Simon Russell Beale - Actor
Age: 65
Country: United Kingdom Occupations:
Actor
Domains:
Television Series
Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE is an acclaimed English actor, often described as one of the greatest stage actors of his generation. He is highly distinguished for his extensive career in theatre, particularly for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the National Theatre, where he has performed nearly every major Shakespearean role, including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Iago.
He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including three Olivier Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Tony Award for his performance as Henry Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy. Other notable stage roles include Volpone, Uncle Vanya, and King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot.
In film and television, he is known for roles such as Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time, Falstaff in The Hollow Crown, Ferdinand Lyle in the series Penny Dreadful, and the menacing Lavrenti Beria in the film The Death of Stalin. He was knighted in 2019 for his services to the Arts.