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Simon Callow
Born June 13, 1949
Place of birth: Streatham, London, England, UK

Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999. Callow rose to prom...
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Filmography
Actor (173 credits)
Movies
Eternal ReturnMalcolm
2025
The Holiday ListSamuel
2024
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2Cavendish
2024
Merchant IvorySelf
2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Actself
2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationSelf
2024
Surprised by OxfordDr. Sterling
2023
Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' RollRichard O'Keefe
2023
Dodger Special: CoronationArchbishop of Canterbury
2023
Doctor JekyllJournalist
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
American: An Odyssey to 1947Self
2022
The Fringe, Fame and MeSelf
2022
The Pay DayGates
2022
Judi Dench: Our National TreasureNarrator
2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelf
2022
The Amazing Mr. BlundenMr. Blunden
2021
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a GeniusAlexander Pope
2021
Nutcracker Delights: English National BalletNarrator
2020
Blue IguanaUncle Martin
2018
The Dead RoomAubrey Judd
2018
A Christmas Carol
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm DeadSelf
2018
Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
2017
Victoria & AbdulMr. Puccini
2017
Viceroy's HouseCyril Radcliffe
2017
HampsteadJudge
2017
The Man Who Invented ChristmasLeech
2017
50 Years LegalSelf
2017
Born SillyNarrator (voice)
2017
There's Something About RomcomsSelf
2016
Golden YearsRoyston
2016
MindhornHimself
2016
Creditors
2015
Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleNarrator (voice)
2014
Miss in Her TeensThe Author
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Actor and Welles' Biographer
2014
The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the WorldSelf - Host - Narrator
2014
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2Self
2013
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett StoryDickie Attenborough
2012
Acts of GodfreyGodfrey
2012
Being Shakespeare
2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
IcePrime Minister
2011
Late BloomersRichard
2011
The British Guide to Showing OffSelf
2011
Art of FreedomSelf
2011
Love's KitchenGuy Witherspoon
2011
Save Our BaconThe Swinesbury's Boss (voice)
2010
The Unforgettable Harry SecombeSelf
2010
TheatrelandHimself
2009
Orson Welles Over EuropeHimself - Presenter
2009
Chemical WeddingHaddo
2008
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portraitSelf
2008
Arn: The Knight TemplarFather Henry
2007
Surveillance 24/7St John
2007
How Gay Sex Changed the WorldSelf
2007
The Curse of King Tut's TombGeorge Russell
2006
Men of MysteryHimself
2006
Reviving Harry LimeHimself
2006
The Madness of Boy GeorgeNarrator (voice)
2006
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the MaskSelf
2006
The Best ManBig-Time Publisher
2005
Revisiting BridesheadNarrator
2005
A Tribute To Ismail MerchantSelf (archive footage)
2005
The Civilization of Maxwell BrightMr. Wroth
2005
Bob the ButlerMr. Butler
2005
Rag TaleCormac Rourke
2005
Ripley Under GroundDean Bentliffe
2005
George and the DragonKing Edgar
2004
The Phantom of the OperaAndre
2004
Thank You, Doctor ReyBob
2004
Bright Young ThingsKing of Anatolia
2003
The Mystery of Charles DickensCharles Dickens
2002
ThunderpantsSir John Osgood
2002
Galileo’s Battle for the HeavensGalileo
2002
Christmas Carol: The MovieCharles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
2001
No Man's LandColonel Soft
2001
Around The World In 80 DaysPhileas Fogg (voice)
2000
Deadly AppearancesRick Spencer
2000
Animated Epics: Don QuixoteDon Quixote
2000
Notting HillSimon Callow (uncredited)
1999
Shakespeare in LoveTilney
1998
The Scarlet TunicCaptain Fairfax
1998
Bedrooms and HallwaysKeith
1998
The Woman In WhiteCount Fosco
1997
James and the Giant PeachGrasshopper (voice)
1996
VictoryZangiacomo
1996
MosesMeneptah II (voice)
1996
An Audience with Charles DickensCharles Dickens
1996
Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsVincent Cadby
1995
Jefferson in ParisRichard Cosway
1995
England, My EnglandCharles II
1995
El pasajero clandestinoMajor Owens
1995
Four Weddings and a FuneralGareth
1994
Street FighterA. N. Official
1994
Femme FataleVicar Ronnie
1993
Soft Top Hard ShoulderEddie Cherdowski
1993
Camp Christmas
1993
Howards EndMusic and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
1992
The Trials of OzJohn Mortimer
1991
The Crucifer of BloodInspector Lestrade
1991
Postcards from the EdgeSimon Asquith
1990
Mr. & Mrs. BridgeDr. Alex Sauer
1990
Old FlamesNathanial Quass
1990
Revolutionary WitnessFranciscus Palloy
1989
ManifestoPolice Chief Hunt
1988
MauriceMr. Ducie
1987
Cariani and the CourtesansRaimondi
1987
The Reluctant DragonDragon (voice)
1987
The Christmas TreeJacob Weinberg
1986
A Room with a ViewThe Reverend Mr. Beebe
1985
The Good FatherMark Varda
1985
Honour, Profit & PleasureGeorge Frideric Handel
1985
AmadeusEmanuel Schikaneder
1984
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
The Man of DestinyNapoleon
1981
Instant Enlightenment Including VATMaximillian
1979
Tv
ÉtoileCrispin Shamblee
2025
The Boy That Never WasCozimo
2024
Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed DoorsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2022
The CleanerMr. Abahassine
2021
HawkeyeArmand Duquesne III
2021
Classical Destinations: The Great Composersnarrator
2021
The WitcherCodringher
2019
Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf
2017
The RebelHenry Palmer
2016
GalavantEdwin the Magnificent
2015
OutlanderDuke of Sandringham
2014
Inside No. 9Dick
2014
Plebs
2013
A Very British Murder with Lucy WorsleyHimself
2013
Playhouse PresentsDudley
2012
Them From That ThingVarious
2012
Lily Allen: From Riches to RagsNarrator
2011
IcePrime Minister
2011
Death in ParadiseLarry South
2011
Jamie's Dream SchoolHimself
2011
Arn: The Knight TemplarFader Henry
2010
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsReadings (voice)
2009
Q&ASelf - Panellist
2008
The CompanyMI6 liaison officer Elihu
2007
Roman MysteriesPliny
2007
Derren Brown: Trick or TreatHimself
2007
The Sarah Jane AdventuresTree Blathereen (voice)
2007
The Curse of King Tut's TombGeorge Russell
2006
Doctor WhoCharles Dickens
2005
Shoebox ZooWolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleColonel Melchett
2004
Angels in AmericaPrior 2
2003
Angels in AmericaPrior Walter Ancestor #2
2003
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a FairytaleCharles Dickens
2002
Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001
Loose WomenSelf
1999
ParkinsonSelf
1998
Midsomer MurdersDr. Wellow
1997
Dennis the Menace and GnasherHugo Trenchfoot (voice)
1996
Testament: The Bible in AnimationMeneptah (voice)
1996
Little NapoleonsEdward Feathers
1994
PerformanceJohn Mortimer
1991
Agatha Christie's PoirotDr. Lutz
1989
Acting
1987
Inspector MorseTheodore Kemp
1987
Dead HeadHugo Silver
1986
David CopperfieldWilkins Micawber
1986
Chance in a MillionTom Chance
1984
Saturday ReviewSelf
1984
Question TimeHimself - Panellist
1979
The SweeneyDetective Sergeant
1975
Carry On LaughingCrew Member
1975
NOVAGalileo
1974
A Ghost Story for ChristmasAubrey Judd
1971
OmnibusSelf
1967