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Simon Callow

Actor / Character Actor / Writer / Film Director / Screenwriter / Theatre Director | * 06/13/1949 (74) | Streatham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Simon Phillip Hugh Callow (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 prominence originating the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1979 Peter Shaffer play Amadeus, for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. Callow joined the Miloš Forman 1984 film adaptation, this time portraying Emanuel Schikaneder. In 1992, Callow won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical for Carmen Jones. As an actor, he won acclaim for his comedic roles in A Room with a View (1985) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) earning BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Othe... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emerson ...

A Room with a View

NR

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 57min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love. ...

Four Weddings and a Funeral

R

1994 | 3.4/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her w ...

The Phantom of the Opera

PG-13

2004 | 3.6/5 | 2h 23min
Thriller, Drama, Romance / Love
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Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love ...

Shakespeare in Love

R

1998 | 3.4/5 | 2h 3min
Romance / Love, History, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Simon Callow

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Commander of The Order of The British Empire Theatre World Award
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Movies with Simon Callow as Actor(91)

as Cavendish2024 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
as Cavendish2024 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3
as Dr. Sterling2023 Surprised by Oxford
as himself2023 Merchant Ivory
as Richard O'Keefe2023 Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
2023 Doctor Jekyll
as Gates2022 The Pay Day
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Mr. Blunden2021 The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Aubrey Judd2018 The Dead Room
as himself2018 They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 A Christmas Carol
as Uncle Martin2018 Blue Iguana
as Leech2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Puccini2017 Victoria & Abdul
2017 50 Years Legal
as Cyril Radcliffe2017 Viceroy's House
as Judge2017 Hampstead
2017 Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
as Royston2016 Golden Years
as himself2016 Mindhorn
2015 Creditors
as Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)2014 Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as The Author2014 Miss in Her Teens
2014 The First Silent Night
as Godfrey2012 Acts of Godfrey
2012 Being Shakespeare
as Prime Minister2011 Ice
as himself2011 Art of Freedom
as himself2011 The British Guide to Showing Off
as Guy Witherspoon2011 Love's Kitchen
as Richard2011 Late Bloomers
as himself2010 The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
as The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)2010 Save Our Bacon
as Himself - Presenter2009 Orson Welles Over Europe
as Haddo2008 Chemical Wedding
as Father Henry2007 Arn: The Knight Templar
as St John2007 Surveillance 24/7
as himself2007 How Gay Sex Changed the World
as himself2006 Men of Mystery
as himself2006 Reviving Harry Lime
2006 The Madness of Boy George
as George Russell2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Dean Bentliffe2005 Ripley Under Ground
as Narrator2005 Revisiting Brideshead
as Cormac Rourke2005 Rag Tale
as Mr. Wroth2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Big-Time Publisher2005 The Best Man
as Mr. Butler2005 Bob the Butler
as King Edgar2004 George and the Dragon
as Andre2004 The Phantom of the Opera
as King of Anatolia2003 Bright Young Things
as Charles Dickens2002 The Mystery of Charles Dickens
as Bob2002 Merci Docteur Rey
as Sir John Osgood2002 Thunderpants
as Colonel Soft2001 No Man's Land
as Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie
as Don Quixote2000 Animated Epics: Don Quixote
as Rick Spencer2000 Deadly Appearances
as Simon Callow (uncredited)1999 Notting Hill
as Captain Fairfax1998 The Scarlet Tunic
as Keith1998 Bedrooms and Hallways
as Tilney1998 Shakespeare in Love
as Count Fosco1997 The Woman In White
as Grasshopper (voice)1996 James and the Giant Peach
as Zangiacomo1996 Victory
as Meneptah II (voice)1996 Moses
as Charles II1995 England, My England
as Vincent Cadby1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
as Richard Cosway1995 Jefferson in Paris
as Major Owens1995 El pasajero clandestino
as Gareth1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral
as A.N. Official1994 Street Fighter
as Vicar Ronnie1993 Femme Fatale
as Eddie Cherdowski1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)1992 Howards End
as John Mortimer1991 The Trials of Oz
as Inspector Lestrade1991 The Crucifer of Blood
as Simon Asquith1990 Postcards from the Edge
as Dr. Alex Sauer1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Franciscus Palloy1989 Revolutionary Witness
as Police Chief Hunt1988 Manifesto
as Mr. Ducie1987 Maurice
as Dragon (voice)1987 The Reluctant Dragon
as Raimondi1987 Cariani and the Courtesans
as George Frideric Handel1985 Honour, Profit & Pleasure
as Mark Varda1985 The Good Father
as The Reverend Mr. Beebe1985 A Room with a View
as Emanuel Schikaneder1984 Amadeus
as Napoleon1981 The Man of Destiny

TV Shows/Series with Simon Callow as Actor(36)

as Mr. Abahassine2021 The Cleaner
as Armand Duquesne III2021 Hawkeye
as Codringher2019 The Witcher
as himself2017 Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
as Edwin the Magnificent2015 Galavant
as Dick2014 Inside No. 9
as Duke of Sandringham2014 Outlander
2013 Plebs
as himself2013 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
as Dudley2012 Playhouse Presents
as Various2012 Them From That Thing
as Narrator2011 Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
as Larry South2011 Death in Paradise
as Fader Henry2010 Arn: The Knight Templar
as Self - Panellist2008 Q&A
as MI6 liaison officer Elihu2007 The Company
as Pliny2007 Roman Mysteries
as himself2007 Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
as Charles Dickens2005 Doctor Who
as Colonel Melchett2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)2004 Shoebox Zoo
2003 Little Britain
as Charles Dickens2002 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2001 Don't Eat the Neighbours
as Dr. Wellow1997 Midsomer Murders
as Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)1996 Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
as Meneptah (voice)1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Edward Feathers1994 Little Napoleons
as Dr. Lutz1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Theodore Kemp1987 Inspector Morse
as Hugo Silver1986 Dead Head
as Wilkins Micawber1986 David Copperfield
as Tom Chance1984 Chance in a Million
as Himself - Panellist1979 Question Time
as Detective Sergeant1975 The Sweeney
as Galileo1974 NOVA

Movies with Simon Callow as Crew(4)

Writing/Writer2018 A Christmas Carol
Writing/Writer2009 Orson Welles Over Europe
Directing/Director2002 Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Directing/Director1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Additional Information

Official websites:
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Full Name: Simon Callow
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 06/13 1949 (June) in Streatham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 74 years + 312 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Queen's University Belfast, The London Oratory School, Drama Centre London
Other names for Simon Callow (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Simon Phillip Hugh Callow"
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Simon Callow frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Mark Gatiss (19x, Actor)
Steve Pemberton (17x, Actor)
Reece Shearsmith (14x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Frances Barber (10x, Actress)
Dan Starkey (9x, Actor)
David Bamber (8x, Actor)
James Ivory (8x, Crew)
Colin McFarlane (8x, Actor)
Ismail Merchant (7x, Crew)
Scott Chambers (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8793, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024