
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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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nosferatu | Knock (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Met Live in HD: 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 |
63% | 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 |
80% | 84% | The Theory of Everything | Stephen's Father (Character) | $35.9M | 2014 |
51% | 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 |
39% | 56% | The Reckoning | Stephen (Character) | $256.6K | 2004 |
80% | 63% | The Manchurian Candidate | Dr. Atticus Noyle (Character) | $65.9M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Skagerrak | Thomas (Character) | - | 2003 |
66% | 67% | 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 |
50% | 72% | Kafka | Assistant Oscar (Character) | $57.6K | 1991 |
TV
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49% | 79% | Carnival Row | Runyan Millworthy (Character) | 2019 2023 |
55% | 100% | 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 | No Score Yet | The Comic Strip Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1993 |