Simon Russell Beale

Known for ActingBorn 1961-01-12 (age 65)Penang, Malaysia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Home! Home!

National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday

The Temptation of Franz Schubert

House of the Dragon

National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

Symphony

A Very Peculiar Practice

Penny Dreadful

Time and the Conways

Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Spooks

A Christmas Carol

Cunk on Shakespeare

The Hollow Crown

Vanity Fair

Douglas Is Cancelled

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Mary & George

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

The Outfit

Deep Water

Hamlet

National Theatre Live: King Lear

The Death of Stalin

RSC Live: The Tempest

Persuasion

National Theatre Live: London Assurance

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Operation Finale

Orlando

Radioactive

My Week with Marilyn

Mary Queen of Scots

Operation Mincemeat

Museo

Muse of Fire

The Magic Faraway Tree

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Choral

Firebrand

American Experience

An Ideal Husband

Dunkirk

Benediction

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Alice in Wonderland

The Mysterious Mr Webster