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Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

21 movies on Netflix

Biography

Simon Russell Beale is an English actor born in Penang in 1961 who began his career at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He has won three Laurence Olivier Awards, for Volpone, Candide, and Uncle Vanya. On Broadway he was nominated for a Tony as George in Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, then won the Tony for Best Actor in a Play as Henry Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy. His first film part was in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), and he became known for Persuasion (1995), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Benediction (2021), and The Outfit (2022). He played Lavrentiy Beria in The Death of Stalin (2017), winning a British Independent Film Award. On television he won two British Academy Television Awards, for A Dance to the Music of Time and for Henry IV, Part I and Part II, and appeared in Penny Dreadful and House of the Dragon.

65years old

Turns 66 on January 12in 101 days

  • Born Penang
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
  • Also credited as Sir Simon Russell Beale

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
33 years1992 to 2025

Genres

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  1. First role

    Simon Russell Beale's first stage performance was at primary school, where he played the part of Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

  2. Early training

    Simon Russell Beale went on to further studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and he finished there in 1983.

  3. First role

    Beale took the lead in Humble Boy, a play by Charlotte Jones, and the part had been written specially for him.

  4. A first

    In March 2011, Beale first performed with The Royal Ballet, taking the role of the Duchess in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

  5. A first

    Beale's first job as a television presenter came in 2008, when he fronted the BBC series Sacred Music alongside Harry Christophers and The Sixteen.

  6. A change of course

    Oxford University named Beale the Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre in 2014, a post based at St Catherine's College.

Simon Russell Beale movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Death of Stalin2017 Comedy, Drama, Historyas Lavrenti Beria

    IMDb rating 7.3128K votes

  2. The Outfit2022 Crime, Dramaas Roy

    IMDb rating 7.288K votes

  3. The Legend of Tarzan2016as Mr. Frum

    IMDb rating 6.2200K votes

  4. Radioactive2020as Professor Lippmann

    IMDb rating 6.325K votes

  5. The Deep Blue Sea2011as Sir William Collyer

    IMDb rating 6.218K votes

  6. My Week with Marilyn2011as Cotes-Preedy

    IMDb rating 6.992K votes

  7. My Cousin Rachel2017as Couch

    IMDb rating 6.022K votes

  8. Operation Mincemeat2021as Winston Churchill

    IMDb rating 6.645K votes

Most often with

Roger Michell directed two of these films, Terence Davies two. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Colin Firth, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Colin FirthJason Isaacs, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jason IsaacsRachel Weisz, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Rachel WeiszJohn Wood, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John WoodSam Riley, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Sam RileyJohnny Flynn, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Johnny FlynnRoger MichellDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Roger MichellTerence DaviesDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Terence Davies

Films together

Box office

What Simon Russell Beale's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$714 million

16 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 16 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 16Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

The Legend of Tarzan2016as Mr. Frum$357 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Legend of Tarzan2016as Mr. Frum
    $357M50.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Into the Woods2014as Baker's Father
    $213M29.8% of the total
  3. 3
    My Week with Marilyn2011as Cotes-Preedy
    $35M4.9% of the total
  4. 4
    The Death of Stalin2017as Lavrenti Beria
    $25M3.4% of the total
  5. 5
    An Ideal Husband1999as Sir Edward
    $19M2.6% of the total
  6. 6
    Operation Finale2018as David Ben-Gurion
    $18M2.5% of the total
  7. 7
    Operation Mincemeat2021as Winston Churchill
    $16M2.2% of the total
  8. 8
    My Cousin Rachel2017as Couch
    $9.2M1.3% of the total
Orlando (1992), $5.4 millionPersuasion (1995), $5.3 millionThe Outfit (2022), $4.0 millionRadioactive (2020), $3.5 millionFirebrand (2024), $2.6 millionThe Deep Blue Sea (2011), $1.1 millionBenediction (2021), $847,418Museo (2018), $762,284

$23.5 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total

Awards

Four awards and honors from 2010 to 2019.

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Simon Russell Beale's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2019Knight BachelorWon
2010Honorary doctorateHonorary
Commander of the Order of the British EmpireWon
Laurence Olivier AwardsWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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