![Simon Burke](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zaUYPHzUXuqyXCv1da0HjpaPEx8.jpg)
Simon Burke
Simon Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards.
He has since starred in numerous film, television and theatre productions in Australia and the UK. He starred as Captain Georg von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein's production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium alongside Connie Fisher.
Burke was Federal President of Actors Equity Australia (2004–2014) and currently a Vice President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA).
Simon Burke is also well remembered for his long term stint as a presenter on the childrens television series Play School from 1988-2007 then 2013 and again in 2020.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 22.254 |
Birthday | 1961-10-08 |
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![Pitch Black](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oulNpuqYV6bseMbq2ynQ5F8hwtx.jpg)
2000
![Pitch Black](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oulNpuqYV6bseMbq2ynQ5F8hwtx.jpg)
Pitch Black
6.839/4288
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear...
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Pitch Black
![The One That Got Away](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mGEQWiiburaddfE2WvzZpLwOIrW.jpg)
1996
![The One That Got Away](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mGEQWiiburaddfE2WvzZpLwOIrW.jpg)
The One That Got Away
4.6/4
The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition togeth...
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The One That Got Away
![The Devil's Playground](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jb42HMgDSEu2t1IJoQMOAcsz9hq.jpg)
1976
![The Devil's Playground](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jb42HMgDSEu2t1IJoQMOAcsz9hq.jpg)
The Devil's Playground
6.7/30
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid disci...
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The Devil's Playground
![The Postcard Bandit](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/moO6cVJbkDj9YyJ6pyR7YK0JBmA.jpg)
2003
![The Postcard Bandit](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/moO6cVJbkDj9YyJ6pyR7YK0JBmA.jpg)
The Postcard Bandit
5.3/4
The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the r...
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The Postcard Bandit
![Preservation](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2003
![Preservation](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Preservation
6/1
Gothic horror and erotic farce face a shotgun wedding in "Preservation," an oddball Aussie pic which is part of a spurt of government funded hour-long...
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Preservation
![South Pacific](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wVmElU4cbLKe4LsQ7Qe5M8N2DuU.jpg)
2001
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South Pacific
4.8/8
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Th...
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![The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zGz4sJzRuVgDbNxsAoraeUpcXdJ.jpg)
2005
![The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zGz4sJzRuVgDbNxsAoraeUpcXdJ.jpg)
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
5/4
A documentary on the impact of gay and lesbian people in Australia.
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The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia
![Heroes' Mountain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yTs1cQ9XyBrII2okjlxTJSNfDkd.jpg)
2002
![Heroes' Mountain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yTs1cQ9XyBrII2okjlxTJSNfDkd.jpg)
Heroes' Mountain
2.8/2
The story of Stuart Diver, the only person to survive the 1997 Thredbo tragedy that came about when a landslide engulfed a ski lodge situated in Austr...
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Heroes' Mountain
![The Clinic](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3rI34fMhodppLTUsF9VLWzxWZxx.jpg)
1983
![The Clinic](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3rI34fMhodppLTUsF9VLWzxWZxx.jpg)
The Clinic
4.5/6
A comedic, dramatic day in the lives of employees and patients at a venereal disease clinic.
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The Clinic
![The Irishman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/krkIjrPtQRodPIKxKLtWkY3DW9z.jpg)
1978
![The Irishman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/krkIjrPtQRodPIKxKLtWkY3DW9z.jpg)
The Irishman
0/0
Paddy Doolan is a man who refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way things are done, the stubborn Irishman, t...
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The Irishman
![Slate, Wyn & Me](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7nYyvnnrHzg7UDHKvjEAJaODrXT.jpg)
1987
![Slate, Wyn & Me](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7nYyvnnrHzg7UDHKvjEAJaODrXT.jpg)
Slate, Wyn & Me
4/2
Meandering drama of Brothers Burke and Sacks, who rob a bank, kill a cop and kidnap Thornton, a witness to their crime.
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Slate, Wyn & Me
![Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j4Iqg4zixlA9WESb9scdmgtLkdW.jpg)
1999
![Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j4Iqg4zixlA9WESb9scdmgtLkdW.jpg)
Passion
3.3/3
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, thou...
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Passion
![Small Claims: The Reunion](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2006
![Small Claims: The Reunion](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Small Claims: The Reunion
0/0
Chrissy and Jo attend Chrissy's university reunion. Surrounded by success, Chrissy begins to question her decision to stay at home with the kids. Whe...
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