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). 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.
Known For
Narrator
Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
Self - Interviewee
The Mysterious Mr Webster
Earl of Moray
Orlando
Himself
The Hour
Charles Musgrove
Persuasion
Sir William Collyer
The Deep Blue Sea
Prince of Wales
The Young Visiters
Cotes-Preedy
My Week with Marilyn
Stephen Gardiner
Firebrand
Baker's Father
Into the Woods
Hookey
Legacy
Second Gravedigger
Hamlet
Lear, King of Britain
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Dionysus
Thor: Love and Thunder
Party Guest
Time and the Conways
Mr. Frum
The Legend of Tarzan
Luke Fraser
The Gathering
Himself - Performer
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday
Self (narrator)
Home! Home!
presenter
Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
presenter
An Easter Celebration
The Choral
Donald Crowhurst (voice)
Deep Water
Wellington
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Winston Churchill
De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
The Magic Faraway Tree
Self - Actor
Cunk on Shakespeare
Lavrenti Beria
The Death of Stalin
King Cedric of Hearts
Alice in Wonderland
Richard II
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Winston Churchill
De Gaulle – Partie 2
Self
Muse of Fire
Hamlet
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Prospero
RSC Live: The Tempest
Sir Harcourt Courtly
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Joseph Stalin
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
The Duchess / Introduced by
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House)
Timon
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
Frank Graves
Museo
Couch
My Cousin Rachel
Sir Edward
An Ideal Husband
Professor Lippmann
Radioactive
David Ben-Gurion
Operation Finale
Robert Beale
Mary Queen of Scots
Scrooge's voice (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Richard II
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Presenter
A Christmas History
Henry Lehman
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Winston Churchill
Operation Mincemeat
Robbie Ross
Benediction
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Roy Boyle
The Outfit
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
53
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-01-12
Place of Birth
Penang, Malaysia
Also Known As
사이몬 러셀 빌