Simon Russell Beale

Personal Info

Birthday

January 12, 1961

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Penang, Malaysia

Also Known As

사이몬 러셀 빌

Simon Russell-Beale

Simon Russell Beale CBE

Simon Russell Beale

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).

Known For

House of the Dragon

Spooks

American Experience

Penny Dreadful

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Hollow Crown

The Outfit

Mary & George

Filmography

2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Sir Hector Moreland
2024
Firebrand
as Stephen Gardiner
Home! Home!
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Dionysus
Operation Mincemeat
as Winston Churchill
The Outfit
as Roy Boyle
2021
Benediction
as Robbie Ross
2020
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge's voice (voice)
The Hour
as Himself
Radioactive
as Professor Lippmann
2019
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
as Henry Lehman
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
as Richard II
2018
Mary Queen of Scots
as Robert Beale
Operation Finale
as David Ben-Gurion
Museo
as Frank Graves
2017
The Death of Stalin
as Lavrenti Beria
My Cousin Rachel
as Couch
RSC Live: The Tempest
as Prospero
2016
The Legend of Tarzan
as Mr. Frum
Cunk on Shakespeare
as Self - Actor
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Richard II
2015
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
as presenter
2014
Into the Woods
as Baker's Father
The Mysterious Mr Webster
as Self - Interviewee
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as Lear, King of Britain
2013
Legacy
as Hookey
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hamlet
Muse of Fire
as Self
2012
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
as Timon
2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Joseph Stalin
The Deep Blue Sea
as Sir William Collyer
My Week with Marilyn
as Cotes-Preedy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)
as The Duchess / Introduced by
2010
A Christmas History
as Presenter
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
as Himself - Performer
2008
An Easter Celebration
as presenter
2006
Deep Water
as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
2003
The Young Visiters
as Prince of Wales
The Gathering
as Luke Fraser
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Wellington
Alice in Wonderland
as King Cedric of Hearts
An Ideal Husband
as Sir Edward
1996
Hamlet
as Second Gravedigger
1995
Persuasion
as Charles Musgrove
1992
Orlando
as Earl of Moray
1985
Time and the Conways
as Party Guest