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Simon McBurney
ACTOR

Simon McBurney

Known for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · Nosferatu · Midsomer Murders

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.​

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Born
Aug 25, 1957
Birthplace
Cambridge, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.​

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Known For

MOVIEMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationAtlee · 2015
★ 7.2
MOVIENosferatu
NosferatuHerr Knock · 2024
★ 6.7
TVMidsomer Murders
Midsomer MurdersHenry Carstairs · 1997
★ 7.5

Filmography

Movies

Burning AmbitionMartin
1988
KafkaAssistant Oscar
1991
The Crying GameMick
1992
Gregory: Diary of a NutcaseMadman
1993
A Business AffairSalesman
1994
Being HumanHermas
1994
MesmerFranz Mesmer junior
1994
Tom & VivDr. Reginald Miller
1994
The OgreBrigadier
1996
Cousin BetteVauvinet
1998
Inside-OutMarket researcher
1999
OneginTriquet
1999
EisensteinSergei Eisenstein
2000
Bright Young ThingsSneath
2003
Sweet DreamsThomas
2003
The Elephant VanishesDirector
2003
The Manchurian CandidateDr. Atticus Noyle
2004
The ReckoningStephen
2004
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To SayCreative Consultant
2005
Friends with MoneyAaron
2006
The Last King of ScotlandBritish Diplomat
2006
Mr. Bean's HolidayStory
2007
Mr. Bean's HolidayExecutive Producer
2007
The Golden CompassFra Pavel
2007
Body of LiesGarland
2008
The DuchessCharles Fox
2008
Boogie WoogieRobert Freign
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Kreacher (voice)
2010
National Theatre Live: A Disappearing NumberDirector
2010
National Theatre Live: A Disappearing NumberWriter
2010
Robin HoodFather Tancred
2010
Jane EyreMr. Brocklehurst
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyOliver Lacon
2011
For Those Who Can Tell No TalesTim Clancy
2013
Magic in the MoonlightHoward Burkan
2014
The Theory of EverythingFrank Hawking
2014
Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationAtlee
2015
AlliedS.O.E. Official
2016
John Berger or The Art of LookingSelf
2016
The Conjuring 2Maurice Grosse
2016
The New ManSelf
2016
The EncounterHimself
2017
The EncounterDirector
2017
The MercySir Francis Chichester
2018
SiberiaMagician
2020
WolfwalkersLord Protector (voice)
2020
Can I Live?Co-Director
2021
The Pale Blue EyeCaptain Hitchcock
2022
A MistakeAndrew McGrath
2023
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadDirector
2023
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic FluteArt Direction
2023
GardeningDetective Danforth
2024
National Theatre Live: MnemonicDirector
2024
National Theatre Live: MnemonicWriter
2024
NosferatuHerr Knock
2024
The ActorDoctor Croft / Doctor Edgarton
2025
The Betrayers
2026
QV
Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Mart

Television

Friday Night, Saturday Morning1 eps
1979
ScreenPlayMartin · 1 eps
1986
H
He-PlayColin · 1 eps
1990
PerformancePistol · 1 eps
1991
Midsomer MurdersHenry Carstairs · 1 eps
1997
Rev.Robert · 19 eps
2010
The BorgiasJohannes Burchart · 5 eps
2011
UtopiaProfessor Donaldson · 3 eps
2013
The Casual VacancyColin Wall · 3 eps
2015
Carnival RowRunyan Millworthy · 18 eps
2019
The Loudest VoiceRupert Murdoch · 5 eps
2019
HijackEdgar Janssen · 2 eps
2023

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