British actor Simon Russell Beale He was born on January 12, 1961 in the city of Penang (Malaysia). He spent his childhood abroad as his father was Surgeon General of the British Army (his mother is also a doctor) until, at the age of 8, his family returned to England and Simon he went to study as a pupil at St Paul’s Cathedral School.
He then attended Clifton College in Bristol on a choral scholarship and subsequently studied English at Cambridge University (also on a Music scholarship). Beale She then began a course at the Guidhall School of Music and Drama, initially as a singer, but later switched to acting. It was precisely the performance in a student play at the Edinburgh Festival that finally led him to start his acting career.
He began to become known for his comedic roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he began collaborating with Sam Mendes, with whom he continued to work ever since. Since 1995 he has performed regularly with the National Theater. Beale He is an Associate Artist of the National Theater, the Almeida Theater in London, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company.
While his career is primarily theatrical, Simon he also owns several television and film credits, often in Shakespearean adaptations. His first work in front of the cameras was in 1985 with a brief appearance in the telefilm “Time and the Conways“. In 1992 he played Count of Moray in his film debut made in the feature film “Orlando“.
Beale he also played composer Franz Schubert in the TV movie “The Temptation of Franz Schubert“(1997) and that same year he starred in the miniseries”A Dance to the Music of Time“More recently he acted in the famous British series.”Spooks“, in its 2010-2011 season and is currently filming a two-part television movie based on the play by William Shakespeare”Henry IV“, and in which he plays Sir John Falstaff.
His film credits include, among others, the titles “Hamlet“(1996) by Kenneth Branagh;”An ideal husband” (1999); “The witnesses“(2003),”The Deep Blue Sea” Y “My week with Marilyn“(2011).
In 2003 he was awarded the Order of Commander of the British Empire, for his contribution to the art of acting. He also received the Lawrence Olivier Award in 1996, 2000 and 2003, and was also nominated in 1998, 2001 and 2002. For his performance in “Hamlet“He won the John and Wendy Trewin Award from the London Theater Critics Circle, in addition to the Evening Standard Theater Award. The British newspaper” The Independent “once described him as”the greatest theater actor of his generation“