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    Simon Russell Beale

    1961-01-12 (63 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    Downton Abbey 3
    0 %|Sep 10, 2025
    Drama, Romance, History
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    Firebrand
    64 %|Mar 27, 2024
    Drama, History, Thriller
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    Home! Home!
    100 %|Mar 1, 2024
    Documentary
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    Thor: Love and Thunder
    64 %|Jul 6, 2022
    Fantasy, Action, Comedy
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    Operation Mincemeat
    65 %|Apr 1, 2022
    War, History, Drama
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    The Outfit
    70.81 %|Feb 25, 2022
    Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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    Benediction
    60 %|Dec 23, 2021
    Drama, History, War
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    A Christmas Carol
    74 %|Dec 4, 2020
    Drama, Animation, Fantasy
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    The Hour
    0 %|Aug 19, 2020
    Documentary
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    Radioactive
    66 %|Mar 11, 2020
    Drama, Romance, History
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    Mary Queen of Scots
    65.66 %|Dec 7, 2018
    Drama, History
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    Operation Finale
    67.03 %|Aug 29, 2018
    Drama, History, Thriller
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    Museo
    66 %|Aug 23, 2018
    Crime, Drama
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    The Death of Stalin
    70 %|Oct 20, 2017
    Comedy, Drama, History
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    My Cousin Rachel
    57.12 %|Jun 8, 2017
    Drama, Romance
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    RSC Live: The Tempest
    90 %|Jan 11, 2017
    Drama, Fantasy
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    The Legend of Tarzan
    59.089999999999996 %|Jun 29, 2016
    Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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    Cunk on Shakespeare
    76 %|May 11, 2016
    Comedy
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    Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
    75 %|Apr 23, 2016
    Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    Into the Woods
    58 %|Dec 24, 2014
    Fantasy, Comedy
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    The Mysterious Mr Webster
    60 %|May 24, 2014
    Documentary
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    Legacy
    51 %|Nov 28, 2013
    TV Movie, Drama, Thriller
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    Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
    0 %|Nov 25, 2013
    Documentary
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    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
    70 %|Nov 2, 2013
    Documentary
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    Muse of Fire
    65 %|Sep 26, 2013
    Documentary
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    Shakespeare's Sonnets
    0 %|Jul 18, 2012
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    National Theatre Live: Collaborators
    0 %|Dec 1, 2011
    Comedy, Drama
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    My Week with Marilyn
    67 %|Nov 23, 2011
    Drama, Romance
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    The Deep Blue Sea
    58.67 %|Sep 11, 2011
    Drama, Romance
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    A Christmas History
    0 %|Dec 24, 2010
    Documentary, Music
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    An Easter Celebration
    0 %|Mar 23, 2008
    Music
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    Deep Water
    72 %|Dec 15, 2006
    Documentary, Adventure, Drama, Action
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    The Young Visiters
    51 %|Dec 26, 2003
    TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
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    The Gathering
    54 %|Feb 23, 2003
    Horror, Thriller
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    An Ideal Husband
    64.18 %|Apr 15, 1999
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Blackadder: Back & Forth
    69.97 %|Mar 29, 1999
    Comedy, History, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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    Alice in Wonderland
    63 %|Feb 28, 1999
    Fantasy, Family
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    Hamlet
    73.28 %|Dec 25, 1996
    Drama
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    Persuasion
    71 %|May 1, 1995
    Drama, Romance
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    Orlando
    69 %|Dec 11, 1992
    Drama, Fantasy
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    Time and the Conways
    0 %|Apr 7, 1985
    Drama
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    The Choral
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    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
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    History, Drama
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    The Magic Faraway Tree
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    Family, Fantasy, Adventure
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    De Gaulle – Partie 2
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    History, Drama
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    Home! Home!
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    Series

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    Douglas Is Cancelled
    75 %|Jun 27, 2024
    Drama, Comedy
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    Mary & George
    75 %|Mar 5, 2024
    Drama
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    House of the Dragon
    84 %|Aug 21, 2022
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Vanity Fair
    75 %|Sep 2, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    Penny Dreadful
    78.31 %|May 11, 2014
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
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    The Hollow Crown
    74 %|Jun 30, 2012
    Drama,
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    Simon Schama's Shakespeare
    0 %|Jun 22, 2012
    Documentary
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    Symphony
    80 %|Nov 3, 2011
    Documentary
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    Dunkirk
    64 %|Feb 18, 2004
    Documentary, Drama
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    Spooks
    76 %|May 13, 2002
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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    Spooks
    76 %|May 13, 2002
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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    A Dance to the Music of Time
    53 %|Oct 9, 1997
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Mushroom Picker
    10 %|Feb 3, 1993
    Comedy, Drama
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    American Experience
    75 %|Oct 4, 1988
    Documentary
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    A Very Peculiar Practice
    78 %|May 21, 1986
    Drama, Comedy
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    Blackadder
    80 %|Jun 15, 1983
    Comedy, War & Politics