Simon Russell Beale

1961 (65) • Acting

Born: 1/12/1961 (65) in Penang, Malaysia

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

House of the Dragon

84%

Ser Simon Strong

2022

The Death of Stalin

70%

Lavrenti Beria

2017

Penny Dreadful

78%

Ferdinand Lyle

2014

The Outfit

71%

Roy Boyle

2022

Radioactive

66%

Professor Lippmann

2020

My Cousin Rachel

57%

Couch

2017

The Deep Blue Sea

59%

Sir William Collyer

2011

The Gathering

56%

Luke Fraser

2003

Prima Facie

2026

De Gaulle: Liberté

78%

Winston Churchill

2026

De Gaulle: Résistance

78%

Winston Churchill

2026

The Magic Faraway Tree

62%

Know All

2026

The Choral

65%

Sir Edward Elgar

2025

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

71%

Sir Hector Moreland

2025

Douglas Is Cancelled

72%

Bently

2024

Firebrand

63%

Stephen Gardiner

2024

Mary & George

71%

Sir George Villiers

2024

Home! Home!

100%

Narrator (voice)

2024

House of the Dragon

84%

Ser Simon Strong

2022

Thor: Love and Thunder

64%

Dionysus

2022

Operation Mincemeat

65%

Winston Churchill

2022

The Outfit

71%

Roy Boyle

2022

Benediction

62%

Robbie Ross

2021

A Christmas Carol

75%

Scrooge's voice (voice)

2020

The Hour

Himself

2020

Radioactive

66%

Professor Lippmann

2020

National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

82%

Henry Lehman

2019

National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

100%

Richard II

2019

Mary Queen of Scots

65%

Robert Beale

2018

Vanity Fair

72%

John Sedley

2018

Operation Finale

67%

David Ben-Gurion

2018

Museo

65%

Frank Graves

2018

The Death of Stalin

70%

Lavrenti Beria

2017

My Cousin Rachel

57%

Couch

2017

RSC Live: The Tempest

70%

Prospero

2017

The Legend of Tarzan

59%

Mr. Frum

2016