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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)	Sir Hector Moreland		7
2	Firebrand (2024)	Stephen Gardiner	-	-
3	The Outfit (2022)	Roy Boyle		7.4
4	Operation Mincemeat (2022)	Winston Churchill		6.6
5	Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Most waited movies 2022	Dionysus		6.5
6	Benediction (2021)	Robbie Ross		1
7	A Christmas Carol (2020)	Scrooge's voice (voice)	-	-
8	Radioactive (2020)	Professor Lippmann		6.8
9	Operation Finale (2018)	David Ben-Gurion		6.6
10	Museo (2018)	Frank Graves		4
11	Mary Queen of Scots (2018)	Robert Beale		6.5
12	The Death of Stalin (2017) Recently popular movies	Lavrenti Beria		7.8
13	My Cousin Rachel (2017)	Couch		6.6
14	The Legend of Tarzan (2016)	Mr. Frum		6.5
15	Cunk on Shakespeare (2016)	Self - Actor		7.7
16	National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)	Lear, King of Britain	-	-
17	Into the Woods (2014) Oscars 2015	Baker's Father		6.2
18	Muse of Fire (2013)	Self	-	-
19	Legacy (2013)	Hookey	-	-
20	My Week with Marilyn (2011) Oscars 2012	Cotes-Preedy		6.9
21	The Deep Blue Sea (2011)	Sir William Collyer		4
22	Deep Water (2006)	Donald Crowhurst (voice)		7
23	The Gathering (2003)	Luke Fraser		6.3
24	An Ideal Husband (1999)	Sir Edward		8
25	Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)	Wellington		8
26	Alice in Wonderland (1999)	King Cedric of Hearts		8
27	Hamlet (1996)	Second Gravedigger		6.2
28	Persuasion (1995)	Charles Musgrove		9
29	Orlando (1992)	Earl of Moray		8.3