Simon Russell Beale
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4964 |
| Birthday | 1961-01-12 |
| Place of Birth | Penang, Malaysia |
| Also Known As | 사이몬 러셀 빌, Simon Russell-Beale, Simon Russell Beale CBE, |
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The Mysterious Mr Webster
6/1
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Orlando
6.9/370
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2020
The Hour
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The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.
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1995
Persuasion
7.1/140
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2011
The Deep Blue Sea
5.904/307
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
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2003
The Young Visiters
5.4/7
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My Week with Marilyn
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Firebrand
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Into the Woods
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2013
Legacy
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Hamlet
7.3/505
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7.1/8
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Time and the Conways
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10/2
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10/1
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An Easter Celebration
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The Choral
6/16
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2006
Deep Water
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Blackadder: Back & Forth
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Cunk on Shakespeare
7.5/40
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The Death of Stalin
7.019/2086
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1999
Alice in Wonderland
6.223/390
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
7.2/12
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De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)
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Muse of Fire
6.5/2
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6.2/4
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RSC Live: The Tempest
7/2
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Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
7.7/6
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Museo
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My Cousin Rachel
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An Ideal Husband
6.479/217
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Radioactive
6.6/898
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2018
Operation Finale
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Mary Queen of Scots
6.557/1906
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2020
A Christmas Carol
7.5/13
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2019
National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
10/1
Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre in London to cinemas.
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2010
Sacred Music: A Christmas History
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2019
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
8.2/4
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Operation Mincemeat
6.5/772
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Benediction
6.157/86
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
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The Outfit
7.092/1303
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Sacred Music: God's Composer
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The Temptation of Franz Schubert
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