Acting

Simon McBurney

Born 1957-08-25 · Cambridge, England, UK

Simon Montagu McBurney, OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, writer and director. He is the founder and artistic director of Théâtre de Complicité in England, now called Complicite. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon McBurney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

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The Betrayers
2026
The Actor
as Doctor Croft / Doctor Edgarton
2025
Nosferatu
as Herr Knock
2024
Gardening
as Detective Danforth
2024
National Theatre Live: Mnemonic
Director
2024
National Theatre Live: Mnemonic
Writer
2024
A Mistake
as Andrew McGrath
2023
Hijack
as Edgar Janssen
2023
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Art Direction
2023
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Director
2023
The Pale Blue Eye
as Captain Hitchcock
2022
Can I Live?
Co-Director
2021
Wolfwalkers
as Lord Protector (voice)
2020
Siberia
as Magician
2020
Carnival Row
as Runyan Millworthy
2019
The Loudest Voice
as Rupert Murdoch
2019
The Mercy
as Sir Francis Chichester
2018
The Encounter
as Himself
2017
The Encounter
Director
2017
Allied
as S.O.E. Official
2016
The New Man
as Self
2016
John Berger or The Art of Looking
as Self
2016
The Conjuring 2
as Maurice Grosse
2016
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
as Atlee
2015
The Casual Vacancy
as Colin Wall
2015
The Theory of Everything
as Frank Hawking
2014
Magic in the Moonlight
as Howard Burkan
2014
For Those Who Can Tell No Tales
as Tim Clancy
2013
Utopia
as Professor Donaldson
2013
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Oliver Lacon
2011
The Borgias
as Johannes Burchart
2011
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Brocklehurst
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Kreacher (voice)
2010
National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number
Director
2010
National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number
Writer
2010
Rev.
as Robert
2010
Robin Hood
as Father Tancred
2010
Boogie Woogie
as Robert Freign
2010
Body of Lies
as Garland
2008
The Duchess
as Charles Fox
2008
The Golden Compass
as Fra Pavel
2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Story
2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Executive Producer
2007
The Last King of Scotland
as British Diplomat
2006
Friends with Money
as Aaron
2006
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
Creative Consultant
2005
The Manchurian Candidate
as Dr. Atticus Noyle
2004
The Reckoning
as Stephen
2004
Bright Young Things
as Sneath
2003
The Elephant Vanishes
Director
2003
Sweet Dreams
as Thomas
2003
Eisenstein
as Sergei Eisenstein
2000
Onegin
as Triquet
1999
Inside-Out
as Market researcher
1999
Cousin Bette
as Vauvinet
1998
Midsomer Murders
as Henry Carstairs
1997
The Ogre
as Brigadier
1996
Mesmer
as Franz Mesmer junior
1994
Being Human
as Hermas
1994
Tom & Viv
as Dr. Reginald Miller
1994
A Business Affair
as Salesman
1994
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Madman
1993
The Crying Game
as Mick
1992
Kafka
as Assistant Oscar
1991
Performance
as Pistol
1991
He-Play
as Colin
1990
Burning Ambition
as Martin
1988
ScreenPlay
as Martin
1986
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Mart
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