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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-08-25 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Cambridge, England, UK

Simon McBurney

Biography:

Simon Montagu McBurney, OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, writer and director. He is the founder and artistic director of Théâtre de Complicité in England, now called Complicite.

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Known For

Acting

2025

The Actor as Doctor Croft / Doctor Edgarton

2024

A Mistake as Andrew McGrath
Nosferatu as Herr Knock

2023

Hijack as Edgar Janssen

2022

The Pale Blue Eye as Captain Hitchcock

2020

Siberia as Magician
Wolfwalkers as Lord Protector (voice)

2019

Carnival Row as Runyan Millworthy
The Loudest Voice as Rupert Murdoch

2018

The Mercy as Sir Francis Chichester

2017

The Encounter as Himself

2016

The Conjuring 2 as Maurice Grosse
The New Man as Self
Allied as S.O.E. Official

2015

The Casual Vacancy as Colin Wall

2014

Magic in the Moonlight as Howard Burkan
The Theory of Everything as Frank Hawking

2013

Utopia as Professor Donaldson

2011

Jane Eyre as Mr. Brocklehurst

2010

Robin Hood as Father Tancred
Rev. as Robert

2009

Boogie Woogie as Robert Freign

2008

Body of Lies as Garland
The Duchess as Charles Fox

2007

The Golden Compass as Fra Pavel

2006

The Last King of Scotland as British Diplomat

2004

The Manchurian Candidate as Dr. Atticus Noyle
The Reckoning as Stephen

2003

Sweet Dreams as Thomas

2000

Eisenstein as Sergei Eisenstein

1999

Inside-Out as Market researcher
Onegin as Triquet

1998

Cousin Bette as Vauvinet

1997

Midsomer Murders as Henry Carstairs

1996

The Ogre as Brigadier

1994

A Business Affair as Salesman
Mesmer as Franz Mesmer junior
Being Human as Hermas
Tom & Viv as Dr. Reginald Miller

1993

1992

1991

Kafka as Assistant Oscar

1988

1982

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Gardening as Detective Danforth

Writing

2007

Directing

2021

Can I Live? as Co-Director

2017

The Encounter as Director

2003

Art

Production

2007

Mr. Bean's Holiday as Executive Producer