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 m ... uch 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.
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Penny Dreadful
as Ferdinand Lyle
Episodes: 14
First Aired: May 11, 2014
Vanity Fair
as John Sedley
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Sep 02, 2018
Spooks
as Home Secretary
Episodes: 7
First Aired: May 13, 2002
Spooks
as William Towers
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 13, 2002
House of the Dragon
as Ser Simon Strong
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 21, 2022
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Widmerpool
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 09, 1997
Douglas Is Cancelled
as Bently
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jun 27, 2024
Dunkirk
as Winston Churchill
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 18, 2004
The Hollow Crown
as Falstaff
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jun 30, 2012
The Mushroom Picker
as Anthony
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 03, 1993
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Mark Stibbs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 21, 1986
American Experience
as John Adams (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1988
Mary & George
as Sir George Villiers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 05, 2024
Blackadder
as Napoléon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 15, 1983
Symphony
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 03, 2011
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 22, 2012
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