
Simon Russell Beale
Biography
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.…
Filmography

Home! Home!
2024 · 10.0

Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012 · 10.0

National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
2019 · 10.0

The Temptation of Franz Schubert
1997 · 9.0

House of the Dragon
2022 · 8.4

A Very Peculiar Practice
1986 · 8.2

National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019 · 8.2

Symphony
2011 · 8.0
Time and the Conways
1985 · 8.0

De Gaulle: Liberté
2026 · 7.8

Penny Dreadful
2014 · 7.8

De Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · 7.8

Spooks
2002 · 7.7

Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011 · 7.7

A Christmas Carol
2020 · 7.5

The Hollow Crown
2012 · 7.4

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · 7.4

Hamlet
1996 · 7.3

Vanity Fair
2018 · 7.2

Douglas Is Cancelled
2024 · 7.2

Persuasion
1995 · 7.2

Deep Water
2006 · 7.2

Mary & George
2024 · 7.1

National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014 · 7.1

The Outfit
2022 · 7.1

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · 7.1

The Death of Stalin
2017 · 7.0

Orlando
1992 · 7.0

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · 7.0

National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010 · 7.0

RSC Live: The Tempest
2017 · 7.0

The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · 6.7

My Week with Marilyn
2011 · 6.7

Operation Finale
2018 · 6.7

Radioactive
2020 · 6.6

Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · 6.5

Museo
2018 · 6.5

American Experience
1988 · 6.5

Operation Mincemeat
2022 · 6.5

An Ideal Husband
1999 · 6.5

The Choral
2025 · 6.4

Dunkirk
2004 · 6.4

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · 6.3

Firebrand
2024 · 6.3

Alice in Wonderland
1999 · 6.2

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · 6.2

Benediction
2021 · 6.1

The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · 5.9

The Deep Blue Sea
2011 · 5.9

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · 5.9

Into the Woods
2014 · 5.8

My Cousin Rachel
2017 · 5.7

The Gathering
2003 · 5.6

The Young Visiters
2003 · 5.3

Legacy
2013 · 5.2
The Mushroom Picker
1993 · 4.0

Prima Facie
2026 · 0.0
Downtown Lagos
1992 · 0.0

This Is Your Five Minute Call
— · 0.0

Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012 · 0.0

Lava Land - Glowing Hawaii
2013 · 0.0

A Musical Nativity with John Rutter
2011 · 0.0

Sacred Music: A Christmas History
2010 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
2012 · 0.0

Monteverdi in Mantua - The Genius of the Vespers
2015 · 0.0

Sacred Music: God's Composer
2011 · 0.0

Sacred Music
2008 · 0.0

An Easter Celebration
2008 · 0.0