Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Writers: Henrietta Ashworth,
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Amr Waked, Bryony Hannah, Eddie Marsan, Erin Doherty, Jude Law, Maia Jemmett, Ruby Bentall, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale,
Director: John Madden
Writers: Michelle Ashford,
Cast: Colin Firth, Hattie Morahan, Jason Isaacs, Johnny Flynn, Kelly Macdonald, Mark Gatiss, Matthew Macfadyen, Paul Ritter, Penelope Wilton, Simon Russell Beale,
Director: Graham Moore
Writers: Johnathan McClain,
Cast: Alan Mehdizadeh, Chiedu Agborh, Dylan O'Brien, Johnathan McClain, Johnny Flynn, Mark Rylance, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Scoop Wasserstein, Simon Russell Beale, Zoey Deutch,
Director: Terence Davies
Writers: Terence Davies,
Cast: Ben Daniels, Calam Lynch, Gemma Jones, Geraldine James, Jack Lowden, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Blyth,
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Writers: Jack Thorne,
Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Katherine Parkinson, Mirjam Novak, Ralph Berkin, Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Sian Brooke, Simon Russell Beale, Yvette Feuer,
Director: Terence Davies
Writers: Terence Davies,
Cast: Ann Mitchell, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson, Nicholas Amer, Oliver Ford Davies, Rachel Weisz, Sarah Kants, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Hiddleston,
Director: Brian Gilbert
Writers: Anthony Horowitz,
Cast: Christina Ricci, Harry Forrester, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Mann, Kerry Fox, Peter McNamara, Peter Wight, Robert Hardy, Simon Russell Beale, Stephen Dillane,
Director: Roger Michell
Writers: Nick Dear,
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, Judy Cornwell, Phoebe Nicholls, Samuel West, Simon Russell Beale, Sophie Thompson, Susan Fleetwood,