert
as Widmerpool
as Second Gravedigger
as Charles Musgrove
as Earl of Moray
as John Adams (voice)
as Mark Stibbs
as Winston Churchill
as Winston Churchill