Directed credits
5
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Simon McBurney
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 16358
IMDb ID: nm0564402
Known for: Acting
Born: August 25, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Cambridge, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q705602
Also known as
سایمن مکبرنی
Frequent jobs
Director (4)Co-Director (1)Art Direction (1)Creative Consultant (1)Story (1)
Biography
Simon Montagu McBurney, OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, writer and director. He is the founder and artistic director of Théâtre de Complicité in England, now called Complicite. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon McBurney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Simon McBurney.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Simon McBurney.
8.2
Wolfwalkers
as Lord Protector (voice)
2020 Movie
7.8
The Theory of Everything
as Frank Hawking
2014 Movie
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Kreacher (voice)
2010 Movie
7.4
The Last King of Scotland
as British Diplomat
2006 Movie
7.3
The Conjuring 2
as Maurice Grosse
2016 Movie
7.2
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Brocklehurst
2011 Movie
7.2
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
as Atlee
2015 Movie
7.0
The Duchess
as Charles Fox
2008 Movie
6.8
The Pale Blue Eye
as Captain Hitchcock
2022 Movie
6.8
Allied
as S.O.E. Official
2016 Movie
6.7
Nosferatu
as Herr Knock
2024 Movie
6.6
Body of Lies
as Garland
2008 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Simon McBurney.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Simon McBurney.
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Kreacher (voice)
2010 Movie
6.7
Nosferatu
as Herr Knock
2024 Movie
7.2
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
as Atlee
2015 Movie
7.3
The Conjuring 2
as Maurice Grosse
2016 Movie
8.2
Wolfwalkers
as Lord Protector (voice)
2020 Movie
6.4
Robin Hood
as Father Tancred
2010 Movie
6.1
Sweet Dreams
as Thomas
2003 Movie
7.0
The Duchess
as Charles Fox
2008 Movie
6.8
Allied
as S.O.E. Official
2016 Movie
6.8
The Pale Blue Eye
as Captain Hitchcock
2022 Movie
6.1
The Golden Compass
as Fra Pavel
2007 Movie
7.8
The Theory of Everything
as Frank Hawking
2014 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Simon McBurney.
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Henry Carstairs • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.6
Hijack
as Edgar Janssen • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.7
Carnival Row
as Runyan Millworthy • 18 eps
2019 Series
6.0
Performance
as Pistol • 1 eps
1991 Series
8.0
Utopia
as Professor Donaldson • 3 eps
2013 Series
7.4
The Loudest Voice
as Rupert Murdoch • 5 eps
2019 Series
6.1
The Casual Vacancy
as Colin Wall • 3 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Rev.
as Robert • 19 eps
2010 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Simon McBurney.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Simon McBurney.
6.4
The Actor
as Doctor Croft / Doctor Edgarton
2025 Movie
6.7
Nosferatu
as Herr Knock
2024 Movie
6.2
A Mistake
as Andrew McGrath
2024 Movie
Gardening
as Detective Danforth
2024 Movie
6.8
The Pale Blue Eye
as Captain Hitchcock
2022 Movie
8.2
Wolfwalkers
as Lord Protector (voice)
2020 Movie
4.9
Siberia
as Magician
2020 Movie
5.9
The Mercy
as Sir Francis Chichester
2018 Movie
The Encounter
as Himself
2017 Movie
6.8
Allied
as S.O.E. Official
2016 Movie
5.2
John Berger or The Art of Looking
as Self
2016 Movie
7.3
The Conjuring 2
as Maurice Grosse
2016 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Simon McBurney.
7.6
Hijack
as Edgar Janssen • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.7
Carnival Row
as Runyan Millworthy • 18 eps
2019 Series
7.4
The Loudest Voice
as Rupert Murdoch • 5 eps
2019 Series
6.1
The Casual Vacancy
as Colin Wall • 3 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Utopia
as Professor Donaldson • 3 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Rev.
as Robert • 19 eps
2010 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Henry Carstairs • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Performance
as Pistol • 1 eps
1991 Series