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Simon Russell Beale

His credits for the Donmar include: Temple, The Philanthropist, Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night

Other theatre credits include: Venus and Adonis (UK tour), Titus Andronicus, The TempestKing LearGhostsRichard IIIThe SeagullEdward II, Troilus and CressidaThe Man of ModeRestoration (RSC), A Christmas CarolJohn Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre), The Lehman Trilogy (Piccadilly Theatre and The Armory, New York), The Lehman TrilogyKing LearTimon of AthensCollaborators, London AssuranceA Slight AcheMajor BarbaraMuch Ado About NothingThe AlchemistLife of GalileoJumpersHumble Boy, Hamlet, Battle RoyalCandideSummerfolkMoneyOthelloRosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Volpone (National Theatre), Mr Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Hothouse (Trafalgar Studios), Privates On Parade (Noël Coward Theatre), Bluebird (Atlantic Theatre, New York), The Cherry OrchardThe Winter’s Tale (BAM, world tour, The Old Vic), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Palace Theatre and Schubert Theatre, New York), Julius Caesar (Barbican and international tour); Richard IIMacbeth (Almeida Theatre), Jumpers (Piccadilly Theatre, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York), Jumpers (Piccadilly Theatre), Humble Boy (Gielgud Theatre), Invention of Love (Hampstead Theatre), and the forthcoming Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). 

Television credits include: House of the DragonDouglas is Cancelled, Mary & George, Vanity Fair, Charlie Brooker’s Weekly WipePenny DreadfulUnder The CoversMonteverdi, LegacyParkHenry IV Parts 1 and 2God’s CountrySymphonySpooksSacred Christmas Music: American Experience, Dunkirk, Great Historians, Gibbon and A Dance to the Music of Time.

Film credits include: Firebrand, Radioactive, The Outfit, Benediction, Mary Queen of Scots, Operation Finale, The Death of Stalin - winner of 2017 British Independent Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Museo, My Cousin Rachel, Tarzan, Savannah, Into the Woods, The Deep Blue Sea, My Week with Marilyn and Hamlet