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Simon McBurney

Highest Rated: 99% Wolfwalkers (2020)

Lowest Rated: 32% Boogie Woogie (2009)

Birthday: Aug 25, 1957

Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Born in 1957 in Cambridge, England, Simon McBurney studied English literature at university before succumbing to the acting bug. McBurney and a couple of compatriots founded the theater company Complicité in 1983, gaining in stature until they headlined arguably the most prestigious venue in European theater, the Avignon International Festival. They mounted an adaptation of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita that has since toured the world. Although McBurney's true passion is theater (acting and directing), he has been coaxed in front of the camera on a number of occasions. He played supporting roles in films like "Kafka" (1991), directed by Steven Soderbergh, and made a number of guest appearances on TV series (mostly British), including "Absolutely Fabulous" (BBC, 1992-2005) and "Midsomer Murders" (ITV, 1997-). He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2005 for his services to the stage. However, it wasn't until a recurring role in "The Borgias" (Showtime, 2011-13) and a series regular role in "Rev." (BBC, 2010-14) that McBurney gained real onscreen recognition. In 2014, McBurney appeared in Woody Allen's "Magic In the Moonlight" (2014) as well as the Academy Award®-nominated "Theory of Everything" (2014). McBurney also played in the mini-series "The Casual Vacancy" (HBO, 2015) adapted from the book by JK Rowling.

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Highest rated movies

99% 98% Wolfwalkers Watchlist
94% 87% Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
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91% Nosferatu Watchlist
87% 89% The Last King of Scotland
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84% 65% Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Watchlist 81% 84% The Theory of Everything Watchlist 80% 81% The Conjuring 2 Watchlist 79% 63% The Manchurian Candidate Watchlist
72% 40% Friends With Money
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72% A Mistake Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
91% No Score Yet Nosferatu Herr Knock (Character) - 2024
72% No Score Yet A Mistake Andrew McGrath (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 94% The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte Director - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Extinction Self - 2023
63% 69% The Pale Blue Eye Captain Hitchcock (Character) - 2022
99% 98% Wolfwalkers Lord Protector Cromwell (Voice) - 2020
65% 10% Siberia Magician (Character) - 2019
60% 64% Allied S.O.E. Official (Character) $39.8M 2016
80% 81% The Conjuring 2 Maurice Grosse (Character) $102.5M 2016
94% 87% Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Atlee (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Casual Vacancy Colin Wall (Character) - 2015
81% 84% The Theory of Everything Stephen's Father (Character) $35.9M 2014
52% 45% Magic in the Moonlight Howard Burkan (Character) $10.5M 2014
No Score Yet 100% For Those Who Can Tell No Tales Tim Clancy (Character) - 2013
84% 65% Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Oliver Lacon (Character) $24.1M 2011
32% 22% Boogie Woogie Rhinegold's Secretary (Character) $1.8K 2009
55% 62% Body of Lies Garland (Character) $39.4M 2008
62% 67% The Duchess Charles Fox (Character) $13.8M 2008
42% 51% The Golden Compass Fra Pavel (Character) $70.1M 2007
51% 49% Mr. Bean's Holiday Executive Producer $32.6M 2007
87% 89% The Last King of Scotland Stone (Character) $17.6M 2006
72% 40% Friends With Money Aaron (Character) $13.4M 2006
No Score Yet 35% Human Touch Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Torte Bluma Unknown (Character) - 2005
38% 56% The Reckoning Stephen (Character) $256.6K 2004
79% 63% The Manchurian Candidate Dr. Atticus Noyle (Character) $65.9M 2004
No Score Yet 57% Skagerrak Thomas (Character) - 2003
66% 68% Bright Young Things Sneath (Photo-Rat) (Character) $931.8K 2003
64% 57% Eisenstein Sergei Eisenstein (Character) - 2001
48% 72% Onegin Triquet (Character) $183.8K 1999
No Score Yet 57% Mesmer Franz (Character) - 1994
55% 72% Kafka Assistant Oscar (Character) $57.6K 1991

TV

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49% 79% Carnival Row Runyan Millworthy (Character) 2019 2023
55% 94% The Loudest Voice Rupert Murdoch (Character) 2019
58% No Score Yet The Casual Vacancy Colin Wall (Character) 2015
No Score Yet 92% Rev. Archdeacon Robert (Character) 2010-2011 2014
No Score Yet 85% Midsomer Murders Henry Carstairs (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comic Strip Presents Unknown (Character) 1992-1993